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Vanessa Lachey to Star in NCIS: Hawaii as Franchise s First Female Lead: Let s Get to Work! People 4/30/2021
NCIS leading lady.
NCIS: Hawaii, making her the first female lead in the long-running franchise,
Lachey will play Jane Tennant, the first woman to be named the Special Agent in charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor. A woman in a male-dominated profession, she s thrived in a system that s pushed back every step of the way through equal parts confidence and strategy, her character description reads, according to the outlet. She s also a mother raising her children mostly on her own and has to balance her duty to her kids and her country.
NCIS, one of CBS biggest international hits and the most-watched series on TV, is a spinoff of
JAG and introduced several key characters, including Mark Harmon s Jethro Gibbs, in a two-episode arc in 2003. The flagship series, currently in its 18th season, later spun off
NCIS: LA in 2009, which is in its 12th season, and
NCIS: NOLA in 2014, which is currently in its seventh. (Former
NCIS: LA in 2019.)
The news of another
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By Philiana Ng Sam Lothridge/CBS
The
NCIS spinoff, the youngest in the franchise, will officially end after wrapping its current seventh season, CBS confirmed to ET on Wednesday. The series finale will air Sunday, May 16.
“Sad to end our love affair with this phenomenal city but so grateful for all the friends we made along the way,” said series star and executive producer Scott Bakula in a statement. “I will miss the music. Big thank you to CBS for seven years.”
“From the start,
NCIS: New Orleans was able to distinguish itself with its New Orleans authenticity,” said Kelly Kahl, President of CBS Entertainment, “from the colors and music to the vibrancy and stories you can only find in the Big Easy. Thanks to the amazing talents of the producers, writers, cast and crew, NOLA has played a key role on our schedule. We’re pleased to give it a big sendoff and that viewers will have the opportunity to say goodbye to