<p id=”par-1_19″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/cbs/?swcfpc=1″>CBS</a> is headed back Down Under in 2025. The second season of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/everything-know-ncis-sydney.html/”><em>NCIS </em>spinoff <em>NCIS: Sydney</em></a><em> </em>premieres in January. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-ncis-sydney-season-2-coming-to-cbs-in-january”>‘NCIS: Sydney’ Season 2 coming to CBS in January </h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high” width=”1200″ height=”676″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/NCIS-Sydney-cast-.jpg?strip=all&quality=89″ alt=”Tuuli Narkle, Todd Lasance, Olivia Swann and Sean Sagar of ‘NCIS: Sydney'” class=”wp-image-3591740″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Tuuli Narkle, Todd Lasance, Olivia Swann, and Sean Sagar of ‘NCIS: Sydney’ | Daniel Asher/Paramount+</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-2_33″>On Nov. 13, CBS revealed winter premiere dates for new and returning shows, including <em>NCIS: Sydney. </em>Season 2 of the Australian-set drama will begin airing on Friday, Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. </p>
<p id=”par-3_17″>“Y’all ready for this?” asked series star Olivia Swann on <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/DCUxoXkNjq3/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Instagram</a> after the premiere date was announced.</p>
<p id=”par-4_56″>The Friday night timeslot for the first international <em>NCIS </em>show is a change from season 1, when it aired on Tuesday evenings. For season 2, <em>NCIS: Sydney </em>will take over <em>S.W.A.T.</em>’s 8 p.m. timeslot. <em>S.W.A.T.</em> is moving to the 10 p.m. slot previously occupied by <em>Blue Bloods, </em>which will <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/blue-bloods-series-finale-air-date-cbs.html/”>wrap up its 14-season run in December</a>. </p>
<p id=”par-5_67″><em>NCIS: Sydney </em>Season 2 will have 10 episodes. All of season 1’s core cast will return, including Swann as NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey, Todd Lasance as AFP Sergeant Jim “JD” Dempsey, Sean Sagar as NCIS Special Agent DeShawn Jackson, Tuuli Narkle as AFP Liaison Officer Evie Cooper, Mavournee Hazel as AFP Forensic Scientist Bluebird “Blue” Gleeson, and William McInnes as AFP Forensic Pathologist Dr. Roy Penrose. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-what-to-expect-from-ncis-sydney-season-2″>What to expect from ‘NCIS: Sydney’ Season 2</h2>
<p id=”par-6_52″><em>NCIS: Sydney</em>’s first season ended with the surprising revelation that Department of Defense official Richard Rankin (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) was likely connected to the plot to kidnap JD’s son. CBS hasn’t revealed an episode synopsis for the season 2 premiere, but we can expect the show to pick up following that shocking cliffhanger. </p>
<p id=”par-7_44″>We also know that in season 2, the team will face off against a powerful adversary. As they look more closely at Rankin, they discover “a looming destructive chaos that threatens the stability of the region,” according to a press release from Paramount+ Australia. </p>
<p id=”par-8_35″>“The cases are bigger, locations more exotic, the stakes much higher,” the release teases. “With everything on the line, will <em>NCIS: Sydney</em> triumph against all odds – or be torn apart at their very core?”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-ncis-and-ncis-origins-get-midseason-premiere-dates”>‘NCIS’ and ‘NCIS: Origins’ get midseason premiere dates</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Austin-Stowell-NCIS-Origins.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Austin Stowell as young Gibbs in an NIS hat in’ NCIS: Origins’ series premiere” class=”wp-image-3711542″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Austin Stowell as Leroy Jethro Gibbs in ‘NCIS: Origins’ | Greg Gayne/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-9_19″>CBS has also revealed midseason premiere dates for the two other shows in the <em>NCIS</em>-verse: <em>NCIS </em>and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/watch-ncis-origins.html/”><em>NCIS: Origins</em></a><em>. </em></p>
<p id=”par-10_19″><em>NCIS </em>Season 22 returns on Monday, Jan. 27 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, following <em>NCIS: Origins </em>at 10 p.m. ET/PT. </p>
<p id=”par-11_50″>Fans can also look forward to new episodes of other CBS dramas in the new year. <em>FBI, FBI: International, </em>and <em>FBI: Most Wanted</em> return on Tuesday, Jan. 28 starting at 8 p.m. <em>Matlock </em>and <em>Elsbeth </em>are back on Thursday, Jan. 30, and <em>Fire Country </em>and <em>S.W.A.T. </em>resume on Jan. 31. </p>
<p id=”par-12_25″><em>Watson, </em>a new medical mystery series,<em> </em>premieres Sunday, Feb. 16 at 9 p.m., followed by <em>The Equalizer </em>Season 5 in a new 10 p.m. timeslot. </p>
<p id=”par-13_8″><em>NCIS: Sydney </em>Season 1 is streaming on Paramount+. </p>
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