作者：卢克·伯班克
2026年3月8日 / 美国东部时间上午9:46 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
好莱坞又逢颁奖季，《海军罪案调查处》（NCIS）剧组正在庆祝电视界最难得的荣誉之一：长盛不衰。3月24日（周二），《海军罪案调查处》第500集将在哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）播出。这部剧已走过23个播出季，历经 syndication（电视网重播）和流媒体时代，观众累计观看时长约达3.3万亿分钟。此外，凭借多部衍生剧，它已成为全球排名第一的电视IP。
然而早期有个玩笑说，《海军罪案调查处》只是《犯罪现场调查》（CSI）的拼写错误。
长期担任剧集制片人的史蒂夫·宾德（Steve Binder）回忆，刚参与《海军罪案调查处》的头几年，每当被问到”你在哪里工作？”，他的回答总是：”你妈妈最喜欢的电视节目。”他说：”我从来不说出全名，因为他们会反问’什么？’，然后我就会感到尴尬。”直到第七季，他才意识到：”这部剧可以一直做下去，只要演员们还愿意演。”
对于没看过这部剧的观众，”NCIS”代表”海军刑事调查局”（Naval Criminal Investigative Service）。但这部衍生出多部剧集的作品，最初其实是2003年从《执法悍将》（JAG）衍生而来。
传奇电视制作人唐·贝尔萨里奥（Don Bellisario）创作并监制了《海军罪案调查处》，主演阵容由马克·哈蒙（Mark Harmon）领衔。然而剧集初期并不顺利，直到萨莎·亚历山大（Sasha Alexander）饰演的探员凯特·托德（Caitlin “Kate” Todd）在第二季季终以死亡收场，剧情才开始转变。
演员肖恩·默里（Sean Murray，饰演蒂莫西·麦吉探员）表示，托德探员的退出意义重大：”唐想出了个绝妙主意，’我们要在季终特写镜头里让她中枪身亡’。这种剧情在网络电视上是前所未见的。”
（图片：加里·科尔、威尔默·瓦尔德拉玛、肖恩·默里和卡特里娜·劳在CBS剧集《海军罪案调查处》中。索尼娅·弗莱明/CBS）
当然，其他剧集可能因关键角色的离奇离场而终结，但对《海军罪案调查处》粉丝而言，猜测下一个会离开的角色反而成了剧集的一部分。宾德说：”说再见总是难过的，但新角色的加入其实是剧的特色而非缺陷。我们可以尝试不同的剧情和角色，只要遵循一定的规则，新角色带来的新鲜感、新活力和新关系，观众似乎依然买账。”
2016年迈克尔·韦瑟利（Michael Weatherly）退出后，威尔默·瓦尔德拉玛（Wilmer Valderrama）饰演新探员尼克·托雷斯（Nick Torres）。他的背景故事取材于自己在委内瑞拉的真实成长经历：”我在那里生活了约十年，从小看《警界双雄》（CHIPs）和《查理的天使》（Charlie’s Angels），都是西班牙语版。但对我们拉丁美洲人来说，美国国旗、服务精神和美国梦，对来自政治经济动荡地区的人而言，确实像地球上最幸福的地方。”
卡特里娜·劳（Katrina Law，2021年起饰演杰西卡·奈特探员）表示，演员间的化学反应是剧集成功的关键：”说实话，这是我最喜欢的一点，戏里戏外我们都有绝佳的默契，让工作变得无比有趣。”
法医专家卡西·海恩斯（Kasie Hines）的扮演者迪奥娜·里索弗（Diona Reasonover）说：”我原以为这只是普通的单元剧（case of the week），没想到看到了这些关系的发展，这也是我和观众继续追更的原因。”
饰演法医吉米·帕尔默（Dr. Jimmy Palmer）的布莱恩·迪岑（Brian Dietzen）在经历近致命的双栓塞中风后，更珍视这些戏外友谊：”我很幸运能在这里，但看到大家挺身而出说’需要什么帮助？’，迪奥娜甚至住在我家附近，开车接送我上下班，这太不可思议了。”
确实，路人可能会惊讶看到这两位《海军罪案调查处》角色开车出行：”我们还得穿着实验服吗？”他笑着说。
那么，究竟是什么让《海军罪案调查处》成功？是故事线？每集隐藏的彩蛋？还是演员化学反应？问加里·科尔（饰演监督探员奥尔登·帕克）时，他说：”我很迷信这个，就像棒球里投球无安打的投手不能被打扰，你得在休息区安静等待。”
或许你只需等到3月24日收看第500集。科尔补充道：”在这样的环境里，除非充满爱，否则无法成功完成工作并保持理智。我刚来的时候就感受到了，现在依然如此。用个老套的说法，我们是一家人。”
更多信息：
- 《海军罪案调查处》第500集3月24日在CBS播出，并将在派拉蒙+（Paramount+）流媒体平台上线
本文由安东尼·劳达托制作。编辑：杰森·施密特。
“NCIS” at 500: Cracking the code
By Luke Burbank
March 8, 2026 / 9:46 AM EDT / CBS News
It’s award season again in Hollywood, and the cast and crew of “NCIS” are celebrating maybe the rarest prize of all in television: Longevity. On Tuesday, March 24, the 500th episode of “NCIS” will air on CBS. In its 23 seasons on the air, then syndication and now streaming, viewers have watched some 3.3 trillion minutes of the show. And with multiple spinoffs, it’s the #1 franchise in the world.
Yet early on, the joke was that “NCIS” was just “CSI” mis-spelled.
Longtime showrunner Steve Binder says, for the first several years he worked on “NCIS,” his response to the question “Where do you work?” would be, “Your mother’s favorite TV show.” “I never said the name, ’cause they’d go, ‘Huh?’ And then I’d feel bad about myself,” Binder said. “Season 7, I started to think like, ‘This thing can go forever, you know, as long as these actors wanna keep doing it.’”
For those that haven’t watched it, “NCIS” stands for Naval Criminal Investigative Service. But the show that’s spun many other shows actually began in 2003 as a spin-off itself, of the show “JAG.”
Legendary TV producer Don Bellisario created and ran “NCIS,” with a strong ensemble cast led by Mark Harmon. But the show struggled, until Sasha Alexander, who played Special Agent Caitlin “Kate” Todd in the first two years of the show, wanted to leave.
Sean Murray (who plays Special Agent Timothy McGee) said the exit of Special Agent Todd was significant: “Don got the great idea of, ‘Well, I think what we’ll do is we’re gonna kill you in the season two finale in a close up – take a bullet right in the close up.’ And that was something that you just never saw happen on network TV.”
Gary Cole, Wilmer Valderrama, Sean Murray and Katrina Law in the CBS series “NCIS.” Sonja Flemming/CBS
Of course, plot twists – like the elaborate departure of key characters – on other shows could end a series. But for “NCIS” fans, speculating which character might be the next to go became all part of the show. “It’s sad to say goodbye,” Binder said. “but the new people coming in is actually a feature, not a bug. And I think it was, ‘Oh, okay, we can try these different things and do these different things.’ And as long as we follow a certain set of guidelines and rules, the evolution that comes from new characters, and new energies, and new relationships, the audience seems to still like.”
After Michael Weatherly left the show in 2016, Wilmer Valderrama joined as Special Agent Nick Torres. His backstory was inspired by Valderrama’s actual life, growing up in Venezuela. “I was raised there for about ten years,” he said. “I grew up watching, you know, ‘CHIPs’ and ‘Charlie’s Angels.’ I used to watch them all in Spanish. But I will say that the impression I had of the United States, the American flag, the way of service, the American dream, for us in Latin America, coming from where I was coming from, you know, a place that was fracturing politically and economically, this did feel like the happiest place on Earth.”
According to Katrina Law, who became a series regular in 2021 as Special Agent Jessica Knight, the chemistry between cast members has been a key ingredient to the show’s success: “I’m not gonna lie, that’s one of my favorite things about being on the show, is that we have amazing chemistry on-camera, off-camera. And it just makes coming to work so much fun.”
“I definitely thought this was going to be more of your standard procedural, definitely more like a case of the week,” said Diona Reasonover (Forensic Specialist Kasie Hines). “And seeing these relationships develop, that’s what keeps me coming back, and I think it’s what keeps the audience coming back, too.”
Brian Dietzen plays Dr. Jimmy Palmer, the show’s medical examiner. For him, those off-screen friendships were all the more important when he had a near-fatal dual embolic stroke. “I’ve been very fortunate, very lucky to be here,” Dietzen said. “But to see people step up and say, ‘What do you need? How can we help?’ And Diona, she lived down the street from me and so she would give me rides to and from work. It was incredible.”
Surely it blew the minds of people at a stoplight to see these two characters from “NCIS” driving somewhere. “Yeah, keep our lab coats on!” he laughed.
But just what is it that’s made “NCIS” a success? Is it the story arcs? The easter eggs for fans in every episode? The cast chemistry? Don’t ask Gary Cole, who plays Supervisory Special Agent Alden Parker: “I’m superstitious about it,” he said. “It’s like the old baseball metaphor. You don’t talk to the guy who’s throwing the no-hitter. You sit on the other side of the bench. You know, you just let him do his thing until it’s over with.”
You may just have to tune in March 24 to find out.
Cole said, “You cannot be in an environment like this and get the work done successfully, and be sane, unless there is love involved. That’s what I saw when I got here. That’s what I still see. There’s a vibe, for lack of a better word, that is positive, supportive, just the old corny phrase that we’re in this together.”
For more info:
- The 500th episode of “NCIS” airs March 24 on CBS and will stream on Paramount+
Story produced by Anthony Laudato. Editor: Jason Schmidt.
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