The down under spinoff NCIS: Sydney returned for its sophomore season in early 2025, and now the police procedural has been renewed for season 3. Debuting during the strike-affected fall season of 2023, the NCIS off-shoot concerns American agents of the titular agency as they team up with the Australian Federal Police to crack cases involving members of the American military. The first spinoff of the decades-old franchise to be set outside the United States, NCIS: Sydney offers an interesting change of pace for the series that debuted all the way back in 2003.
The 2023 fall TV slate was heavily affected by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, and the debuting NCIS: Sydney was one of the few programs to arrive on time. This helped give CBS an edge and also got a lot of attention for the burgeoning spinoff. With the NCIS franchise in a state of flux, Sydney is a more traditional procedural, even with off-shoots like NCIS: Tony & Ziva and NCIS: Origins offering a change of format. With the NCIS universe still continuing to expand, NCIS: Sydney has scored an early season 3 renewal.
New episodes of NCIS: Sydney air every Friday at 8pm EST on CBS.
NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Latest News
CBS Renews The Spinoff Very Early
JD and Mackey in the ambulance in NCIS: Sydney season 2, episode 1
Coming mere days after the season 2 premiere, it’s clear that the more traditional spinoff has a place in the constantly-expanding NCIS universe.
Coming as part of CBS’ mass renewal announcement in late February 2025, the latest news confirms that NCIS: Sydney season 3 has been renewed. Announced alongside the renewals of NCIS season 23 and NCIS: Origins season 2, the international spinoff was given an incredibly swift season 3 order. Coming mere days after the season 2 premiere, it’s clear that the more traditional spinoff has a place in the constantly-expanding NCIS universe. However, details are scant about season 3 so far, and will likely remain that way until season 2 concludes.
