LL Great J‘s NCIS character Sam Hanna returns to the series in a spinoff set in New York City; So who is the rest of the cast of the series?
Inside We‘ Exclusive clip from the premiere on Tuesday, October 6, by Nick Schaeffer (Scott Caan) introduces Sam to the “mastermind” of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service team based in New York.
Addy Ross (Jacqueline Byers) is described as aggressive, smart, and a bit rude, to which he replies, “Only when provoked.” Wyatt Sellers (Shane Harper), by the way, is a transplant from Alaska.
“[He’s] “He’s never been around tall buildings and his fiancee just left,” Nick adds. “We call him Milkman. [He likes a glass] at dinner at a restaurant. Twenty ounces of whole milk in a glass was truly disgusting.
Sean Sullivan (Giant Druid), who is an NCIS Technical Operator, has been called odd with a “broken moral compass.”
“But he’s good at his job when he puts the effort in,” Nick says, before encouraging Sean to shake Sam’s hand.
LL Cool J’s character was introduced in season 6 in 2009. NCIS. He continued to be a leading actor NCIS: Los Angeles falling next to you Chris O’Donnellplaying his partner.
Afterwards NCIS: Los Angeles 58-year-old LL Cool J, which ends in 2023 after 14 seasons. NCIS: Hawaii with a two-episode arc in season 2. The actor was upgraded to a series regular for season 3 in 2024, making it the series’ final season.
LL Cool J is back NCIS multiple times after NCIS: Los Angeles ended. He appeared in seasons 20 and 22, and last had a two-episode arc in season 23 of 2026.
Showrunner Byron Balasco said exclusively: “New York is our most iconic city. It’s incredible, and it’s a microcosm of the entire country in one place where all the diversity, different boroughs, different cultures collide and somehow manage to work together.” We. “That’s why you’re demonstrating here.”
Balasco admitted that shooting in New York comes with its highlights and challenges.
“The weather is challenging because you don’t know what’s going to happen. But that’s it. It’s just a problem that needs to be solved,” he shared. “And the highlight is that you can put your camera anywhere and point it anywhere and something interesting happens. We can go into a neighborhood that we’re writing about and shoot there.”
He continued: “We always try to keep it as authentic as possible because you really want people to feel like they’re on the streets of the city, on the ground level, with our guys. It has a lived-in feel. It’s cliché that New York is a character on the show, but we really want to make it feel that way.”
NCIS has seen its share of cast departures during its 20-plus years on TV; but some stars, including Michael Weatherly, also made epic comebacks. When season 23 premiered in the fall of 2025, Sean Murray, who played Timothy McGee, was the only original cast member still on the CBS hit series. he won’t […]
NCIS: NY also tried to find a balance between crossovers with other shows in the series, with Balasco adding: “We’ve relied on this big global franchise, and so our goal is to achieve that. But we really want this show to have a reason to exist on its own, so that even if you take out NCS, you’ll still love the show.”
Balasco hinted that NCIS: New York will appeal to CBS viewers regardless of whether they watch the others. NCIS shows.
“Our goal is to make a show that carries the DNA of the universe but is unique. We’ll cross-pollinate with other shows. But right now it’s about our characters and our stories and really making it stand up and making people fall in love with the characters,” he concluded.
50-year-old Caan spoke We Also about getting into the role of Nick.
“I’m just trying to do our best to make it interesting and entertaining scene by scene. I don’t think about the big universe of it. I don’t even think about the big picture. I just think about how we can make each scene interesting and worth watching,” he said. “I’ve played a lot of police roles. For me, training is a rehearsal.”
NCIS: New York It premieres on Tuesday, October 6 at 9pm ET on CBS and will stream on Paramount+ the following day.