Everything We Know About NCIS Season 20

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Warning! SPOILERS for NCIS season 19.

Here is everything we know about NCIS season 20. The hit CBS series has been the number one broadcast series on television for 12 of its last 13 seasons, and now it's returning for yet another action-packed season. Its 20th season makes NCIS the third-longest running scripted, non-animated series on television, surpassed only by Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which is now on season 24.

NCIS follows the agents of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a law enforcement agency tasked with investigating and preventing crime for the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The ratings for NCIS started off slowly in the first few seasons, but the series finally shot through the ranks and has been one of the top five most watched shows on television since NCIS season 6. Though NCIS season 19 has received some backlash for its noticeable lack of Special Agent Gibbs (Mark Harmon) — who has been a staple since NCIS season 1 — it was still strong enough to guarantee one more season.

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NCIS is only one of the series that CBS has renewed to fill out their Fall 2022 schedule. Both of the series' spinoffs, NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: Hawaii, received the green light to return for another season. Other CBS programs — including Young Sheldon, which just wrapped up season 5,and the new comedy, Ghosts — will be airing alongside NCIS in the Fall 2022 line-up. Some series, like Magnum P.I, weren't quite as lucky, as the network also brought down some recent cancellations.

CBS has officially renewed NCIS for its 20th season. The season renewal was confirmed by the network in May 2022, alongside its spinoff shows, NCIS: Los