CBS has renewed NCIS for an 11th season after securing Mark Harmon, to a new multi-year deal.
”In a world gone niche, NCIS keeps getting bigger, and Mark Harmon continues to define the role of leading man on the #1 show on television,” said CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves. “NCIS is the type of franchise every company wants in today’s global content ecosystem — high-quality storytelling that generates passionate viewers and drives revenue on every conceivable platform.”
Deadline speculates that Harmon’s deal is likely for two years and gives him a healthy raise over the most recent salary of more than $500,000 an episode, possibly over $700,000 an episode. In addition to starring, Harmon, he serves as an executive producer/profit participant on NCIS and has a production deal with CBS TV Studios for his company Wings Prods.
NCIS continue to bag stellar ratings, delivering its second largest Live+same day audience two weeks ago (22.86 million viewers), rising to 25.36 million viewer in Live + DVR viewing.
Australian Shane Brennan continues as showrunner.
The latest season is currently airing on TEN.
Thanks!
@djay: yup, pretty much all the others re-signed last year.
When’s the guy going to get a decent haircut – it’s a shocker. I can’t warm to Mark Harmon at all I’m afraid – he’s not much of an actor, I don’t think.
Forget the ratings, forget the hype, forget the contracts values etc., the biggest testament to NCIS’s quality and popularity, at least in Australia, is that it still remains popular here.
Because despite network Ten’s Best Efforts to destroy the enthusiasm of its loyal followers of one of their best assets(when times are tough for them) by fragmentation within and between series, constant time slot changes, and what ever other suicidal tendencies they tried, we hung in there.,
Is it only me or has anybody else noticed the ‘In Words’ of “Fast Tracked” seemed to have now died a natural death among All Networks?
So have all the cast resigned as well?
I hope we will see more stories for Abby, Palmer & McGee but considering who his father in law is, i doubt it.
With an 11th season confirmed NCIS will now surpass it’s original parent series JAG, which only had 10 seasons. Well done.
Ratings might be strong but stories seem weaker and have for about the last two seasons.
Yes!!!!
Hope it goes on for another TEN years!!!