NCIS: Los Angeles is an American television series

Television program

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 that premiered on CBS

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 on September 22, 2009. The series is set in Los Angeles

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, California

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, and follows the stories of the members of the Office of Special Projects, an undercover

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 division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service

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 (NCIS). The program and its characters were introduced in a two-part episode during the sixth season of the television series NCIS

NCIS (TV series)

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on April 28 and May 5, 2009. 58 original episodes of the show have aired.

Series overview

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! style="padding:0 8px;" rowspan="2"| Season
! style="padding:0 8px;" rowspan="2"| Episodes
! style="padding:0 80px;" colspan="2"| Originally aired
! style="padding:0 80px;" colspan="3"| DVD

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 release date
|-
! Season premiere

Season premiere

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! Season finale

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! Region 1
! Region 2
! Region 4
|-
| style="background:#727972; color:#100; text-align:center;"| Introductory
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| style="text-align:center;"| April 28, 2009
| style="text-align:center;"| May 5, 2009
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| August 31, 2010
(includes introductory episodes)
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| August 2, 2010
(includes introductory episodes)
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| August 19, 2010
(includes introductory episodes)
|-
| style="background:#127fc0; color:#100; text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 24
| style="text-align:center;"| September 22, 2009
| style="text-align:center;"| May 25, 2010
|-
| style="background:#60922f; color:#100; text-align:center;"| 2
| style="text-align:center;"| 24
| style="text-align:center;"|September 21, 2010
| style="text-align:center;"| May 17, 2011
| style="text-align:center;"| August 23, 2011
|style="text-align:center;"| August 22, 2011
|style="text-align:center;"| September 1, 2011
|-
| style="background:#b23249; color:#100; text-align:center;"| 3
|
| style="text-align:center;"|September 20, 2011
| style="text-align:center;"| Spring 2012
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|}

Introductory episodes

NCIS: Los Angeles and its characters were introduced during the sixth season episodes of NCIS titled "Legend (Part 1)" and "Legend (Part 2)". These episodes served as a backdoor pilot for the series.

NCIS Series No.		|Title		|Written by		|Viewers (millions)

Season 3: 2011

On May 18, 2011 NCIS: Los Angeles was renewed for a third season by CBS.

External links

at CBS

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