NCIS’ Future Gets Encouraging Response From Producer After 20-Year Run: “It’s Open-Ended”

•  NCIS season 21 may face challenges due to strikes, but there is hope that it will continue without major issues when the strikes end.
•  The network has not instructed anyone to end the show after its 21st year, indicating that it may have an open-ended future.
•  The producers of NCIS are proceeding with the belief that the show will continue as planned, showcasing their optimism for its future.

There could still be a future for NCIS when the strikes come to an end. NCIS began in 2002 as a military procedural spin-off of JAG. It has quickly come to dominate the TV landscape. The show is so popular that has spawned multiple spin-offs, including NCIS: Los Angeles, New Orleans, Hawai’i, and Sydney. Season 20 — the most recent season — came to an end this past May. While the show has been renewed for another season, delays relating to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes have made the future uncertain.

There is still hope that NCIS season 21 will be able to continue without any major issues after the strikes end. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, executive producer Charles Floyd Johnson explained its encouraging status. The network has not instructed anyone to plan to end the show, so the producers believe that it will continue as planned. Check out his quote below:

We have not been told by the network, “Wrap it up at the end of the 21st year.” So I think it’s open-ended. We are proceeding as if we’re going to continue.

The Future Of NCIS

The ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike has put all of Hollywood on hold. Until writers and actors receive adequate protections, better residuals, and improved working conditions, the strikes will continue. For the time being, there is no way for CBS to write, shoot, or use actors or writers to promote its domestic procedurals. That has left production of season 21 delayed until the strikes come to an end.