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CBS has set a premiere date for NCIS Season 22. The network has also revealed when fans will see the highly anticipated new NCIS prequel series, NCIS: Origins. 

‘NCIS’ Season 22 and ‘NCIS: Origins’ premiere Oct. 15 

'NCIS: Origins' cast sitting on stage at a TCA Summer 2024 press tour
(L-R) David J. North, Kyle Schmid, Gina Lucita Monreal, Austin Stowell, Mark Harmon, Mariel Molino, and Sean Harmon at the ‘NCIS: Origins’ panel during 2024 TCA Summer Press Tour | Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

NCIS returns for its 22nd season on Monday, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. ET. That’s followed at 9 p.m. by the two-hour series premiere of NCIS: Origins, featuring Austin Stowell as a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs and narrated by Mark Harmon.

NCIS moves to its regular 9 p.m. timeslot starting Monday, Oct. 21, with NCIS: Origins airing at 10 p.m. 

The dual NCIS premieres kick off premiere week at CBS. 

FBI Season 7, FBI: International Season 4, and FBI: Most Wanted Season 6 air on Tuesday, Oct. 15 starting at 8 p.m.  

Young Sheldon spinoff Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage premieres Thursday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. Ghosts Season 4 debuts at 8:30, followed by episode 2 of the rebooted Matlock with Kathy Bates at 9 p.m. Elspeth Season 2 premieres at 10 p.m. 

S.W.A.T. Season 8 premieres on Friday, Oct. 18th at 8 p.m., followed by Fire Country Season 3 at 9 p.m. The second half of the final season of Blue Bloods premieres at 10 p.m.

The Equalizer, Tracker, and The Neighborhood all return later in October, along with the series premiere of new comedy Poppa’s House. 

Bobby Moynihan and Lori Petty join NCIS: Origins cast 

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CBS has also revealed more details about what to expect from NCIS: Origins, which is set in 1991 and follows Gibbs as a newly minted special agent at the fledgling NCIS Camp Pendleton office. 

SNL alum Bobby Moynihan has joined the cast as a lead forensic analyst, Deadline reported. Lori Petty will play an assistant medical examiner. Previously announced cast includes Kyle Schmid as Mike Franks and Diany Rodriguez as Vera Strickland. Tyla Abercrumbie, Mariel Molino, and Caleb Foote will also appear.

During an appearance at a Television Critics Association panel on July 13, Stowell shed more light on what his version of Gibbs will look like and how it will differ from Harmon’s portrayal of the character. 

“This is Gibbs dealing with the loss of his wife and child. This is not the Gibbs that the world knows as the team leader who’s always put together,” he said. “This is someone who is broken, who is trying to find his identity. Mark [Harmon] did come up to me and said two words, ‘trust yourself.’”

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