NCIS: Hawai’i’s Cancellation Continued A Very Odd Franchise Trend
Hannah Postlethwait is an author and Senior Features Writer for Screen Rant based in Ames, Iowa.
Summary There has been a lot of change lately in the NCIS universe, and the cancelation of NCIS: Hawai’i continued an odd trend that has surfaced amid the franchise’s transition. The franchise started as a backdoor pilot of the 1990s legal procedural JAG, with the original NCIS premiering in 2003. The franchise launched its first spinoff in 2009, introducing the cast of NCIS: Los Angeles. Since then, the franchise has created six other series, only some of which are still in production.
NCIS Has A History Of Canceling Spinoffs The Same Year A New One Premieres The NCIS Franchise Has Been Swapping Out Spinoffs Every Few Years Close With the cancelation of NCIS: Hawai’i and the announcement of NCIS: Tony & Ziva and NCIS: Origins, the franchise has solidified a trend of canceling established series as it begins producing new ones. While this may sound like show business, it signifies more than that when analyzed.
the NCIS franchise is making decisions to favor more complex, diversified programming regarding how the story is presented.