NCIS: Sydney Season 2; When Does It Start? Watch Trailer, Get Latest Updates

What Is NCIS: Sydney About?

With rising international tensions in the Indo-Pacific, a brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are grafted into a multinational taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet. NCIS: SYDNEY marks the fifth series in the popular global NCIS franchise.

The series stars Olivia Swann (“DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “The River Wild”) as NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey and Todd Lasance (“Without Remorse,” “Spartacus: War of the Damned”) as her 2IC AFP counterpart, Sergeant Jim “JD” Dempsey. They are joined by Sean Sagar (“The Covenant,” “Mea Culpa”) as NCIS Special Agent DeShawn Jackson; Tuuli Narkle (“Mystery Road: Origin,” “Bad Behaviour”) as AFP liaison officer Constable Evie Cooper; Mavournee Hazel (“Shantaram,” “Halifax: Retribution”) as AFP forensic scientist Bluebird “Blue” Gleeson and William McInnes (“The Newsreader,” “Total Control”) as AFP forensic pathologist Dr Roy Penrose.

NCIS: SYDNEY is produced for CBS Studios and Paramount Australia by Endemol Shine Australia and distributed outside Australia by Paramount Global Content Distribution. The series is created by Morgan O’Neill (“Les Norton”), who also serves as executive producer alongside Endemol Shine Australia’s Sara Richardson (“RFDS”) and Sue Seeary (“Ten Pound Poms”).

— The #1 New Show of the Fall Is Slated to Begin Production on a Second Season This Spring in Sydney, Australia

CBS announces the renewal of last fall’s #1 new series, NCIS: SYDNEY, on the CBS Television Network for the 2024-2025 season. The pickup corresponds with the cross-continent season two order today by Paramount+ Australia.

The first international expansion of the globally popular NCIS franchise launched successfully across multiple territories and Paramount Global platforms, debuting on Paramount+ Australia on Nov. 10, 2023, and on CBS in the U.S. and on Global in Canada on Nov. 14, 2023. The series premiere reached over 10.2 million viewers on linear in the U.S., including an encore episode.

NCIS: SYDNEY was the #1 new series of the fall and currently ranks as the #3 new series of the 2023-2024 season, behind TRACKER and ELSBETH. In the U.S., in its first season, it averaged more than 8 million multiplatform viewers per episode, across linear, Paramount+ and CBS TVE (CBS.com/CBS app) in L+35-day viewing. In Q4, it was a strong performer on Paramount+, ranking as a top series on the platform on a reach basis.

NCIS: SYDNEY sees rising international tensions in the Indo-Pacific, where a brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have been grafted into a multi-national taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet. The series stars Olivia Swann, Todd Lasance, Sean Sagar, Tuuli Narkle, Mavournee Hazel and William McInnes.

The series marked the fifth series in the popular global NCIS franchise, which includes NCIS and NCIS: HAWAI’I, currently in their 21st and third seasons, respectively, on the Network, as well as NCIS: LOS ANGELES and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS. The franchise will reach its 1,000th episode milestone on April 15 with an episode of NCIS.

NCIS: SYDNEY is produced for CBS Studios and Paramount Australia by Endemol Shine Australia and distributed outside Australia by Paramount Global Content Distribution. Morgan O’Neill, Sara Richardson and Michele Bennett are executive producers.

NCIS: SYDNEY airs on the CBS Television Network and streams on Paramount+ in the U.S. (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episodes air). Season one is streaming now on Paramount+ in New Zealand, the U.S., U.K., South Korea, Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and will be available later this year in Japan.

— Schedule Update

The second season premiere of the CBS Original series NCIS: SYDNEY will shift one week to Friday, Feb. 7 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs) *. The shift is due to a soon-to-be-announced special.

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