NCIS Day: Get Exclusive Details and Promo for CBS’ 20th Anniversary Celebration — Mini-Marathon and Bandium Fun Included!

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NCIS Day: Get Exclusive Details and Promo for CBS’ 20th Anniversary Celebration — Mini-Marathon and Bandium Fun Included!

Rule No. 5: You don’t waste good. And there is a lot of good stuff to be enjoyed as NCIS marks its 20th anniversary this month.

On Monday, Sept. 25, CBS is officially celebrating “NCIS Day” — exactly 20 years (…plus two days) after the JAG spinoff made its broadcast debut. The well-watched NCIS mothership has aired 459 episodes to date, and with all offshoots (including NCIS: Sydney) combined, the franchise will reach a milestone 1,000th episode (!) during NCIS’ 21st season (premiere date TBD). If there is a giant “1,000” cake, I demand a slice.

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TVLine has exclusive details on all that “NCIS Day” will entail:

  • A mini-marathon airing Monday, Sept. 25 and kicking off with the first NCIS episode, featuring the original cast and back when the show was called [Takes deep breath] “Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service.” (Before you “Well, actually…” me –yes, NCIS technically launched via a backdoor pilot in the Season 8 JAG episodes “Ice Queen” and “Meltdown.”) All three mini-marathon episodes are detailed below; get an exclusive first look at the promo up above.

  • The debut of CBS’ “social take” on the Bandium app that Gary Cole’s Special Agent Alden Parker introduced to the team in Season 19 (as revisited in the video clip directly above). CBS’ version of Bandium will be accessed through an opt-in messenger feature on Instagram and Facebook, allowing “special agent fans at home” to receive exclusive content, personalized shareable content, special announcements and more. (Starting Sept. 18, sign up early using these Facebook and Instagram links.)

  • An opportunity for fans to take 20% off NCIS merchandise at ParamountShop.com, using the code NCIS20 at checkout from Sept. 7 through Oct. 2. (There will also be an on-air QR/discount code displayed periodically during the NCIS marathon so fans can scan and shop.)

  • And as you may have already noticed out there on social media, CBS has launched a new joint @NCISverse handle across all of the franchise’s social media platforms.

‘NCIS DAY’ MINI-MARATHON DETAILS

Monday, Sept. 25 at 8/7c — “Yankee White” (Season 1, Episode 1)
In the series’ premiere episode, NCIS Special Agents Gibbs (played by Mark Harmon) and Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) and medical examiner Dr. “Ducky” Mallard (David McCallum) arrive on Air Force One to investigate what initially appears to be a death by natural causes. But their investigation is hampered by inter-agency squabbles with the FBI and Secret Service, each believing that they should be the primary investigating unit. Gibbs cunningly gets control of the case from the others, but still has to go head-to-head with Secret Service Agent Kate Todd (Sasha Alexander).

Monday, Sept. 25 at 9 pm — “SWAK” (Season 2, Episode 22)
 When a letter sealed with a kiss is delivered to NCIS, Tony assumes it’s for him and opens it, only to release a mysterious powder into the NCIS squad room. Gibbs and the team are forced into quarantine in the NCIS autopsy room pending the results of tests to identify the strange powder. As Abby (Pauley Perrette) discovers the substance is a genetically altered version of the plague, Tony and Kate are placed in a bio-hazard isolation ward for fear of exposure. Gibbs and McGee (Sean Murray), meanwhile, race to track down who sent the letter before the deadly plague wreaks more havoc.

Monday, Sept. 25 at 10 pm — “All Hands” (Season 19, Episode 11)
 After a civilian research vessel in the North Atlantic picks up a small boat of wounded Navy officers, Special Agent Parker (Gary Cole) and his NCIS team arrive on the ship and are forced to hide after discovering terrorists on board. Also, Special Agent Knight (Katrina Law) takes a paper doll with her on the mission to capture photos for her niece’s grade school class. Martha Mitchell directed the episode from a script by Christopher J. Waild.

How will YOU be celebrating “NCIS Day”? Anyone want to go caroling door-to-door with me, maybe stumble across an ill-fated petty officer along the way…?

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