Good news looms for high-profile US spin-off bringing plenty of work to local cast and crew.
The season final of NCIS: Sydney screens tomorrow on Paramount+ and TV Tonight hears whispers the show is getting a renewal.
That�s very good news for the Endemol Shine production, which had a high-profile launch in Sydney in November, and a primetime screening on CBS following US writer / actor strikes.
Reviews were largely positive, currently with a 70% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (although the audience rating is much lower at 25%).
The cast, which includes Olivia Swann, Todd Lasance, Sean Sagar, William McInnes, Tuuli Narkle, Mavournee Hazel, are understood to have been signed for multiple seasons.
Lasance recently told TV Tonight, �All of our contracts are obviously local through MEAA, a local production company, through Paramount+ here. There was nothing relayed to us, initially, in the process. All of our deals are local and obviously, that�s why we had the SAG clearance when the strike happened.�
The other question will be how many episodes the show is renewed for. Just 8 were producedfor S1 while NCIS, NCIS: LA and NCIS: Hawaii all sit at around 20 -22 each.
Shooting is tipped to commence around Easter.
Paramount+ has been contacted for comment.
