Where and how can viewers watch the new season of "NCIS: Origins"?
The episodes air live on CBS. Paramount+ Premium subscribers can stream the episodes as they go, while other Paramount+ subscribers can watch them on demand the next day. Seasons 1 and 2 are also available for streaming on the Paramount+ platform.
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Who are the key cast members and production figures involved in the "NCIS: Origins" series?
The series is the brainchild of Sean Harmon, who is Mark Harmon's son and an executive producer on the show. Austin Stowell plays the younger version of Gibbs at Camp Pendleton in the early 1990s, while Mariel Molino continues her role as Special Agent Lala Dominguez, a colleague and complicated love interest of Gibbs.
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What is the premise of Season 3 of "NCIS: Origins" regarding the character of Leroy Jethro Gibbs?
Season 3 expands the footprint of the older Gibbs character, who had previously served as the present-day narrator. In the new season, the retired agent is pulled back into a case he touched 34 years earlier. The season features a storyline where the older Gibbs is shot in the first episode, though it is framed as a wound rather than a fatal outcome.
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Who is the executive producer and showrunner of "NCIS: Origins" who managed the transition of the Gibbs character?
David J. North served as the showrunner on the original "NCIS" and currently runs "NCIS: Origins." He clarified that while Mark Harmon had discussed the possibility of the character being killed off at various times, there was never a point in the actual process where the network intended to kill the character.
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How did the production of the original "NCIS" series handle the potential exit of Leroy Jethro Gibbs?
When Mark Harmon prepared to leave the original "NCIS" after nearly two decades, the writers explored various options, including the possibility of killing off the character. While Harmon was open to the idea as an actor, the proposal met with a "universal thumbs-down" from others. Ultimately, the character did not die but instead took a work trip to Alaska and stayed, choosing retirement in the wilderness over a funeral.
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What role will 75-year-old Mark Harmon play in the upcoming third season of the television series "NCIS: Origins"?
Mark Harmon is returning full-time to play the character of Leroy Jethro Gibbs in Season 3 of the prequel series "NCIS: Origins." He will appear in all 10 episodes of the season, which begins airing on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS starting October 6.
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