'NCIS New Orleans' Premiere Live Stream, CBS TV Start Time, Spoilers: Spin-Off Airs Back to Back With Original NCIS 12
With the program's characters and back stories already introduced in the eleventh season of the main "NCIS" show ("Crescent City Part 1" and "Crescent City Part 2," consequently) "NCIS: New Orleans" will now take off for its main time slot this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.
Written by "NCIS" writer Gary Glasberg, the show will see Scott Bakula as Dwayne Cassius Pride, NCIS Special Agent in Charge, and Lucas Black as Christopher LaSalle, NCIS Senior Special Agent.
Season 1 of the "NCIS: New Orleans" opens up with an episode entitled, "Musician Heal Thyself."
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"A case involving the murder of a Petty Officer, who is a former gang member and later mentored by Agent Pride, is investigated. Agent Brody is still trying to get acquainted with New Orleans," the synopsis reads.
Based on the story of real-life retired NCIS agent named D'Wayne Swear, Glasberg admits that "NCIS: NO" "was never supposed to be a series."
"Every year I sit down with Mark Harmon, and we talk about sweeps episodes for NCIS. And I told him that I had heard that there was a retired agent in New Orleans who ran the office here for 20 years, and I thought we could do a fun story," the showrunner told TV Guide.
Later on, he found himself engrossed in the story of the former agent after having met him and then "the rest is history." Swear now serves as a consultant on the series, according to the site.
As for the question whether it will live up to the reputation of its "mothership" series, Glasberg said that the writers are trying to make sure it is the best it can possibly be.
"We're really trying to make an effort for this show, for this cast, for this team, to stand on its own and be unique and different — and yet still feel like NCIS, to still feel like it belongs in the family," the executive producer said. "We absolutely want it to have its own feel, and you want to take advantage of everything that this city has to offer, and try and encapsulate it into these sets and these characters."
NCIS New Orleans premiere will air on TV on the CBS network, or can also be watched online through live stream by clicking here.
