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Lucas Black started his career at age 11 with a part in the feature film “The War,” which quickly led to starring roles in the TV series “American Gothic” and the cult feature film “Sling Blade.”

Black’s additional film credits include “42,” “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,” “Promised Land,” “Friday Night Lights,” “Seven Days in Utopia,” “Jarhead,” “Legion,” “Get Low,” “Deepwater,” “Ghosts of Mississippi,” “Crazy in Alabama,” “All the Pretty Horses,” “Cold Mountain” and “Killer Diller.” Upcoming, he can be seen in the film “Fast & Furious 7.”

Black also starred in the television movies “Tough Trade,” “The Miracle Worker” and “Flash.”

Raised in Speake, Ala., Black is living in New Orleans with his wife and two children while filming the series. He is a football and baseball fan and can often be found on the golf course.

Lucas York Black (born November 29, 1982) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the CBS television series American Gothic (1995) as well as roles in films such as Sling Blade (1996), Friday Night Lights (2004), Jarhead (2005), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), All the Pretty Horses (2000), Get Low (2009), Legion (2010), Seven Days in Utopia (2011). Since September 2014, he has played Special Agent Christopher Lasalle on CBS' NCIS: New Orleans.

Contents

    1 Early life
    2 Career
    3 Personal life
    4 Filmography
        4.1 Films
        4.2 Television
    5 Awards and nominations
    6 References
    7 External links

Early life

Black was born in Decatur, Alabama,[1] the son of Jan Gillespie, an office worker, and Larry Black, a museum employee.[2] He has two older siblings and was raised a Southern Baptist.[3] He grew up in Speake, Alabama,[1] and played for the Speake Bobcats, graduating from high school in May 2001.[4]
Career

Black made his film debut in the 1994 Kevin Costner film The War.[5] He subsequently was cast as Caleb Temple in CBS's television series American Gothic, which ran from 1995 to 1996, and in the films Sling Blade, Ghosts of Mississippi and The X-Files.[6] Later in 1997 Black starred in the TV film Flash, which aired on The Wonderful World of Disney.[7]

Black had supporting role in Cold Mountain in 2003, then had a larger role in 2004's football–themed drama Friday Night Lights, he also starred in indie thriller film Deepwater and 2005's Gulf War–themed film Jarhead.[8][9][10] Black starred in the third film in The Fast and the Furious series, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.[11] He described his part in the film as a "fun role".[2] He appeared in the 2009 film, Get Low and the 2010 film Legion.[12][13]

Black Starred in the indie golfing film Seven Days in Utopia, where he played the role of a talented young golfer set on making pro tour.[14] His most recent role was playing Brooklyn Dodgers' shortstop Pee Wee Reese in the 2013 drama 42. Black, having done previous sports films and played sports early in his life, found the filming experience to be "a lot more enjoyable because you get to reminisce about the days when I used to play, and then you get the experience of being on a team again with the actors and have that camaraderie with the players".[15]

In 2014, Lucas was cast in the NCIS: New Orleans as a NCIS Special Agent Lasalle.[16] In 2015, he reprised his Tokyo Drift role in a cameo appearance in the seventh film of The Fast and the Furious series, Furious 7.[17]
Personal life

Black married Maggie O'Brien, a lawyer, in 2010.[18][19] They have a daughter and a son.[18]
Filmography
Films
Year     Title     Role     Notes
1994     The War     Ebb Lipnicki
1996     Sling Blade     Frank Wheatley
Ghosts of Mississippi     Burt DeLaughter
1997     Flash     Connor
1998     The X-Files     Stevie
1999     Our Friend, Martin     Randy     Voice role
Crazy in Alabama     Peter Joseph "Peejoe" Bullis
2000     All the Pretty Horses     Jimmy Blevins
2003     Cold Mountain     Oakley
2004     Friday Night Lights     Mike Winchell
2005     Deepwater     Nat Banyon
Jarhead     LCpl. Chris Kruger
2006     The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift     Sean Boswell
Killer Diller     Vernon     Limited release
2009     Get Low     Buddy Robinson
2010     Legion     Jeep Hanson
2011     Seven Days in Utopia     Luke Chisholm
2012     Promised Land     Paul Geary
2013     42     Pee Wee Reese
2015     Furious 7     Sean Boswell     Cameo
Television
Year     Title     Role     Notes
1995–1996     American Gothic     Caleb Temple     22 episodes
2000     The Miracle Worker     James Keller     Movie
2014     NCIS     Special Agent Christopher Lasalle[20]     Episode: "Crescent City" Parts 1 & 2
2014–present     NCIS: New Orleans[21]     Main role
Awards and nominations
Year     Association     Category     Work     Result
1996     Screen Actors Guild     Outstanding Performance by a Cast     Sling Blade     Nominated
1997     Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films     Best Performance by a Younger Actor[citation needed]     Won
Young Artist Awards     Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor     Won
YoungStar Awards     Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film     Won
Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama TV Series     American Gothic     Nominated
1998     Young Artist Awards     Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series – Leading Young Actor     Flash     Nominated
2000     Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor     Crazy in Alabama     Nominated
YoungStar Awards     Best Young Actor/Performance in a Motion Picture Drama     Nominated
2001     Young Artist Awards     Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor     All the Pretty Horses     Nominated
2006     Teen Choice Awards     Choice Movie Breakout Star: Male     The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift     Nominated

Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, and James Woods. The plot is based on the true story of the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith, the white supremacist accused of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers.

James Woods was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role of Byron De La Beckwith. The original music score was composed by Marc Shaiman and the cinematography is by John Seale. In 2008, AFI nominated Ghosts of Mississippi for the Courtroom Drama segment of its AFI's 10 Top 10 special but the movie did not make the final countdown.[1]

Contents

    1 Plot
    2 Cast
    3 Music
    4 Reception
    5 See also
    6 References
    7 External links

Plot

Medgar Evers was a black civil rights activist in Mississippi who was murdered by an assassin on June 12, 1963. It was suspected that Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist, was the murderer. He had been tried twice and both trials ended in hung juries. In 1989, Evers' widow Myrlie, who had been trying to bring De La Beckwith to justice for over 25 years, believed she had what it takes to bring him to trial again. Although most of the evidence from the old trial had disappeared, Bobby DeLaughter, an assistant District Attorney, decided to help her despite being warned that it might hurt his political aspirations and despite the strain that it caused in his marriage. DeLaughter becomes primarily involved with bringing De La Beckwith to trial for the third time 30 years later. In 1994, Byron De La Beckwith was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, giving justice to the family of Medgar Evers.
Cast

    Alec Baldwin as Bobby DeLaughter
    Whoopi Goldberg as Myrlie Evers
    James Woods as Byron De La Beckwith
    Virginia Madsen as Dixie DeLaughter
    Susanna Thompson as Peggy Lloyd
    Craig T. Nelson as Ed Peters
    Lucas Black as Burt DeLaughter
    Alexa Vega as Claire DeLaughter
    William H. Macy as Charlie Crisco
    Benny Bennett as Lloyd "Benny" Bennett (Himself)
    Diane Ladd as Grandma Caroline Moore
    Margo Martindale as Clara Mayfield
    Darrell Evers as Himself
    Yolanda King as Reena Evers
    Jerry Levine as Jerry Mitchell
    James Van Evers as Himself
    Michael O'Keefe as Merrida Coxwell
    Bill Smitrovich as Jim Kitchens
    Terry O'Quinn as Judge Hilburn
    Rex Linn as Martin Scott
    James Pickens, Jr. as Medgar Evers
    Richard Riehle as Tommy Mayfield
    Bonnie Bartlett as Billie DeLaughter
    Brock Peters as Walter Williams
    Wayne Rogers as Morris Dees
    Bill Cobbs as Charles Evers
    Jim Harley as Delamar Dennis

Music

The soundtrack of the film, with a score by Marc Shaiman, featured two versions of the Billy Taylor composition "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" – one sung by Dionne Farris and the other by Nina Simone – as well as numbers by Muddy Waters, Tony Bennett, Robert Johnson and B.B. King.[2]
Reception

The movie received mixed reviews from critics, with Rotten Tomatoes giving it a 46% rating.

American Film Institute recognition:

    AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains:
        Byron De La Beckwith - Nominated Villain[3]
    AFI's 10 Top 10 - Nominated Courtroom Drama[4]

The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in movies or television, but also to an adult who began their acting career as a child. To avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor. Closely associated is teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who reached popularity as a teenager.

Famous earlier examples include Elizabeth Taylor, that started as a child star in the early 1940s in productions like National Velvet before becoming a popular film star as an adult in movies.

Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they become adults, mainly due to typecasting. Macaulay Culkin and Lindsay Lohan are two particular famous child actors who eventually experienced much difficulty with the fame they acquired at a young age. Some child actors do go on to have successful acting careers as adults; notable actors who first gained fame as children include Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Jodie Foster, Christian Bale, Elijah Wood, Natalie Portman, and Scarlett Johansson. Other child actors have gone on to successful careers in other fields, including director Ron Howard, politicians Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński, and singer Jenny Lewis.

Contents

1 Regulation

1.1 California

1.2 United Kingdom

2 Issues

2.1 Ownership of earnings

2.2 Competitive pressure

3 After the childhood success

3.1 Other careers

4 See also

5 References

6 External links

Regulation

In the United States, the activities of child actors are regulated by the governing labor union, if any, and state laws. Some projects film in distant locations specifically to evade regulations intended to protect the child. Longer work hours or risky stunts prohibited by California, for example, might be permitted to a project filming in British Columbia. US federal law "specifically exempted minors working in the Entertainment Business from all provisions of the Child Labor Laws." Any regulation of child actors is governed by disparate state laws.

California

Due to the large presence of the entertainment industry in Hollywood, the state of California has some of the most explicit laws protecting child actors. Being a minor, a child actor must secure an entertainment work permit before accepting any paid work. Compulsory education laws mandate that the education of the child actor not be disrupted while the child is working, whether the child actor is enrolled in public school, private school or even home school. The child does their schoolwork under the supervision of a studio teacher while on the set.

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, a child actor is defined as someone under school leaving age.[1] Before a child can work, they require a performance license from their Local Education Authority as well as a licensed chaperone; a parent can only chaperone their own child, and a chaperone's duties include acting in loco parentis and record arrival and departure time from the work place, the time a child is working, their breaks and the amount of tutoring.[1][2] A child requires three hours minimum of tutoring daily and a lesson must be a minimum of 30 minutes to count towards the total and with regards to 16 and 17-year-old in further education, considerations are made in regards to their studies.[3]

There are regulations and guidance to safeguard all actors under the age of 18; OFCOM guidance states a child's health and safety, well being and welfare is paramount in television production and factors such as their age, maturity and life experiences can affect their performance.[4] OFCOM also advises that broadcasters undertake risk assessments, consider seeking expert advice and follow best practice.[4]

Issues

Ownership of earnings

Before the 1930's, many child actors never got to see the money they earned because they were not in charge of this money. Jackie Coogan earned millions of dollars from working as a child actor only to see most of it squandered by his parents. In 1939, California weighed in on this controversy and enacted the Coogan Bill, which requires a portion of the earnings of a child to be preserved in a special savings account called a blocked trust.[5] A trust that is not actively monitored can also be problematic, however, as in the case of Gary Coleman, who after working from 1974, later sued his adoptive parents and former business advisor for $3.8 million over misappropriation of his trust fund.[6][7]

Competitive pressure

Some people[who?] also criticize the parents of child actors for allowing their children to work, believing that more "normal" activities should be the staple during the childhood years. Others[who?] observe that competition is present in all areas of a child's life—from sports to student newspaper to orchestra and band—and believe that the work ethic instilled or the talent developed accrues to the child's benefit.[citation needed]

The child actor may experience unique and negative pressures when working under tight production schedules. Large projects which depend for their success on the ability of the child to deliver an effective performance add to the pressure.[citation needed]

Ethel Merman, who several times worked in long-running stage productions with child actors, disliked what she eventually saw as their over-professionalization—"acting more like midgets than children"—and disapproved of parents pushing adulthood on them.[8]

After the childhood success

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Jodie Foster in 1974

There are many instances of troubled adult lives due to the stressful environment to which child actors are subjected. It is common to see a child actor grow up in front of the camera, whether in films, TV shows or both. However, it is not uncommon to see child actors continue their careers throughout as actors or in a different professional field.

Jodie Foster started acting at age 3, becoming the quintessential child actor during the 1970's with roles in films such as Tom Sawyer (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), Bugsy Malone (1976), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), and Freaky Friday (1976). A child prodigy, Foster received her first Academy Award nomination at age 13 and later took a sabbatical from films to attend Yale University. She made a successful transition to adult roles, winning two Academy Awards for Best Actress before the age of 30, and starring in several successful and acclaimed films such as The Accused (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Nell (1994), Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), and The Brave One (2007), thus establishing herself as one of the most accomplished and sought-after actresses of her generation. She has also ventured into directing and her directing credits include films such as Little Man Tate (1991), Money Monster (2016) and television shows such as House of Cards, Orange Is the New Black, and Black Mirror.

Now adults, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, the three leads of the acclaimed Harry Potter film series (2001–11), starred in every installment in the series, and have since continued to act in film, television, and theater in their early 30's.

Dakota Fanning rose to prominence after her breakthrough performance at age 7 in the film I Am Sam (2001). Her performance earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination at age 8 in 2002, making her the youngest nominee in SAG history. She later appeared in major Hollywood productions, in such acclaimed blockbuster films as Man on Fire (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Charlotte's Web (2006), Hounddog (2007), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), Coraline (2009), The Twilight Saga film series (2009–12), The Runaways (2010), and The Motel Life (2012). Fanning's younger sister, Elle Fanning also rose to prominence as a child actress, having appeared in many films since before she turned 3.

Miranda Cosgrove, known mainly for her role on Nickelodeon's Drake & Josh as a child, gained more attention for her role as a teenager in the show iCarly. Since the end of the show she has been featured in other roles, including as the voice of Margo in the Despicable Me franchise. Once she was of age, she decided to pursue a college degree in film at the University of Southern California.[9]

Late actress Shirley Temple became a public figure and diplomat, beginning in the 1960's. Some of her duties included representing the United Nations, and becoming a U.S. ambassador in countries such as Ghana and Czechoslovakia.[10]

Mary-Kate Olsen was treated for an eating disorder, deemed anorexia, but her twin sister remained less troubled. In an article with the magazine Marie Claire, Mary-Kate expressed the bittersweet nature of the twins' childhood. "I look at old photos of me, and I don't feel connected to them at all," she said. "I would never wish my upbringing on anyone... but I wouldn't take it back for the world." The twins now have continued success in the fashion industry with an estimated net worth of approximately $100 million dollars.

Mandy Moore is one of the child stars to have success as an adult with the start of her growing career in 1993.

Drew Barrymore, a former child star, started acting at age 3. During her childhood she battled with drugs, but recovered and currently continues to act. Natalie Portman took a small break in acting to get a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Harvard University before continuing her career as an actress. Rider Strong, known as "Shawn Hunter" in Boy Meets World, was educated at Columbia University and now runs a successful blog and has published a graphic novel.[11] Neil Patrick Harris started his career as a child actor in Doogie Howser, M.D. He continues to act in television, films and theater. Harris is now a cult figure icon.

Jonathan Lipnicki, known mostly for the Stuart Little films, now successfully competes in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.[11] Sara Gilbert is known for her role on Roseanne and later created and served as a co-host for CBS's The Talk. Also from Roseanne, Michael Fishman continued to work in film, but behind the scenes and has since been nominated for an Emmy for the work he did in Sports Science. Both Gilbert and Fishman returned for the later series based on Roseanne, The Conners, with Gilbert also serving as an executive producer and guiding the series through its transition after Roseanne Barr was fired after the tenth season of the revived Roseanne.[11] Kirsten Dunst and Lacey Chabert both made the transition from a child actress to an adult actress with a rough patch including depression. After a stay in a rehabilitation center, Dunst was able to recover and continue her career. She proves that the pressures of growing up under the spotlight may not come without repercussions.[12]

Roddy McDowall, who had a long and outstanding career including as the regular star of the Planet of the Apes series; Micky Dolenz, who started his career as a child star in the 1950s, grew up to be a musician of the successful 1960s pop group The Monkees, which had its own successful television show; Ron Howard, who, in addition to being the star of both of the long running The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days television series, became an Academy Award-winning director in adulthood; Elijah Wood, who continued his career successfully into adulthood, starring as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings film series and starring as Ryan Newman in the television series Wilfred.

Other careers

Many actors and child actors careers are often quite short. Many actors, out of personal choice, that start their careers as child actors decide not to pursue the same careers as adults. Shirley Temple, for example became a public figure and diplomat. Peter Ostrum, appearing in his only role, the lead character of Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory became a large-scale veterinarian surgeon. While Jenny Lewis, formerly of film Troop Beverly Hills in 1989, is a well-known singer-songwriter indie rock musician.

In Poland, former child actors and identical twin brothers Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński became successful politicians, at one time Lech being President and Jarosław the Prime Minister.

NCIS: New Orleans is an American action crime drama and police procedural television series that premiered on CBS on September 23, 2014, following the twelfth season of NCIS. The pilot was written by Gary Glasberg. Produced by CBS Studios, Wings Productions and, for the first four seasons, When Pigs Fly Incorporated, the series stars Scott Bakula and CCH Pounder. The series is set and filmed in New Orleans. It is the third series of the NCIS franchise. In May 2020, the show was renewed for the seventh season, which premiered on November 8, 2020. In February 2021, CBS announced that the seventh season would be the series' final one. The series concluded on May 23, 2021. It was the first show in the NCIS franchise to end.

Contents

1 Premise

2 Cast and characters

3 Episodes

4 Production

4.1 Development

4.2 Casting

4.3 Controversy

5 Broadcast

5.1 Syndication

6 Reception

6.1 Ratings

6.2 Critical reception

6.3 International criticism

7 Awards and nominations

8 Notes

9 References

10 External links

Premise

NCIS: New Orleans follows a fictional team of Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) agents stationed out of New Orleans, Louisiana and led by Supervisory Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride (Scott Bakula). The team focuses on crimes that involve personnel in the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and their territory ranges from the Mississippi River to the Texas Panhandle. Working under the supervision of Pride at the start of the series are Christopher LaSalle (Lucas Black), a former Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputy recruited by Pride following Hurricane Katrina, and Meredith Brody (Zoe McLellan), a transfer from the NCIS Great Lakes field office, who has worked as a Special Agent Afloat and is keen to leave her past behind as she moves to New Orleans. They are assisted by Dr. Loretta Wade (CCH Pounder), the coroner for Jefferson Parish, Sebastian Lund (Rob Kerkovich), a forensics specialist who assists Wade, and Patton Plame (Daryl "Chill" Mitchell), a paraplegic hacker turned computer specialist for NCIS. In season 2, Sonja Percy (Shalita Grant), a ATF Special Agent who assisted the team on the Baitfish case the prior season, joins them on a permanent basis.

At the end of season 2, a case involving a domestic terrorist attack and a corrupt Homeland Security agent leads to backlash that culminates in Brody's resignation from NCIS at the start of season 3. Following this, FBI Special Agent Tammy Gregorio (Vanessa Ferlito) is sent to investigate Pride and his team; she is later recruited to NCIS after being fired by the FBI after a vital part of their case against a drug cartel goes wrong on her watch. Also, Sebastian, after taking an interest in field work, completes FLETC training and joins the team as a Forensics Agent during the season.

Near the end of season 4, Percy leaves the team after accepting an offer to join the FBI. Shortly after, Pride is shot and nearly killed by the vengeful wife of an assassin linked to the Clearwater case, whom he had killed in season 3. He recovers at the start of season 5, and later accepts a promotion to Regional Special-Agent-In-Charge for a change of pace. Arriving to replace him is Supervisory Special Agent Hannah Khoury (Necar Zadegan), a former intelligence agent looking to settle down and reconnect with her family.

In season 6, Khoury is demoted from team leader after breaking protocol in a joint-operation with the FBI, allowing Pride to return and retake his old position, though Khoury stays on as second-in-command. Also during the season, LaSalle's search into his brother Cade's disappearance, and later, murder, results in his own death at the hands of the same killer. After being avenged and mourned, he is soon replaced by the notoriously anti-social Special Agent Quentin Carter (Charles Michael Davis) a fixer with a reputation for working alone who gradually warms to the team over time.

In season 7, with the -19 pandemic having thrown the city of New Orleans into uncertainty, JAG Commander Rita Devereaux (Chelsea Field), Pride's long-time girlfriend and a seasoned attorney, joins the D.A.'s office to help with restoring social justice, while Pride joins a task-force set up by the mayor to restore the city. The two eventually marry in the series finale.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of NCIS: New Orleans characters

Scott Bakula as Dwayne "King" Cassius Pride, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) / Special Agent in Charge (SAC)

Lucas Black as Christopher LaSalle, NCIS Senior Field Agent (seasons 1–6)

Zoe McLellan as Meredith Brody, NCIS Special Agent (SA) (seasons 1–2)

Rob Kerkovich as Sebastian Lund, forensic scientist / NCIS Forensics Agent

CCH Pounder as Loretta Wade, medical examiner

Shalita Grant as Sonja Percy, ATF SA / NCIS SA, finally transfer to FBI SA(recurring, season 1; main, seasons 2–4)[1]

Daryl "Chill" Mitchell as Patton Plame, also known as Triple P, NCIS Computer Specialist (recurring, season 1; main, seasons 2–7)[1]

Vanessa Ferlito as Tammy Gregorio, FBI SA, Washington DC/ NCIS SA (seasons 3–7)

Necar Zadegan as Hannah Khoury, NCIS Senior Field Agent / Special Agent in Charge and second in command in NCIS NOLA Office (seasons 5–7)

Charles Michael Davis as Quentin Carter, NCIS SA (seasons 6–7)

Chelsea Field as Rita Deveraux (recurring, season 3–6; main, season 7)[2]

Episodes

Main article: List of NCIS: New Orleans episodes

Season Episodes Originally aired

First aired Last aired

Intro

2 March 25, 2014 April 1, 2014

23 September 23, 2014 May 12, 2015

24 September 22, 2015 May 17, 2016

24 September 20, 2016 May 16, 2017

24 September 26, 2017 May 15, 2018

24 September 25, 2018 May 14, 2019

20 September 24, 2019 April 19, 2020

16 November 8, 2020 May 23, 2021

Production

Development

In September 2013, NCIS: New Orleans was introduced with a two-part backdoor pilot during the eleventh season of NCIS.[3][4][5] The episode title "Crescent City (Part I)" and "Crescent City (Part II)", written by Gary Glasberg, which aired on March 25, 2014, to April 1, 2014,[6] a second spin off from NCIS and set filmed located in New Orleans.[3][4][5] NCIS: New Orleans picked up to series on May 9, 2014,[7][8] NCIS: New Orleans premiered on September 23, 2014, on CBS.[9][10] On October 27, 2014, CBS picked up NCIS: New Orleans for a full season of 23 episodes.[11] On January 12, 2015, NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for a second season,[12] that premiered on September 22, 2015.[13][14] NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for a third season on March 25, 2016,[15] which premiered on September 20, 2016.[16] The third season was the last season produced by the NCIS: New Orleans creator and showrunner Gary Glasberg before he died on September 28, 2016.[17][18] NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for a fourth season on March 23, 2017,[19] which premiered on September 26, 2017.[20] NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for a fifth season on April 18, 2018,[21] which premiered on September 25, 2018.[22] NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for a sixth season on April 22, 2019,[23] which premiered on September 24, 2019.[24] On May 6, 2020, NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for the seventh season,[25][26] which premiered on November 8, 2020.[27][28] On February 17, 2021, it was announced that the seventh season would be the show's last, with the finale airing on May 23, 2021.[29]

Casting

In February 2014, the pilot was cast with Scott Bakula, CCH Pounder, and Zoe McLellan as Dwayne Pride, Loretta Wade, and Meredith Brody.[30][31][32] Lucas Black as Christopher LaSalle,[33] and Rob Kerkovich joined cast as Sebastian Lund.[34] In June 2015, Deadline Hollywood reported that Daryl Mitchell and Shalita Grant promoted as regulars in season two.[1][13]

In July 2016, Zoe McLellan, who plays Special Agent Meredith Brody, left the series "for creative reasons",[35] and Vanessa Ferlito joined the cast as Special Agent Tammy Gregorio as a series regular.[36][37]

In January 2018, it was announced that Shalita Grant, who plays Special Agent Sonja Percy, would be departing the series near the end of the fourth season.[38] In August 2018, it was announced that Necar Zadegan would join the cast as Special Agent Hannah Khoury as a new series regular for the fifth season.[39]

In November 2019, Lucas Black, who portrayed Agent Christopher LaSalle, announced he would be departing in the sixth episode of the sixth season.[40][41] On February 5, 2020, it was announced that Charles Michael Davis had been cast as Quentin Carter, and would appear as a series regular.[42] On September 29, 2020, it was announced that Chelsea Field portraying attorney Rita Devereaux would be a series regular for the seventh season after recurring for the previous four seasons.[2]

Controversy

Brad Kern took over the reins of NCIS: New Orleans as showrunner in January 2016. Within a year he had become the focus of two investigations for inappropriate behavior toward women.[43] On May 17, 2018, it was reported that Kern was exiting his role as executive producer and showrunner, but would remain as consulting producer, with Christopher Silber replacing him as showrunner.[44] Kern was placed on suspension in June 2018, when CBS launched a third investigation into claims of harassment. Kern was fired by CBS in October 2018.[45]

Broadcast

NCIS: New Orleans premiered on CBS in the United States on Tuesday, September 23, 2014, with the twelfth season premiere of NCIS as its lead-in.[9][10] Season two premiered on September 22, 2015.[13][14] Season three premiered on September 20, 2016.[16] Season four premiered on September 26, 2017.[20] Season five premiered on September 25, 2018.[22] Season six premiered on September 24, 2019.[24] NCIS: New Orleans aired simultaneously on Global in Canada.[46][47][48] In Australia, NCIS: New Orleans premiered on Network Ten on October 7, 2014.[49] NCIS: New Orleans was initially sold to Channel 5 in the United Kingdom,[50] where it premiered on February 13, 2015[51] and aired for four seasons, before moving to Fox UK beginning July 20, 2018.[52] NCIS: New Orleans has aired on Prime in New Zealand, on AXN in India and on Fox in Southeast Asia.[53][54] On April 2, 2015, the series began airing on South Africa's M-Net cable TV service and was also broadcast to several other sub-Saharan African nations via DStv.[55]

Syndication

In December 2017, reruns of NCIS: New Orleans began airing on TNT and FX.[56]

In January 2021, reruns of NCIS: New Orleans began airing on Ion Television.[57]

Reception

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per season of NCIS: New Orleans

Season Timeslot (ET) Episodes First aired Last aired TV season Viewership

rank Avg. viewers

(millions)

Date Viewers

(millions) Date Viewers

(millions)

1 Tuesday 9:00 p.m. 23 September 23, 2014 17.22[58] May 12, 2015 13.61[59] 2014–15 4 17.42[60]

2 24 September 22, 2015 12.62[61] May 17, 2016 13.30[62] 2015–16 6 14.75[63]

3 Tuesday 10:00 p.m. 24 September 20, 2016 11.12[64] May 16, 2017 9.22[65] 2016–17 10 13.34[66]

4 24 September 26, 2017 8.78[67] May 15, 2018 9.44[68] 2017–18 13 12.22[69]

5 24 September 25, 2018 8.97[70] May 14, 2019 6.93[71] 2018–19 22 10.56[72]

6 Tuesday 10:00 p.m. (2019)

Sunday 10:00 p.m. (2020) 20 September 24, 2019 6.66[73] April 19, 2020 6.24[74] 2019–20 20 9.58[75]

7 Sunday 9:00 p.m. (1–7)

Sunday 10:00 p.m. (8–16) 16 November 8, 2020 4.65[76] May 23, 2021 5.18[77] 2020–21 27 7.22[78]

Critical reception

NCIS: New Orleans has received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the first season of the show a rating of 65%, based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The site's consensus reads, "With a solid cast in a beautiful locale, NCIS: New Orleans makes extending this well-worn franchise look like the Big Easy."[79] Metacritic gives the show a score of 55 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[80]

In late September 2014, The Wrap's journalist Jason Hughes reviewed the pilot episode of the series, praising the music, the use of the city of New Orleans, and CBS' decision to cast Scott Bakula as "one of the most likable leading men in television, so they're set there."[81]

David Hinckley of the New York Daily News gave a mixed but critical review of the pilot episode, saying there is a "Crescent City flavor here. But in the larger picture, not much on this menu is unfamiliar."[82] Liz Shannon Miller and Ben Travers of Indiewire said that NCIS is like "the obelisk in 2001: A Space Odyssey, it's an awe-inspiring, inescapable presence in the broadcast line-up. NCIS on CBS: It is here. It has always been here. It forever will be."[83]

International criticism

In April 2019, CBS released the plot of the first part of the show's fifth season's finale, "The River Styx, Part I", which is set to partially take place in the breakaway republic of South Ossetia, a region internationally recognized as part of Georgia but also recognized as independent by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Syria. The show, when describing the region, calls South Ossetia a "war-torn Russian province", which raised concerns from the Georgian government. On April 22, 2019, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili posted on Twitter.[84]

An upcoming episode of @NCISNewOrleans set to feature #Georgia's 'South Ossetia' as a "Russian province" is troubling. This synopsis mistake is irresponsible and we call on @CBS and the show's writers to respect Georgia's territorial integrity and make the necessary changes.[84]

Neither CBS nor the show's producers have responded to the President's commentary. However, the description of the second part of the finale, "The River Styx, Part II" does not mention Russia, although the episode still takes place in South Ossetia.