CBS is pulling new episodes of all three NCIS shows from its November 24 lineup and replacing them with re-airings ahead of Thanksgiving. The franchise will return to its normal Tuesday schedule on December 1, ending a two-week stretch without fresh episodes after an earlier pause for Midterm election coverage.
That makes November 17 the last night of new episodes before the break. NCIS Season 24 will air Ride or Die, NCIS: New York will air My Companion at 9 p.m., and NCIS: Origins will air Shot Through the Heart at 10 p.m. For viewers tracking the CBS NCIS franchise schedule pause, the timing is what stands out: the pause lands before Thanksgiving week, but the network is not holding the shows for the holiday itself so much as using the week leading into it to clear the board.
The move affects three shows at once and freezes the franchise just as it is settling into its fall run. The flagship NCIS is in its 24th season, and CBS has held back episodes of the procedural crime drama franchise during Thanksgiving week before, but the interruption still arrives at a moment when the schedule is tightening. There are only a few weeks left until midseason finales air, which makes every Tuesday count more than it did a month ago.
There is also a small wrinkle inside the pause. NCIS: Origins Season 3 includes a return by Muse Watson as the older Mike Franks in Shot Through the Heart, and Emily Wickersham will appear once again as Ellie Bishop in the upcoming episode. So while CBS is turning to reruns on November 24, the franchise is not short on story; it is simply stepping away from new installments for one week. That is why the break feels a little sharper than a standard holiday scheduling move.
The answer, for now, is straightforward. CBS is not abandoning the franchise or stretching out the break indefinitely. It is holding new NCIS episodes for one Tuesday, then bringing the whole lineup back on December 1, with the next real question being how much runway the shows have left before those midseason finales arrive.
