‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ Ending With Current 14th Season
Start preparing your goodbyes to G. Callen, Sam Hanna, & Co. CBS announced on Friday, January 20, that NCIS: Los Angeles will end this May with the conclusion of its current 14th season.
The long-running procedural’s 322nd episode, scheduled for May 14, will be the series finale, per The Hollywood Reporter.
“For 14 seasons, NCIS: Los Angeles has been a stalwart of our lineup with characters who were a joy to watch,” CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach said in a statement. “It’s no surprise this show succeeded as a global franchise. From day one, the cast, producers, and crew were amazing network/studios partners, and their teamwork, talent and spirit vividly came through on the screen. We are so grateful for the collaboration and remarkable run of these treasured members of our CBS family, and plan to give them the big sendoff they and their fans deserve.”
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As THR notes, NCIS: Los Angeles — the first of three NCIS spinoffs that have made it to air so far — has been a Top 30 show in total viewers for its entire run and sat in the Top 10 for its first five seasons. The show’s creator is longtime NCIS producer Shane Brennan.
NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14, which premiered on October 9, 2022, stars Chris O’Donnell (G. Callen), LL Cool J (Sam Hanna), Daniela Ruah (Kensi Blye), and Eric Christian Olsen (Marty Deeks) — all of whom have been on the show since Season 1 — as well as Medalion Rahimi (Fatima Namazi), Caleb Castille (Devin Rountree), and Gerald McRaney (Hollace Kilibride). Linda Hunt, who played Henrietta “Hetty” Lange from Season 1 until the Season 13 premiere, is expected to return to the show at some point this season.
“I want to thank both the network and [CBS] Studios for their partnership and support over the years; Shane Brennan for giving us such a great playground; and my partners John P. Kousakis, Frank Military, Kyle Harimoto, and Andrew Bartels for their tireless efforts and collaboration episode after episode,” showrunner R. Scott Gemmill said upon Friday’s announcement. “Our crew has grown to be a true family, and their hard work and dedication has been fundamental to our success year after year. My deepest gratitude to the cast members, who have brought our characters to life with their impassioned performances — thank you for your talent, professionalism, and continuous enthusiasm. And to our loyal viewers who loved our characters and followed their journeys, thank you. We look forward to delivering an end to the series that is both satisfying and does justice to these beloved characters.”
NCIS: Los Angeles, Sundays, 10/9c, CBS
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This was my favorite show however a lot of things have hurt it lately. Kensi & Marty adopting a foreign girl almost as old as they are seemed ridiculous to me. Having Linda Hunt appear in the opening credits every year, but never in the show got old to me. The producers blaming it on the fear she would catch COVID-19 wore thin after 2020. The constant moving of broadcast times due to sports run-overs with starting times of say 9:40pm, 10:45pm, etc. was the final "nail in the coffin" to me. This made it impossible to keep up with the start time of the show, so I gave up and watched nothing most Sunday nights. I was hoping with MAGNUM P.I. being scheduled at 9pm Sundays on NBC that if NCIS - LOS ANGELES was at 10PM on CBS it would finally have a great lead-in and return to the top 15 (which I think it WILL!) Also, I feel the loss of regular cast members started the decline a couple of years ago, emphasized by the total loss of many this season. I will sorely miss the show.
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J
I'm glad they have a bit of lead time to fit in some closure for the characters, but it's really NOT MUCH time. It may be a slap-dash, hurried finale. But please, no rushed weddings or sudden pregnancy announcements!!
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Wish I could say I'm very disappointed, but given how bad things have gotten in the last few years, I'm almost kind of really relieved. Because I don't know if I could've taken another year of 'Where's Hetty'.
All I ask for now is for Hetty to come home for good, Callen to finally forgive her, and for him to get married.
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I have always enjoyed this show, but lately the "regulars" have been no-shows, so it was obvious something was going on. Sam has missed more shows this season than he has been on, or at least thats how it seems. Glad they intend to FINALLY bring Hetty back, at least for an appearance at Callen's wedding?
And we all know it will be "replaced" with something not near as good.
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I am very disappointed .
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C
Knew something was up when they kept changing the schedule and one never knew what night it would be on as there was not a consistent schedule. Too bad that all the good shows are disappearing. First NCIS New Orleans and now LA. Hawaii is lame compared to these two and amazing that it is still hanging in
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So sad! Great top 4 characters (5 with Hetty). Script went down hill with family life issues instead of sticking with fighting the bad guys. Plus the Sunday 10/11 time slot after placing 2 horrible shows before it was the final blow to the show. Hope to see Sam & Callen land again soon.
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There is the old adage that says "all good things must come to an end." NCISLA is one my favorite shows and I will be sorry to see it end. I would hope the writers, will give the show the closing and satisfaction that both the storyline and viewers deserve.
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G
Too bad they have lost the consistency of main characters. Main characters leave however NCIS LA constantly has subs:(
I’m sad
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It has been really bad for a while! And Deeks babbling has gotten sickening.
Too much family drama and not enough plot.
It has turned into a soap opera.
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This really isn't a surprise. The show lost its mojo a while ago, and hasn't been that good for a while now. Last year, all the press outlets were sure it was ending, because of an IG post Eric Christian Olsen made. It was a joke, but they all bought into it. For the past three years, they've been saying this show was going to be cancelled. It was just a matter of time. 14 years is nothing to scoff at. It's old and expensive, especially filming in L.A. They probably can't justify the cost anymore, especially with salary renegotiations.
The storylines are stale. They veered too far off the original premise, with all the international espionage storylines. Hetty's gone, which is understandable, considering what happened to Linda Hunt. But, it's a huge gaping hole. Callen, Sam, Deeks and Kensi are hardly ever in the same episode together. Deeks and Kensi are married, but barely touch. The adoption storyline could have worked, if they weren't adopting a teenager, when they already have a high stress job. It just ended up being ridiculous and contrived. Eric and Nell are gone. It's not the same anymore, and hasn't been for a while. It's the right time to end it.
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Shame... great show however the comments about adopting an older child just seems weird. It's done sure, but thisnis a show.. so let's not go too far. The rest is ok. Chemistry is great otherwise with all characters.
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I don’t watch this regularly but whenever inertia kept me on CBS, it was always an episode of Where’s Hetty? Never did gather enough info as to why they didn’t just write her out of the series.
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They should have. Heaven knows Hetty 'quit' NCIS or disappeared mysteriously every couple seasons, so writing her off wouldn't have been much of a stretch.
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