TVLine has confirmed that Season 3, Episode 9 — which was initially intended to air Tuesday, Dec. 16 as the Aussie offshoot's fall finale — has been pulled by CBS. The flagship "NCIS" fall finale, which will air as planned at 8 p.m., will now be followed by a rerun of the Season 22 episode "Baker's Man."

NCIS’ fall finale brought back a major character, and more details have been revealed about the cliffhanger. In the final seconds of Tuesday’s episode of the CBS procedural, Emily Wickersham returned as Ellie Bishop.

NCIS has been on the air for over two decades, and in one of the bigger storylines in season 23, it begins the end of an overarching narrative.

Sydney fans, but tonight’s fall finale will no longer be airing as planned. TVLine confirmed on Tuesday, December 16, that the Australia-based procedural won’t air season 3, episode 9, this evening. CBS pulled the fall finale hours before it was set to premiere at 9 p.

NCIS is one of the longest-running CBS police procedurals, following a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

With the cliffhanger NCIS season 23 episode 9 delivered, we want answers as soon as possible. However, there is some bad news when it comes to new episodes in 2025.

NCIS: Tony & Ziva ’s unexpected cancellation has sent fans straight to Change.org to start a petition to Paramount to reverse the decision. With several hashtags, including #SaveTonyandZiva and #BringBackTiva, the reaction to Paramount scrapping the series has been as passionate as you would expect from the fandom...at least that is how it seemed.

In addition to the original NCIS, the franchise continues with Paramount+’s NCIS: Sydney (currently on its third season) and CBS’ NCIS: Origins (currently in its second). Past NCIS efforts include NCIS: New Orleans and NCIS: Hawaii.

On CBS’s NCIS season 23, episode 9, Parker made the decision to have his mother’s body exhumed but that led to the officers finding out a deeper mystery surrounding Lester Burm.