CBS Execs Discuss Future of 'NCIS' Franchise, Spinoffs, Castings, Renewals, Crossovers, Cameos, 'Tiva' & More: The Biggest Highlights!

The new season of When Calls The Heart debuts tonight on the Hallmark Channel, and we’re bringing you some fun facts about the series that you may not have realized!

One day after Bob Iger faced questions about Disney‘s competitive position vs. Universal in the Orlando theme park game, there came more information today about a significant expansion of Walt Disney World.

Two years ago, following a vast array of attempts at a hit small screen vehicle for uber-talented “SNL” veteran Maya Rudolph, Apple TV+’s “Loot” hit the sitcom world, entering on new divorcée Molly Wells (Rudolph) trying to navigate and decide what to do with an enormous $87 billion settlement. Eventually, she settles on re-engaging with her charitable foundation, reconnecting with the real world, and trying to find out who she is along the way.

Noah Kahan leading the way on both lists.The US singer-songwriter’s 2022 single ‘Stick Season’ enjoyed a viral resurgence towards the end of last year, and has earned 850,000 chart units in 2024 alone (via Official Charts).Additionally, the seven-week Number One is the most-streamed song of the year so far – having registered 99million plays since the start of 2024. ‘Stick Season’ has accumulated 1.4million chart units in total.Kahan achieved a second entry in the top 40 songs of the year so far run-down, with his Sam Fender-featuring version of ‘Homesick’ landing at Number 24.The musician’s 2022 third studio record, also titled ‘Stick Season’, has been named the UK’s biggest album of 2024 so far.

In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo digs into the film “DogMan” with writer/director Luc Besson (“The Fifth Element,” “Leon: The Professional,” “Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets.”). The film follows Doug (Caleb Landry Jones), a young, crippled, abandoned man, beaten down by a tough life who has a supernatural connection to his canine companions.

Kit Connor and Will Poulter are among the new additions for the upcoming war movie Warfare!

Demi Moore, Glen Powell and more of Hollywood’s biggest stars stepped out on Wednesday night (March 27) to honor their stylists.

There is a twist with the latest offering from the now-decade-old Monsterverse, a franchise that has featured Kong and Godzilla in their own movies and then in 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong battling each other to the death. (These monsters never really die. But you knew that). The twist this time is there an even greater threat for these iconic giant creatures to each other and the world, so instead of being on opposite sides of the ring, they team up against an evil new villain, a batshit-crazy ape on steroids named Skar King, in order to save not just Hollow Earth — where most of the action takes place in a dense rainforest — but just about everyone else.

Nell Tiger Free is stepping out for the premiere of her new psychological horror movie!

A special dog show will be taking place in the city centre this April featuring a jam-packed line-up of ‘pawtastic’ fun.

The NCIS: Origins cast is rounding out!

Journey‘s hit track ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ has been named the biggest song of all time by Forbes and has become 18x platinum.According to the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), ‘Don’t Stop Believin’’ is now an 18-times-platinum-certified single, meaning that the track has moved more than 18 million units between pure sales and other forms of consumption like streaming in the US alone.Before reaching this honour, in May 2013, ‘Don’t Stop Believin” had only hit quadruple platinum status. Journey’s founding member and lead guitarist Neal Schon took to X/Twitter to celebrate the achievement.

The NCIS franchise will be airing its 1,000th episode on April 15, and CBS Studios President David Stapf has been involved in every single one of them. Because he was head of CBS current programming at the time, he even participated in the development of the mothership series from Day 1 because it originated as two back-door pilot episodes of an existing show, JAG, that aired in April 2003. He was in on all casting sessions and still remembers Pauley Perrette’s audition that won her the role of Abby in the room.

Selome Hailu CBS and Paramount+ Australia have renewed “NCIS Sydney” for a second season. The series, which is the first international iteration of “NCIS,” debuted in November of 2023. It is the fifth series in the franchise, which includes the still-running “NCIS” and “NCIS: Hawai’i” along with “NCIS: Los Angeles” and “NCIS: New Orleans,” which have both concluded.

CBS has picked up NCIS: Sydney for a second season. The procedural will also return for a second year on Paramount+ Australia.

The Good Doctor is sadly coming to an end, but there’s a bunch of surprises heading into the final season!

Wayne Brady is opening up about his sexuality.

CBS is in the works on a brand new soap opera series with a Black family as the focus.

There’s a big NCIS crossover coming!

Great news for fans of all the CBS hits: Ghosts and Fire Country have both been renewed for new seasons!