2025 has been quite an exciting year to be an NCIS fan. It’s been a year of firsts for the franchise, which is ironic given the franchise has been going strong for over 20 years now.

Of course, one of the biggest moments of the year has been the launch of the franchise’s very first streaming spinoff, NCIS: Tony and Ziva. The series brought about the returns of stars Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo as Anthony ‘Tony’ DiNozzo and Ziva David, making the pair’s first time sharing the screen since NCIS season 11 way back in 2013. The first season was a smashing success and fans are hoping to see the team back in action for a second season.

In addition to the franchise expanding, CBS made history with its first-ever three-hour NCIS prime-time block. The historic moment came as CBS shuffled its fall schedule around to move all three NCIS shows to Tuesday night, giving fans a night of NCIS shows which includes NCIS, NCIS: Origins, and NCIS: Sydney. This has paved the way for what will be another first for the franchise in the form of a special NCIS and NCIS: Origins crossover, which will mark the first crossover for Origins and the first time we’re going to see a crossover occur between two shows not set in the same timeline occur within the franchise.

Now CBS has made yet another exciting announcement, one that fans have been longing for.