Good news looms for high-profile US spin-off bringing plenty of work to local cast and crew.
The season final of NCIS: Sydney screens tomorrow on Paramount+ and TV Tonight hears whispers the show is getting a renewal.
That’s very good news for the Endemol Shine production, which had a high-profile launch in Sydney in November, and a primetime screening on CBS following US writer / actor strikes.
Reviews were largely positive, currently with a 70% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (although the audience rating is much lower at 25%).
The cast, which includes Olivia Swann, Todd Lasance, Sean Sagar, William McInnes, Tuuli Narkle, Mavournee Hazel, are understood to have been signed for multiple seasons.
Lasance recently told TV Tonight, “All of our contracts are obviously local through MEAA, a local production company, through Paramount+ here. There was nothing relayed to us, initially, in the process. All of our deals are local and obviously, that’s why we had the SAG clearance when the strike happened.”
The other question will be how many episodes the show is renewed for. Just 8 were producedfor S1 while NCIS, NCIS: LA and NCIS: Hawaii all sit at around 20 -22 each.
Shooting is tipped to commence around Easter.
Paramount+ has been contacted for comment.