NCIS: The Series started with the dumbest title ever

There are thousands of detective series – especially when they come in several spin-offs. Among the experts (CSI “Crime Scene Investigation” in English), New York, the forensic police (Law and Order) or even Criminal Minds (Criminal Minds) and their numerous spin-off series, to name a few, it is difficult to find yourself. there.

To avoid confusion with its neighboring series, especially CSI, NCIS (named after NCIS: Special Investigations Among Us) was originally given a slightly different title than it has today. Illegally, it just looks silly.

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In a Hollywood Reporter article detailing the history of the series, its creator, Don McGill, revealed that NCIS was called “Naval NCIS” during its first year.

“That first year, understandably, the CSI people weren’t happy to see that we’d launched a series called NCIS—a detective series with forensic analysis. So it was decided that, at least for the first year, to differentiate itself, it would be called Navy NCIS, which is a bit redundant. But that eased the CSI folks’ worries.“

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In English, “NCIS” stands for “Naval Criminal Investigative Service”. Thus, the addition of “Navy” gives “Naval Criminal Investigative Service”, a particularly redundant title, since “Navy” and “Navy” mean the same thing. However, since the second season, the series is simply called NCIS. It was a huge success, so much so that the public embraced the show as an autonomous brand…which has spawned its own spin-off series ever since!

NCIS: Special Investigations is currently available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.