Is NCIS: Los Angeles renewed for season 9? Not yet, but here’s hope
The post on Twitter below comes courtesy of unit production manager Rick Tunell, who posted a schedule of everything that is going to be coming up as we get further and further into the season … and also made it clear that there are two episodes coming up this spring for season 9. What this means effectively is that the show is planning ahead in the event that the show does get renewed by the end production, and that they are going to be “banking” a couple of episodes for the fall. This enables them to return to work a little bit later in the summer in return for working a little bit more in the spring.
This particular practice of banking episodes is one that we’ve seen the show do in the past. Specifically, we saw the show do this back when Michael Weatherly filmed a guest spot, and it’s a practice that Law & Order: SVU in particular does fairly regularly.
So when do we expect a formal renewal for this and many of CBS’ other top-rated show? The easy answer is at some point later this month. They have until May, but the network does have a tendency to announce their new episode orders early. Even for the shows that don’t bank episodes in advance, it does benefit everyone involved to have a little bit more time to plan ahead and figure out what they want to do as they move forward into their next batch of episodes.
For a show like NCIS: Los Angeles, we do have to hope that there are several more seasons of the show coming still. The ratings are such that we do think that there are two or three more viable years ahead; it could even be more, depending on how consistent the ratings are and whether or not the cast remains interested in being a part of this world.
If you do want to get some further news when it comes to the show, be sure to head over to the link here.
Do you want to see NCIS: Los Angeles renewed for another season? Share some of your thoughts with a comment! (Photo: CBS.)
CA girl
March 8, 2017 @ 7:40 pm
Absolutely renew for season 9. Go ahead with a Densi engagement & wedding, but then split them up as partners (it would be just too ridiculous to keep them together in the field). And please, no Deeks episode unless there are Hetty, Sam, and Kensi ones first!! Actually, we know what we need to know about the characters, so unless their stories are tied into a case (like Callen’s was), don’t bother. Keep things in the present; that’s interesting.
Stef
March 8, 2017 @ 8:20 pm
I like many others watch the show for Deeks and Densi. I think Deeks and Kensi have incredible chemistry and I ,as many others, enjoy them partnered in the field, bantering and solving crimes. I do not think it is ridiculous to keep them partnered, it is a TV show not real life. The good guys always win on this show , that is not real life. If I want real life I can watch the news and get depressed. BTW, the reason us Deeks fans have been asking for a Deeks, M episode is because all those other characters you listed have had their episode. There was a Lange, H ( season 3) and if you recall also in season 3 there were two episodes dedicated to Kensi, Blye, K part 1 and Blye, K part 2. Sam has many episodes about his family, so it is time to do justice to the Deeks character and make the Deeks fans happy.
CA girl
March 8, 2017 @ 9:11 pm
No wonder you’re disappointed then because the show isn’t the Deeks and Densi Hour–and hopefully, it never will be. While I don’t mind those two (and this season has been much better without the lopsided focus on their relationship that has marred other seasons), they’re only two members of the team, and they’re not the linchpin of the show–that happens to be Callen. The Hetty episode revealed almost nothing about her life unrelated to Callen, and the Blye episodes focused on her quest to bring her father’s murderer to justice. We have gleaned bits and pieces of Sam’s life through various episodes just as we have of every other character’s life, including Deeks. He’s not unknown or an enigma; in fact, from what we know of him, he’s rather ordinary and not even close to being as interesting as Hetty, Callen, or even Sam–and probably not Kensi (if we knew more about her). As for making the Deeks fans happy, there are plenty of fan fiction stories about him.
Stef
March 8, 2017 @ 9:35 pm
We agree to disagree . BTW , I never said I was disappointed. I think the show is so successful because it has broad appeal and fans watch for different characters. I like Sam a lot. I personally find Callen’s story quite dull at this point but I still like Callen.
Stef
March 7, 2017 @ 4:22 am
I absolutely want renewal of seasons 9&10 for NCS LA. I also want a Deeks and Kensi engagement and wedding!!!!! BTW they promised us a Deeks, M in season 5, then again for season 8, so I want a Deeks, M episode as do many other Deeks fans.
Andrée
March 7, 2017 @ 8:42 pm
I feel exactly the same. “The ratings are such that we do think that there are two or three more viable years ahead; it could even be more” It would be fantastic, I love NCIS L.A. so much.