Regarding NCIS: Sydney, it was made known that the NCIS agents cannot carry weapons in Australia meaning Agent Jackson and Agent Mackie are pretty much useless to Cooper and JD out in the field.
I hope there’s some work around next episode that’ll allow them to carry weapons.
It was good that they used real life laws etc. I think since they are forming ‘NCIS Sydney’ and it’s a joint task force, they might get special permission etc. probably will get explained in Ep 2
But i doubt it works to lure that many subscribers. Most who really want to watch it would just subscribe for a month and then ditch it. Viewers are canny now.
That’s churn. All streamers have churn problems. But a constant supply of new programming is what slows and minimises churn. Adding new premium shows like NCIS: Sydney month after month is exatcly what attracts new subs.
CBS is showing it on FTA first and they have a full schedule on their channel. Ten does not. They invest in all these fitst run and co productions but they hand them to Paramount+ first. By the time they’re on Ten there’s no buzz.
CBS’s number 1 show is NCIS so its huge for them. Also having scripted against ABC NBC and FOX with the strike gives CBS a leg up. P+ USA also has dozens and dozens of new US originals to drive take up - P+ AU does not.
Hard to know which budgets are funding NCIS: Sydney but in the end Para Global fund 10 and P+ AU, so the money comes from the same place.
Linear TV is in decline and streaming is the future - so placing high profile AU originals on P+ is the correct strategy.
Wall St would punish you and sell off paramount stock if you were CEO.
Streaming is the future.
Let’s see if Paramount and lot of other streamers are all still in business in a few years from now.
That doesn’t mean viewers will go flocking back to FTA though.
Is it really necessary for them to have guns, it is nice that is something a bit different. Too many American cop shows just turn into big shoot outs to solve the crimes.
Paramount+ will likely merge with Peacock or Max when Para Global gets swallowed up by Comcast NBC Universal or WBD (Max) It’s too small to survive alone.
But that’s got nothing to do with originals running on streaming services as a priority.
It was actually supposed to be 2023 on 10, and we’ve heard no confirmation about 10 until now, hooray. Probably a year off if other Paramount shows are anything to go by.
CBS has revealed that the new seasons of NCIS and NCIS: Hawaii will premiere on February 12 next year in the US.
That gives 10 the option of fast tracking the episodes.
Then you wouldn’t be able to see the whole thing though
CBS are only showing it on OTA because they don’t have any new NCIS because of the strikes. There was never a plan to show on OTA over there.
You just wait until its close to the end of the season and binge all the episodes in a month. Too easy.
Deadline has an extensive interview with NCIS: Sydney creator Morgan O’Neill.
DEADLINE: There was some talk early on that former NCIS EP Shane Brennan would be involved in this. What happened with that?
O’NEILL: Shane obviously has a massive pedigree with NCIS, being deeply involved with the original and then obviously with L.A. for many, many years. His involvement predates me, and I’m not sure how that eventually panned out. He’s a really beloved and a deeply involved member of the franchise internationally, and he’s now the head of our guild out here [in Australia]. He’s been enormously helpful. In terms of the last couple of years of running the guild, he’s injected a whole bunch of really interesting programs, and a lot of his own money to help fund young writing programs. I have huge respect for Shane.
I’m incredibly impressed with pretty much everything to do with this show, it feels perfectly cast in every way and the breadth of ads they’ve done for it are awesome.
Didn’t think I’d like it as much as I did, can’t wait to see the next installment on Friday.
I had wondered if he’d been tapped, given his Australian heritage (Bendigo boy!) He was showrunner of NCIS during arguably its peak in the late 2000s, around the time Lauren Holly starred as the Director and that shock cliffhanger two-part finale after the strikes in 2008 and into a new era with Rocky Carroll’s now long-running successor role in 2009. It saw metro broadcast ratings in the mid-1 million on Ten over those two years and often the top show on FTA.
It didn’t end up happening for some reason.
Former News Corp entertainment head Holly Byrnes did a great article with Shane a few years back, worth a read
American premier of NCIS SYDNEY on CBS has happened and looking at social media (Twitter) and most of the reaction has been positive. Would be interesting to see the rating numbers
What time slot did it air?
