NCIS Season Premiere

The NCIS season premiere is anticipated by fans each season as the previous season usually ends with a cliffhanger. The television show NCIS is a crime drama that airs on CBS. The show's name stands for Naval Criminal Investigative Service. The cast includes Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray, Cote de Pablo, David McCallum and Rocky Carroll. The series follows the story of the NCIS agents as they investigate criminal activity that involves the U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy. The television show is a spin off of the earlier CBS drama JAG.http://www.cbs.com/primetime/ncis/about/

In 2010, the eighth season of NCIS premieres on Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. The series keeps its familiar time slot, airing just before its spinoff, NCIS Los Angeles.http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/07/22/cbs-reveals-fall-premiere-dates/ According to Entertainment Weekly, the eighth season premiere provides closure to the seventh season's cliffhanger. The seventh season finale left off as Gibbs' father was confronted by Paloma Reynosa, the daughter of a drug dealer killed by Gibbs years earlier who seeks revenge. The episode also reportedly takes a look into Ziva's past, specifically time spent in Somalia away from the team.http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/08/04/ask-ausiello-spoilers-greys-house-bones/

The seventh season premiere of NCIS aired on September 29, 2009, on CBS.http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-tvratingstext30-2009sep30,0,6763100.story The NCIS season finale, for the seventh season, aired on May 25, 2010.http://www.tvfanatic.com/2010/02/ncis-season-finale-scoop-gibbs-life-changing-decision/ The show's reruns can be seen on the USA Network and on CBS during the summer.

NCIS airs on CBS with full episodes available to watch online on the official CBS.com website. CBS.com requires users to view a 14-second commercial to keep the online viewing free for fans. Each episode is about 43 minutes long with options to watch the high-quality video in a full screen version.http://www.cbs.com/primetime/ncis/video/ Along with watching the video online, fans can also opt to chat with other NCIS fans about the show in "viewing rooms."http://www.cbs.com/primetime/ncis/video/ Users must log-in to participate in chat and can do so through Facebook.

• Mark Harmon as Leroy Gibbs
• Michael Weatherly as Anthony DiNozzo
• Cote De Pablo as Ziva David
• Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto
• Sean Murray as Timothy McGee
• David McCallum as Ducky Mallard
• Brian Dietzen as Jimmy Palmer
• Joe Spano as Tobias C. Fornell