CBS confirmed NCIS season 23 earlier this year, with the next installment set to premiere in fall 2025. However, there’s a major change on the horizon for the long-running drama.

Since 2021, NCIS has aired on Monday nights, but for season 23, it’s moving back to its original Tuesday night slot. Adding to the excitement, CBS plans to dedicate all of Tuesday night to the NCIS franchise. Both NCIS season 23 and NCIS: Origins season 2 will shift to Tuesday, while NCIS: Sydney will move from Friday nights.

While the exact premiere dates haven’t been announced, past release patterns suggest a September or October debut.

The NCIS season 22 finale delivered major revelations: the Nexus organization’s leader, “The Butcher,” was revealed to be an AI. Carla Marino (Rebecca De Mornay), a Kansas City mob boss, was exposed as Alden Parker’s (Gary Cole) father’s k1ller. Meanwhile, Gabriel LaRoche (Seamus Dever) was unmasked as a double agent, forcing his resignation from NCIS

Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David are officially back-and this time, they’re not just partners, they’re parents. NCIS: Tony & Ziva, a brand-new spinoff coming to Paramount+, reunites Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo in a fast-paced, romantic, and emotional thriller set against the backdrop of Europe.

The 10-episode series picks up years after their off-screen reunion, with Tony and Ziva raising their 12-year-old daughter, Tali (played by Isla Gie), in Paris. But life in the City of Light doesn’t stay peaceful for long.

When Tony’s private security firm is att4cked, the family is forced to go on the run-racing across Europe to stay ahead of an unknown enemy and uncover who’s after them.

What unfolds is a mix of espionage, danger, and classic Tiva tension. The couple must confront their complicated past, navigate new challenges, and learn to trust each other again-all while keeping their daughter safe.

“This is for the fans who’ve stuck with us all these years,” Weatherly and de Pablo said in a joint statement. “It’s an action-packed roller coaster fueled by love, danger, tears, and laughter.”

In a teaser, de Pablo teased what fans can expect: “Intrigue, romance, the background of Europe, and impossible situations—complicated, but with a little something about love.”

Though the show stands on its own, it’s full of nods to longtime NCIS viewers. Tony originally left the series in Season 13 after learning Ziva-thought to be d3ad-had secretly given birth to Tali. Ziva returned in Season 16, revealing she had faked her death and gone into hiding. Their eventual reunion happened off-screen-until now.

The Paris setting is more than just scenic-it’s a heartfelt callback to their early days undercover together in France, a full-circle moment longtime fans will appreciate.

Weatherly told Variety that filming with de Pablo again felt “surprisingly natural. Informed by the past, illuminated by the present, and trying to see a future together.”

NCIS: Tony & Ziva premieres September 4, 2025, with the first three episodes streaming on Paramount+. New episodes will follow weekly, leading up to the finale on October 23