Summary
A new CBS promotional post for the summer is drawing flak from many fans as it uses several images from the cancelledNCIS: Hawai’ispinoff. Despite being the youngest US-based offshoot, only premiering in 2021, from the famed procedural franchise,NCIS: Hawai’iquickly gained notoriety, building a solid viewership. Unfortunately, that didn’t seem enough for CBS to give the series more time to develop and fully reach its potential as the network unceremoniously pulled the plug on it afterNCIS: Hawai’iseason 3. Since then, its viewers have been advocating for the project to be resurrected.
As if CBS hasn’t received enough criticism for its cancellation, a new Instagram post from the officialNCISaccountuses a few images fromNCIS: Hawai’ito usher in the summer season. Check out the problematic post below:
The carousel of photos includes a total of 7 images from various shows in theNCISfranchise.Three of those come fromNCIS: Hawai’i, even though the spinoff has already been cancelled. In the comment section, fans are unhappy with this, considering the circumstances. Others bring attention to the movement that aims for CBS to bring back the beloved spinoff.
Why NCIS: Hawai’i’s Cancellation Is So Controversial
For a while,NCIS: Hawai’iwas in a bubble, but considering the rather late renewal ofNCISseason 22, there was confidence that it was only a matter of time before the offshoot got its season 4 order. Unfortunately, the network opted against it, leading to its abrupt end. It marks the third spinoff from the famed police procedural franchise to end,followingNCIS: Los AngelesandNCIS: New Orleans. Any project that goes through this kind of ending is painful, but there are other factors that make this worse, including data that was subsequently revealed.
Not long after it was announced thatNCIS: Hawai’iwas ending, viewership data from the latest network TV year was released. That somehow made CBS' decision to cancel the expansion show look much worse. According to the numbers,NCIS: Hawai’iranked as the 16th overall most-watched series during the 2023-2024 season, which is a significant climb in the charts from its previous year. This means that the show was growing, which should have been a good enough motivator for CBS to give it another year. For some reason, however, it was still cancelled.
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Finally,NCIS: Hawai’iseason 3 endedon a major cliffhanger, asJane Tennant reunites with Maggie Shaw. Their meeting was clearly setting up the series' next overarching storyline, but now, it would remain unfulfilled. This is unless CBS changes its mind about the procedural and realizes the error of its ways. In any case, there’s precedent for them walking back on cancellation decisions, so this may not be impossible to achieve.
NCIS: Hawaii
Cast
NCIS: Hawaii is the fourth spin-off of the police procedural series NCIS. It follows a team of Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents as they investigate a wide variety of difficult and shocking crimes. Vanessa Lachey stars as Jane Tennant alongside Alex Tarrant as Kai Holman, Noah Mills as Jesse Boone, Tori Anderson as Kate Whistler, Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy Tara, and Jason Antoon as Ernie Malik.
