My mother loved NCIS and I used to catch snippets of it while visiting her. I used to laugh when they would approach a suspect, show their badges, and shout “NCIS!” and the suspect would know what that meant.
> On Feb 16, 2022, at 12:59 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > > Apparently even CBS wasn't confident in the name when NCIS got spun off from > JAG, as when the show premiered, it was titled "Navy NCIS"; the "Navy" got > dropped because...well, it's redundant and stupid. > >> On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 10:46:26 AM UTC-5 Jim Ellwanger wrote: >> 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 >>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 9:58 AM Paul Murray <[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/ >>>>> (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. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/b239be8e-578b-46d9-97fd-3ced88f2d9d1n%40googlegroups.com. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/CAK5Q1BpxzeqLqoeAO%3DGRw83s97_SNLTx_wcgEWnbgELx2Qe3CQ%40mail.gmail.com. >> > > -- > 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/524a799a-97a5-47fe-830b-8a4cd22fe2a7n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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