The tip is coming for NCIS: Los Angeles after information broke again in January that the long-running collection would conclude with its present fourteenth season. Whereas it hasn’t been on the air for fairly so long as the unique NCIS (presently in Season 10), the LA-based spinoff has been a staple of CBS programming for properly over a decade. Now, with only a few months left earlier than the finale, star LL Cool J has weighed in concerning the present ending.
Though the rapper-turned-actor commented on the present ending on social media after the unique announcement final month, he went into extra element forward of his look on the Grammys. When requested by ET how laborious it’s to say goodbye to NCIS: LA, LL Cool J shared:
Properly, I gotta inform you – it isn’t laborious in any respect. CBS did a tremendous factor with us; it has been a tremendous run. We’re speaking about 14 years. We’re not speaking about two-and-a-half, three years and ‘Oh it was enjoyable whereas it lasted.’ This was 14 years. So, I believe that the present has carried out super numbers. I imply, our final [NCIS] crossover did super numbers. I could not complain, I’ve nothing [to complain about]. All I may say is, ‘Wow, what a experience,’ you realize what I am saying?’
LL Cool J, who has performed Sam Hanna on NCIS: LA going again to the very starting, isn’t upset concerning the present ending, and as an alternative identified what the present has achieved over a few years in primetime. Few exhibits final lengthy sufficient to hit 300 episodes, which LA managed again within the spring. Persevering with on to hit fourteen seasons is one thing to be happy with, primarily based on what he mentioned concerning the “experience” that has been NCIS: LA. His feedback additionally echo what co-star Daniela Ruah mentioned about this being the “time to maneuver on.”
The Sam Hanna actor additionally identified that the mega-crossover between NCIS, NCIS: LA, and NCIS: Hawai’i was an enormous hit. Though I wasn’t satisfied on the time that the three exhibits ought to repeat the occasion anytime quickly, the scores have been definitely spectacular. In accordance with TVLine, the NCIS leg of the crossover had an viewers of seven.7 million viewers and 0.5 ranking at 8 p.m., adopted by Hawai’i with 7.2 million and 0.5 ranking at 9 p.m., and eventually Los Angeles with 6.7 million and 0.5 ranking, all in the important thing 18-49 age demographic with Dwell+Similar day totals.
It was due to this fact shocking when the information broke that NCIS: LA was ending after hitting such nice numbers, however CBS has already promised a “massive sendoff” for the collection. Plus, assuming the important thing characters all survive (and I’m holding out for an additional Hetty look within the flesh earlier than the ultimate credit position), who’s to say that they received’t flip up on NCIS or Hawai’i? Actually, LL Cool J reacted to Hawai’i star Vanessa Lachey’s feedback about him being welcome on her present each time he needs to drop by, saying:
I will undoubtedly hold that invitation in thoughts, Vanessa, and also you by no means know. We’ll see what occurs. Perhaps I will come play somewhat bit, we’ll see. Something is feasible.
That’s definitely not a assure, however in a TV universe as expansive and long-running as NCIS, it’s greatest to not rule any returns out. Who would have anticipated Ziva to return to NCIS for a full arc? Positive, Gibbs hasn’t appeared since his last episode as a collection common, and it’s attainable that the NCIS: LA group might be completed by the tip of the finale in Might. However why not hold hoping and/or revisiting earlier episodes of Season 14 streaming with a Paramount+ subscription?
For now, new episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles will proceed airing on Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on CBS, though it – like many different exhibits – isn’t debuting a brand new episode on February 12, a.okay.a. Tremendous Bowl Sunday. Whether or not viewers tune in for the sport, the unimaginable lineup of performers, or (in the event you’re like me) the hopefully unforgettable commercials, the Tremendous Bowl is just about assured to win the night time.
