NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: Los Angeles logo
Also known as	NCIS: OSP NCIS: Undercover NCIS: Legend NCIS: LA
Format	Police procedural Drama
Created by	Shane Brennan
Starring	Chris O'Donnell LL Cool J Peter Cambor Daniela Ruah Adam Jamal Craig Linda Hunt
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Shane Brennan[1]
Location(s)	Los Angeles, California
Production company(s)	Belisarius Productions[2] CBS Television Studios
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	September 22, 2009 – present
Chronology
Related shows	NCIS JAG
External links
Official website

NCIS: Los Angeles (Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Los Angeles) is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009.^[3] The series airs in the 9:00 p.m. timeslot following NCIS on Tuesdays.^[4]

NCIS: Los Angeles is the first spin-off of NCIS,^{[5][6][7][8][9]} which itself was a spinoff of another CBS series, JAG.

[edit] Production

The show was known as NCIS: Legend while in production (referring to the episode of NCIS in which the spin-off was introduced), and other names considered included NCIS: OSP (Office of Special Projects) and NCIS: Undercover.^[9] Filming started in February 2009, with the characters being introduced in the two-part NCIS episode titled "Legend", the first part of which aired on April 28, 2009.^[9][10] This episode served as a backdoor pilot for the series, in a manner similar to the introduction of NCIS, which was introduced by way of a two-part episode of JAG.

Chris O'Donnell plays the lead character, Callen, a lead agent whose natural talent for undercover work is legend.^[11] LL Cool J plays the role of Special Agent Sam Hanna, an ex-Navy SEAL, who works in the undercover unit of NCIS in Los Angeles, and is also fluent in Arabic and an expert on Middle Eastern culture.^[8] Peter Cambor and Daniela Ruah are cast as a psychologist named Nate and forensic investigator named Kensi, respectively; they appeared on-screen for the first time in an episode of NCIS that aired in April 2009.^[12] Louise Lombard, who had been confirmed to play the role of lead agent Clara Macy, is not a regular in the new series, but may return for guest appearances.^[13][14][15]

Rocky Carroll, who plays Director Leon Vance on NCIS, will also be appearing in at least six of the first 13 episodes.^[16][17] Furthermore, Pauley Perrette, who plays Abby Sciuto on NCIS, will have a guest appearance in the second episode.^[18][19]

[edit] Cast

[edit] Main Cast

[edit] Recurring Cast

[edit] Episodes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• NCIS: Los Angeles at the Internet Movie Database
• NCIS: Los Angeles at TV.com