It seems NCIS fans aren’t going to have to wait quite as long for the new Tony and Ziva spinoff as we had initially been led to believe!
While all of the branding for the upcoming spinoff, NCIS: Tony and Ziva, has been promoting the show as coming this fall, it seems Paramount+ has adjusted the show’s release strategy and will be dropping the show at the end of summer instead. During the Q1 2025 Paramount Earnings Conference Call hosted on May 8, 2025, Paramount executives offered up a look at the upcoming programming slate for the second half of the year. During the highlights, it was announced that NCIS: Tony and Ziva will be coming in August 2025.
That’s right, it seems we’re going to see the brand new series kicking off sometime in August, which honestly makes so much sense!
Although we don’t know their official return dates, CBS just announced that it will be launching its first-ever NCIS primetime block beginning on Tuesdays this fall. The new three-hour block will see NCIS, NCIS: Origins, and NCIS: Sydney airing across the night, making franchise history as CBS’s first three-hour NCIS primetime block. This means fans will be getting plenty of NCIS in the fall when the shows return for their new seasons at the end of September or early in October.
Holding NCIS: Tony and Ziva for the fall makes little sense, as fans are already going to be getting so much content from the franchise. However, premiering the show in August will surely help drive viewership as the show will help to bridge the gap between the new seasons of CBS’s NCIS shows. This will surely help prevent NCIS fatigue and give the Tony and Ziva show its own time to shine.
It’s been previously confirmed that the new series will consist of 10 episodes, which are expected to be released weekly. An August release date for the show will allow the season to premiere and unfold in the weeks leading up to the CBS NCIS shows’ returns, when fans are especially eager for new episodes.
By releasing the show in August, this could also allow CBS to pull the show into the mix sometime in 2026 as a filler series during the midseason or summer months when it might be looking for new content to bring to fans. This is an approach that has worked incredibly well for Paramount in the past with streaming originals such as Tulsa King getting linear premieres that then translated to more viewers watching new episodes on streaming.
Regardless of when the new series premieres, we have no doubt NCIS: Tony and Ziva will be a breakout hit for Paramount+. Fans have been hoping to see Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly reunite on NCIS for years now, and while we’d have loved to see that reunion unfold on the flagship series, it’s even more exciting to see the pair getting to take center stage via their own spinoff series. The show promises to fill in some gaps in the storylines that had previously occurred off-screen, and get to see Tony and Ziva going on the run together in Europe as they try to work to protect their family and find out who is behind the attack against them.
You can watch the trailer for NCIS: Tony and Ziva below and be sure to keep an eye out for more news about the series as we inch closer to its premiere this August!