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NCIS: How Patience Pays Off

10/4/2012

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The networks have all begun their fall seasons and if you're a fan of the CBS show NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) and NCIS: Los Angeles you know that these shows are consistently in the top of the ratings. The season premiere of NCIS drew over 20 million viewers*, while NCIS: LA attracted almost 17 million viewers* during its season premiere. 
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It's no understatement to say that the NCIS franchise has been hugely successful and profitable for CBS. Did you know you can purchase an official NCIS jumpsuit on the CBS website? (No, I'm not being compensated for this.) An official NCIS jumpsuit? That's how you know you're doing well!

But did you know that NCIS may have never appeared on CBS at all? And CBS has rival network NBC to thank for that!
Six years before NCIS began its run on CBS, NBC premiered a show called JAG (short for  Judge Advocate General.) JAG centered around a former naval aviator turned attorney (judge advocate) played by David James Elliott. Series creator Donald Bellisario conceived JAG to be a cross between the movies "A Few Good Men" and "Top Gun." 

At the end of its first season (1995-1996) JAG finished towards the bottom of the ratings and was cancelled by NBC. CBS picked up the cancelled series made a few tweaks to the cast (adding, among others) actress Catherine Bell and episodes began airing on CBS in 1997. 

JAG went on to become became a very successful series for CBS and ran for 10 seasons; with the last of over 220 episodes airing in 2005. The series is now a fixture in syndication. 

So where does NCIS fit in? If you didn't already know, NCIS was a spin-off of JAG. The original main characters of NCIS made their debut over a couple of episodes in season eight of JAG. Reaction was favorable and NCIS was picked up by CBS and the rest is history. 

Do you think NBC would have liked to have three hit shows in prime time? It could have, if it just had a little more patience and, perhaps, a little more vision to see what JAG could have become. 

What things in your life could use a little more of your patience? 
Source: http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/09/tuesday-final-ratings-the-voice-overtakes-ncis-and-the-curious-case-of-vegas.html
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