I would bet that the VAST majority of Americans also had no idea what "NCIS" stood for (or even that it existed) until the original TV series debuted.
> On Feb 16, 2022, at 7:44 AM, Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Canadian here..... I had no idea what NCIS stood for until recently. I > then learned it was something to do with military law enforcement. Which > then made me wonder "how much crime can there be WITHIN the military that > they can cover so many stories". I know the latter half of that question is > irrelevant because it's television, but the first question still drove me to > google and other searching to learn about the scope of NCIS is larger than > just within the military. > > Naval Criminal Investigative Service - Wikipedia > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Criminal_Investigative_Service> > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 9:58 AM Paul Murray <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Yet another NCIS spinoff to ignore. My only idle curiosity is what accents > the actors will have. By logic, they should be American, except for any > locals they work with. > > As one who has regularly watched the original, I tried the LA and NO spinoffs > and quickly abandoned them. LA in particular seemed so tenuously connected to > the navy as to be laughable; it's just another "unconventional law > enforcement team" show. > > I still watch the original, although I'm currently weeks behind in streaming > it. I think it's the TV equivalent of comfort food for me at this point. > > On Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 10:51:15 PM UTC-5 Doug Fields wrote: > The show is​ based inside the Dept. of Defense (and inside the Navy). But > that shouldn't prohibit shows set outside the US, in the same manner that the > Navy has bases located in foreign countries all around the world. Anywhere > there is a concentration of Navy or Marine Corps personnel, there will also > be field offices of most of the support organizations that serve those > branches of the military, definitely including the NCIS. > > Doug Fields > Tampa, FL > From: 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <[email protected] <>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 5:41 PM > To: TVorNotTV <[email protected] <>> > Subject: [TV orNotTV] NCIS branching outside the US > > I always took this show to be based inside the Defense Dept, if not the Navy > specifically... and yet Shane Brennan, Aussie by birth, is working on a > Sydney-based entry in the franchise, which he intends to film there with > actors therefrom, but also show on Paramount+... the streamer also announced > a "SEAL Team" feature film... > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ncis-sydney-seal-team-movie-coming-to-paramount-1235093708/ > > <https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ncis-sydney-seal-team-movie-coming-to-paramount-1235093708/> > (link) > > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/71dc1e59-84b6-4976-8b9e-916921a83b78n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/71dc1e59-84b6-4976-8b9e-916921a83b78n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b239be8e-578b-46d9-97fd-3ced88f2d9d1n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b239be8e-578b-46d9-97fd-3ced88f2d9d1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BpxzeqLqoeAO%3DGRw83s97_SNLTx_wcgEWnbgELx2Qe3CQ%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BpxzeqLqoeAO%3DGRw83s97_SNLTx_wcgEWnbgELx2Qe3CQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/B16759BB-3DDA-4DFA-BD61-AA7A05408D38%40ellwanger.tv.
