‘SEAL Team,’ ‘All Rise’ & More CBS Shows in Limbo: Which Ones Will Be Renewed?
While CBS has renewed 11 of its scripted series for the 2021-2022 season, the fates some big-name shows are still up in the air.
Will SEAL Team, All Rise, The Unicorn, B Positive, Clarice, and United States of Al be back for more? (We’re not taking a look at Evil yet because Season 2 has yet to even receive a premiere date.) Will S.W.A.T. lose its Wednesday night partner? Will the Monday night lineup have a new offering at 9/8c?
Scroll down as we take a look at the ratings (in the key demo among adults 18-49 and total viewers) so far this season compared to last year’s and compare the freshman series to a Season 1 series that has already been renewed, The Equalizer.
SEAL Team (Currently airing Season 4)
Season 3 average: 0.66 rating, 4.92 million viewers
Season 4 average (so far) is down: 0.5 rating, 4.06 million viewers
SEAL Team has shown similar fluctuations this season as last episode to episode.
Renewal chances: With David Boreanaz at the helm and the loss of two cast members (which can save money), chances are it’ll be back. After all, it wasn’t renewed for the current fourth season until very close to the end of the third.
All Rise (Currently airing Season 2)
Season 1 average: 0.62 rating, 5.43 million viewers
Season 2 average (so far) is down: 0.47 rating, 4.11 million
While All Rise is down significantly from its first season averages, it, too, is showing similar fluctuations from episode to episode.
Renewal chances: While it’s possible it could be canceled, we wouldn’t be surprised if CBS wants to maintain its Monday block (and the night’s other three shows have already been renewed).
The Unicorn (Season 2 has aired completely)
Season 1 average: 0.71 rating, 5.66 million viewers
Season 2 average was down: 0.45 rating, 3.61 million viewers
The Unicorn was down in its return and did dip throughout its second season.
Renewal chances: We’re not sure what the future holds for The Unicorn. But its cast may very well help keep it on the air.
B Positive (Currently airing Season 1)
The Equalizer Season 1 average (so far), six episodes (including one post-Super Bowl): 1.51 rating, 9.81 million viewers; without the Super Bowl episode: 0.79 rating, 7.7 million viewers
B Positive Season 1 average (so far, 14 episodes): 0.58 rating, 4.81 million viewers
The Equalizer was renewed after four episodes, during which its ratings did dip but not significantly. B Positive‘s ratings may not be near the drama’s but they were generally steady until they began to dip with the March 11 episode.
Renewal chances: With Mom ending, it would make sense for CBS to hold onto this Chuck Lorre comedy.
Clarice (Currently airing Season 1)
The Equalizer Season 1 average (so far), six episodes (including one post-Super Bowl): 1.51 rating, 9.81 million viewers; without the Super Bowl episode: 0.79 rating, 7.7 million viewers
Clarice Season 1 average (so far, seven episodes): 0.38 rating, 3.31 million viewers
Clarice‘s ratings are in the same boat as B Positive‘s: steady, then a dip (with the April 1 episode). That could be contributed to the break between episodes from March 11 to April 1.
Renewal chances: While CBS loves its procedurals (and is losing two, NCIS: New Orleans and MacGyver) and Clarice has the name and Silence of the Lambs link, its ratings are low. Plus, the network has a new FBI coming and a new NCIS possibly on the way.
United States of Al (Currently airing Season 1)
The Equalizer Season 1 average (so far), six episodes (including one post-Super Bowl): 1.51 rating, 9.81 million viewers; without the Super Bowl episode: 0.79 rating, 7.7 million viewers
United States of Al Season 1 average (so far, three episodes): 0.59 rating, 5.38 million viewers
It’s hard to judge United States of Al after just three episodes, though The Equalizer was renewed after four.
Renewal chances: It may depend on how it does moving forward, especially compared to B Positive. Will CBS keep both Lorre shows?
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SEAL Team needs to be renewed ASAP!
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Seal Team is a good show. Rating are down because CBS had horribly inconsistent scheduling all season......
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was CBS horrible schedule writers wrote themselves into a corner
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NCIS:LA should be renewed.
Look at its recent history. They started the year in the winter break from last year with all the holiday specials. Some CBS football games running later than anticipated which caused a delay in the starting time. Then it had the Super Bowl. Came back to new episodes which were interspersed with reruns. Then a series of award shows and the Oprah interview. This past week, after the previous week of a new episode, another award show.
And this was only on CBS. There were other award shows and high draw specials on the other networks that Callen and his team had to fight off.
Then we have Hetty missing in an unknown war zone, Linda Hunt out last season due to an auto accident and this year because of Covid concerns; a key member of the show has been absent for almost 2 seasons.
And with a little fluctuation in the ratings numbers the fans of the Hetty-verse keep returning.
The powers in the ivory tower should consider the obstacles LA has to endure by be on a Sunday night when making the final decision.
Please renew NCIS: Los Angeles.
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Beautiful points!
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I totally agree. NCIS LA (at 12 Seasons in and still at the top of my list of must-see shows) has more than proven itself and is thoroughly deserving of a renewal, more so than a lot of the rubbish currently being thrust our way. Stick to the original "Main Cast" and air it on a more suitable night and in a timeslot that a show of this callibre deserves, and WATCH the Viewership numbers and those all important Ratings RISE!!!!. 😉😍🤩
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It’s hard to look at any ratings when no schedules have been stable and it’s hard for viewers to even follow when new episodes are airing. NCIS LA and Seal Team should stand on past performance and get another year under hopefully normal circumstances. Not to mention LA start times are all over the place from Sunday sports.
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Well said. What a mess with new and repeat episodes.
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As much as I'm conflicted with NCIS LA because of how Hetty has been treated and how the writing has declined because of her absence, I don't want to see it end like this.
It needs another Season, and it needs to go back to the basics of what made it so great in the first place.
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I also predict SEAL Team and United States of Al will be renewed
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Yes I think should NCIS:LA should be renewed and I agree with all of the points you made.
Really looking forward to the next season.
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Ncis LA is a great show. Me and my husband love it. Hope it gets renewed. Didn’t really get into it until Deeks joined show. Linda Hunt (Hetty) reduced her role after car accident and even more to help take care of her wife at home who has cancer, so she has not been mistreated.
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NCIS LA's great, but the new characters aren't great. Also they've turned Deeks into too much of an idiot. Maybe he and Kenzi could have smaller roles and bring someone more dynamic in.
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SEAL Team for sure!!! Also, All Rise, and then NCIS-LA. (And if that's renewed, PLEASE skip all the personal stuff, and let the team do its thing. That's why we watch, after all.)
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I watch NCIS LA for a lot of things, INCLUDING the personal stuff. Along with many others, so no. the personal stuff will not be going away. People like that stuff, because there needs to be an occasional break from the action.
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I agree! I love the personal story lines.
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Really? An "occasional" break? How many episodes these past 2 months dealt with Callen and either Anna and/or Joelle? And Sam's daughter? And whatever's going on with Hetty? It's been VERY personal, this season.
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Yet, they've still been solving cases. the personal stuff has been more of a secondary thing (except in the case of a few episodes.).
I wish they'd just focus more on Hetty instead of planting misleads that'll obviously end up being wrong in the end like saying junk like 'she's never coming back'. After all, one of the producers did say last year that she's the 'heart of the show', and she deserves to be treated like one!
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NCIS Los Angeles and seal team should be renewed. I look forward to watching my shows, when I come home from work. The original NCIS should also be renewed but if Gibbs, leave it will not be the same They also have to understand due to covid they cannot punish the shows for the ratings.
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NCIS was already renewed.
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With NCIS:LA and SWAT, the shows are usually re-runs so it's hard to stay interested. This time of year on Sundays there are usually specials on so for NCIA:LA how can you expect us to keep watching. Same with MacGayver great shows but always substitutes. Please keep the regular shows on and quit substitutes and limit specials.
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I think NCIS Los Angeles should definitely be renewed
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NCIS LA should not be held responsible for low ratings. They're on Sunday evening & that's the worst time slot on TV. Between football season, March madness, & award show season, NCIS LA never gets seen except for reruns.
CBS needs to give up scheduling it on Sundays & put it back after NCIS on Tuesday evening.
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Seal Team and NCIS LA should be renewed. They both are great shows and no offense but Seal Team is my favorite show to watch on Wednesday nights. That crew is very real with everything they put into their parts so please keep them on...
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It does not surprise me.how many Sunday's has NCIS, Los was pushed to start late because of sports running late
They cut the characters we look forward to see
They took all the actors who meant anything to the audience @ kept them off the air.
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I love Seal Team. It's a show that shows real life. Haven't seen that in a long time. Not many people know what they go through. It's better than any show I've seen in a very long time. Plus having actual Seals help out on set shows respect. This show should be automatically renewed no questions asked.
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CBS has not been consistent 2020-2021 with so many of the favs adding inconsequential nonsense uninteresting add on shows .. your loss bc tic toc I’m not a CBS fan .. Hetty pls come back
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CBS needs to keep Seal Team for season 5!!
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Seal team must be renewed
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I totally agree with Will Drake. I thoroughly enjoy NCIS LA. It's enough different from NCIS that it keeps my interest. I love NCIS, too. I admit I do miss Hetty, but understand life issues happen that we cannot control. I like Deeks and Kensi being married, but his character seems to be always belittled, which is annoying. It seems like he never gets credit for doing a good job like Callen and Sam. I think also the team just isn't the same since no Hetty, no Beale, and no Bell. Those are main characters that helped "make" the show.
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SEAL TEAM IS THE BEST!!!
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CBS please renew Seal Team and NCIS: LA. These are 2 of my favorite shows. I'm angry you did away with NCIS: New Orleans, please don't make another mistake
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With the way CBS has screwed up their schedules it is no wonder the their various series have been up and down. Since viewers are continously confused regarding what they may actully be seeing when they tune in, CBS should consider that the network may be at fault for ratings of its series.
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SEAL Team needs to be renewed pronto!! It’s the only show I watch on CBS!!
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Seal team is best show in the last 3 years.
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Please renew Seal Team, it's the best
Show. Our family get together every week to see it.
Please Please Renew it.🙏🙏🙏
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NCIS LA and SEAL Team are pretty much guaranteed to be renewed out of the remaining CBS programming. If they are not there is some shady stuff going on - since business wise it makes no sense. (All Rise and Clarice are just dead weight at this point)
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Sincerely do not want to lose NCIS LA...the cast interact with genius...don't break up the family. It is a good show,
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Seal Team is a great show, although I would wish to be less character personal drama and more of the Op action.
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I think these shows should be renewed for at least another year since the number of episodes are down due to virus etc.
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With the way this season has worked out with so many reruns it makes it difficult for people to know when a new show will be airing. I think this has hurt the ratings of many shows. I enjoy NCIS LA and think iy will be renewed . The only other show I enjoy of the group is ALL Rise but I think it is very iffy if it will be back.
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If Seal Team goes so do I.! Ncis isn’t the same without Tony and Zeva. Bull sucks. CBS is really going the wrong way!
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I am a fan of "Seal Team" . I believe it satisfies a need for clarity regarding combat and those who engage. It is well done and I won't miss a show....Ever!
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NCIS LA and SEAL TEAM are my two most favourite shows and why they haven't been renewed already is beyond comprehension. Anyone with half an ounce of sense knows that the Covid situation and pathetically poor program scheduling are the only reasons why these shows are not flourishing as well as they can and ought to be. 🤬
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SEAL TEAM is a good show. As a viewer, I am upset with many shows right now. They have taken COVID and decided to stretch out their schedules so viewers may get three new shows and take a three week break for the next show comes out. I am watching old episodes of Monk, Unforgettable, etc. to fill the tv time.
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Love Seal Team.
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The United States of Al is horrible. Nice premise, but just not funny. CBS needs to let this Lorre show go and keep Mom.
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The same can be said about B Positive. There is nothing funny, the lead females voice is grating on the nerves, and now the lead male has some funny business in his past coming to light? Cut bait and run, Chuck Lorre.
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I hope SEAL Team and is renewed!
Even though I like SWAT, I prefer SEAL Team!
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NCIS LA focused to much on Russia & their mob. It’s NCIS LA not NCIS MOSCOW
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My favorite shows on cbs are NCIS LA, Bob hearts abishiola, and Seal Team. I wish NCIS LA was on Tuesday nights, 8pm instead. Too confusing not knowing if or when it will be on with Football, Award shows and everything else that gets in the way of it's regular scheduled time. Very frustrating. I look forward to my shows.
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Seal team is the best show on TV.
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NCIS LA’s Ratings are down in part due to inconstant programming
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Get back to what made the show great in the beginning. Stop adding so many new actors that can"t get the chemistry right with the regulars. You're not improving the show you're just adding people for the sake of adding new faces. Hard to keep up with who's doing what! Confusing!!!
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I need Seal team, All rise & SWAT to be renewed. How do you send a message to CBS about renewal of shows?
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Seal Team is a must watch for me. The network screws things up by airing it sporadically. NCIS, NCIS-LA are also must keeps.
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Seal team should be renewed. It’s a great series and it’s characters are all so awesome. The team of actors are the best on tv.
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SEAL Team is the best television show on network television and one of the best on cable. It is worth every penny the network spends on it. CBS please #renewsealteam
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NCIS LA, Seal Team and S.W.A.T. are the three main shows I watch. If CBS is wise, they will renew all three shows.
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Keep seal team ,keep ncis la swat,let the rest on the bubble go,especially bull,not worthy of my dvr space
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Honestly, I predict that
Seal Team will be renewed
NCIS LA will be renewed
NCIS will be renewed
Unicorn, All Rise, United States of Al, B Positive will definitely be axed 🙂
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I feel if all these shows get a chance NCIS New Orleans should get a chance as well. It should not have been changed from the Tuesday time slot.
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Agree
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Love Seal Team!!
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Seal Team and S.W.A.T are another show that should come back. Day and time should also be looked at. I have to record most of my shows so I can see them
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I totally agree with Diana Jones and Will Drake. NCIS LA. It keeps you interested, but you really need to bring Hetty back. I love her Role in the show, and I don't know what it's going to look like without Nell. That's one who I really look forward to, and when I can't get to it. I record it.
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I think NCIS New Orleans should be renewed and all rise too
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I wish another network will pick up All Rise a great group of actors need to move to another network ! I watch it every week.
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It's been hard to keep track of some of these shows in 2020-2021. Seal team was on for several new shows then when on hiatus for month. Some of the other shows have one or two new shows then several reruns. I appreciate the efforts made by TV industry to get any product out during the pandemic. Keep Seal team and Blue Bloods going forever.
Thanks.
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Seal Team needs a chance after only a few shows during pandemic
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ALL RISE should be renewed! It is a great show!
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And also NCIS: New Orleans.
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I love all three NCIS's and Macgyver. I can't believe that they are keeping some stupid shows and getting rid of them! It makes no sense to me. Please keep all these shows on. Please!
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Seal Team, All Rise, and Clarice must stay. Drama, Action, and Fell Good shows must make the cut as you can't hold anyone responsible for anything that happened in 2020 ...well accept for POTUS Biden's stolen election.
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Seal Team is be renewed why ruin a good show
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Keep the sealteam enough already its a great show
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How is The Unicorn not a smash hit?! It’s so good.Goggins is great in a role he doesn’t usually get to play. Sell it to Netflix for a third and final season. The show and its premise doesn’t scream anything past 5 seasons maximum. I third season would give it a beginning, middle, and end. Netflix or help your own streaming service and air it exclusively on Paramount +.
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Seal team,all rise,clarice,MoM,NCIS LA are all keepers
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It’s not the show’s fault the ratings are what they r,it’s the scheduling and the constant reruns,y’all get s new shows and then for the next 3-4 weeks reruns then 1-2 new episodes then 3-4 reruns etc....it’s annoying and with all the networks these days it’s just easier to invest in another network (free form,nbc,britbox etc...)that’s constant
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I think all the NCIS shows need to be renewed even NCIS New Orleans. They are all great shows. CBS will be messing up when they take them off. CBS wants ratings up but continue to show reruns.
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NCIS-LA should be renewed because it is still an awesome show. I would like to see Hetty more. she could do her scenes from home but she is the heart of this show. I love this show very much. get back to basics, like season 3. it still has humor(could use more humor like from the older episodes. I also would like to see Gerald McRaney's character, Kilbride, take over Hetty's job. He is great on there, adds tremendous humor. I love him on there. I also love Hetty's old Vietnam team. when they are on there it is very funny. get back to all the fun and humor. It is still a top notch show, and still my favorite. I also love MacGyver and Magnum. I think its awful they cancelled MacGyver.
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I would hate to see seal team, nice, equalizer and Clarice not be renewed. My DVD is always set to record. They deserve to be renewed. It seems like the good ones are let go and some of the dumb ones stay on. I look forward to watching these shows every week. Please renew them
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Confusing with time slots and irratic days and times. The shows keep changing times from week to week. If they are shown at at no wonder ratings are moving up and down
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I love NCIS LA and would like to see another season, if only to wrap up story lines. The cast and fans deserve this. I'd say there are two ways it could end: budget cuts for the Office of Special Projects makes everyone move on other things and/or Kensi and Deeks have a baby and both leave NCIS so their child doesn't risk losing a parent or two; Callen and Anna marry (though I still have trouble wrapping my head around this); Sam goes to work with the guy (I am blanking on his name) who helped them on a case and offered Sam to be his partner if he ever left NCIS. Eric is basically already gone; Nell has one foot out the door also. Fatima and Roundtree are too new to really need a conclusion-they could be reassigned elsewhere. Hetty would finally retire for good.
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It's got a few years left
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The open notes of my clarinet are out of date discussions of Shinecock disabled terms in the 1993 era of things on my other side of the cause of assets.
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Oh, a question about SEAL Team. . . . WHICH TWO cast members are leaving???
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Mandy (Jessica Pare) and Blackburn (Judd Lormand) already left earlier in season 4 as regulars. They are, however, still guest starring. I’m 98% sure that is what the article is referring to.
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Ah, that's true. I thoutght they were referring to new departures. I hope not.
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think NCIS LA should get bigger guest starz until hetty comes back, bring back Nia Long, Get in Susan Lucci. Joan Collins, Linda Evans. Oprah Winfrey, MARY j Blige.Larenz Tate. Patti Labelle. Brandy or Ray j.get snoop dogg.
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They'll scrap Seal Team now that Biden is pulling troops from Afghanistan.
Coincidental or what?
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they need to keep all rise seal team ncis new orleans ncis la united states and al it jjust came on gve it a chance good doctor i like mom its just has good without christy they can take off clarice and fbi
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ST has reached the end of its string and should be retired.
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