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CBS & CBS Studios Chiefs On Building ‘NCIS’ Universe: Pending Renewals, Possible Crossovers & Bringing Back Tiva
Interview with CBS' Amy Reisenbach and David Stapf about the expansion of the 'NCIS' franchise, the Tony and Ziva and 'Origins' spinoffs & crossovers.
Because he was head of CBS current programming at the time, he even participated in the development of the mothership series from Day 1 because it originated as two back-door pilot episodes of an existing show, JAG, that aired in April 2003. In an interview with Deadline, Stapf and Reisenbach, who was promoted to the CBS Entertainment president post in November 2022, discuss expanding the NCIS universe, how the latest additions came about and potential crossovers. (L-R): Series regulars Brian Dietzen, Rocky Carroll, Mark Harmon, Emily Wickersham, Sean Murray, EP Gary Glasberg, director Andrew Traver, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, David McCallum.
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