NCIS: Hawai’i Cancelled After 3 Seasons
Very, very sad news for the NCIS: Hawai’i ohana: CBS‘ island drama will not be returning for Season 4, TVLine has learned.
The cancellation news comes two weeks after NCIS scored a Season 22 pick-up and more than a month after NCIS: Sydney — the well-watched franchise’s first international offshoot — scored a Season 2.
TVLine hears that at this time, there’s no information regarding NCIS: Hawai’i being shopped elsewhere. Our Renewal/Cancellation Scorecard has thusly been updated.
Season-to-date, NCIS: Hawai’i is averaging 7.8 million total viewers and a 0.5 demo rating (with Live+7 playback data), up 4% in viewers vs. Season 2 but down a tick in the demo. Out of the 14 drama series that CBS has aired this TV season, it ranks No. 6 in total audience (behind Tracker, NCIS, FBI, Blue Bloods and The Equalizer) and eighth in the demo.
Other CBS series that got the hook this spring are CSI: Vegas and So Help Me Todd.
In addition to NCIS and NCIS: Sydney, CBS previously renewed FBI (for Seasons 7, 8 and 9), FBI: International (Season 4), FBI: Most Wanted (Season 6), Fire Country (Season 3), Ghosts (Season 4), The Neighborhood (Season 7), The Equalizer (Season 5), Elsbeth (Season 2) and Tracker (Season 2). It also “un-cancelled” S.W.A.T., by announcing the cop drama would be back for an eighth season.
Young Sheldon and Bob Hearts Abishola are currently unspooling their farewell runs, while Blue Bloods is airing the first half of a final season that will conclude in the fall.
CBS has one new NCIS spinoff, the “Young Gibbs” prequel NCIS: Origins, claiming a spot on its 2024-25 schedule, while a Tony/Ziva-centric offshoot is bound for Paramount+.
NCIS: Hawai’i will close out its strikes-shortened third (and final) season with a two-part finale airing Monday, April 29 and Monday, May 6. “There’s a lot of action,” Yasmine Al-Bustami, who plays Special Agent Lucy Tara, previously told TVLine. Oh, and: “There is death.”
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That’s so dumb, NCIS Hawaii was the best NCIS, plus all the Hawaii of it all. Boo.
We love Hawaii and have been forcing ourselves to watch the original. Don’t care for any of the stories or characters on it any longer. So now, there will be no NCIS in our house.
I think CBS thinks that the ncis origins is going to do better than it actually will. They’re doing too much and getting rid of the ones that we like. I wanted to like Sydney, but it was bad. Canceling Hawaii is a bad move!
Ncis hawaii has become my favorite. Ncis Sydney is horrible. Especially the actress who plays agent Mackey. The OG NCIS has already told us the story of how gibbs became an agent. They don’t need to make a series out of it.
She’s the best part of the show for me.
I agree about Sydney, between that and Hawaii, I would much rather watch Hawaii.
I watch both!
CBS definitely thinks the Character of Gibbs is more important than Mark Harmon… This fall they will realize they are wrong, and wish they had put the Tony/Ziva P+ spinoff on the linear channel and not the streamer.
You are absolutely correct!
CBS is always canceling the good ones and keeping the bad!
I don’t understand why the network does this. You make a good show get people drawn in then cancel??? It’s almost enough just to not watch any of the franchise so you don’t get disappointed. I had thought I wasn’t going to like NCIS Hawaii since they got rid of NCIS new Orleans but it wasn’t so bad. Now this???? So disappointing and bad for business. 😔😔😓
If not do better then at least be cheaper.
Hard disagree. NCIS: Hawaii was the worst. The original and Sydney are both so good. Hawaii was hit or miss most weeks.
I strongly agree.
B. A. L. O. N. E. Y.
Agreed! NCIS Hawaii, it’s cast and storylines, had real soul. Something we need more of in these trying times. Bad move CBS!
This one hurts. A lot.
Definitely going to hurt. CBS has been in relationship with the guy who gave them JAG & NCISverse; that’s 25-30 years now. The very least they should give it 1 more season like they did with New Orleans, LA.
Sad sad sad news
Doesnt Surprise me –
They ended NCIS: NOLA, so that NCIS: Hawaii could have a chance.
Now, they have NCIS: Origins, NCIS: Tiva, plus NCIS: Down Under all in the line up, so something had to give.
(And let us not forget the backdoor pilot of NCIS: Red that never got a chance)
I found NCIS:Down Under boring and unwatchable. It put me to sleep.
So, you fell asleep during 1 episode and gave up on the series. Lol!
I tried watching it because it came on before my next show. It just wasn’t working for me. The characters were not convincing as detectives. Not convincing as actors for this show. Never watched the Sydney series and never will.
We’ve lost NOLA, LA, and Hawaii in the last 3/4 seasons. Yet they keep adding spinoffs. Now, I do like Sydney, but I have no interest in Origins. I’m kind of interested in the Tiva spinoff, but I’d rather have the canceled shows than it or Origins.
I’m not sure if I’m going to waste my time on origins. It seems stupid. We got the whole story on the original NCIS. And then Tony and Ziva spinoff give me a break.
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Bad decision, very bad decision.
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Bummer….I agree they are betting on the 2 new ones.
I agree! I wish CBS would make these cancelations make sense. First Todd and now this! Just put some things to mid season or summer if over run…
After such a big milestone why is CBS watering down it’s juggernaut? I love NCIS H. Such a disappointment and shame. 😞 hopefully Paramount picks it up
Totally sucks 😡😡😡😡
Seriously? NCIS LA, NCIS Hawaii, So Help Me Todd, CSI Vegas, Young Sheldon – wtf? Way to tick off your diminishing audience.
This is a big mistake!! It was a good show to watch enjoying the scenery and the episodes were exciting.
You TV Stations take off all the good shows and leave the crap and stupid series renewed. I don’t understand keeping trash shows instead of letting the good shows continue.
So Help Me Todd stands out as fresh and funny in these endless spin-off series. We need more humor and less cop shows!!
what a terrible look to make a huge deal about having vanessa lachey as the first female lead of an ncis franchise – then canceling it after hi-jacking the show with ll cool j. i won’t be investing in any other new cbs shows – not worth it. they should have at least renewed for a brief season so we could finish up story lines.
I was sorry to hear NCIS Hawai’i was canceled. It’s a very good program . I hope like S.W.A.T. they reverse their decision.
I am hoping with you. Let us pray!
these a-holes are just gutting CBS to death. what ar they thinking.
i am about ready to CANCEL them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will also
Get a life lol. NCIS Hawaii just wasn’t believable with that 5′ tall Lucy and Vanessa Lachey as a SAIC. Terrible acting too!!
It’s not saic it’s sac
I have felt Vanessa Lachey was the wrong choice as the lead, she just isn’t a very good actress and it drags the shows quality down when she is on screen. I know they probably wanted a name to hang the show on which the Lachey surname provided but didn’t want to have to pay the level of salary that a Scott Bakula/Chris O’Donnell/LL Cool J would demand but it didn’t really work
I totally agree. To me, Jane Tennant has always been missing something and Vanessa is trying to hard to make it work. It’s not believable like Katrina Law. Sorry for those that disagree.
She is an MTV hype salesperson more than an immersive performer. The “1000th episode” Entertainment covered her interviews disproportionately. On the other hand, Gary Cole’s interview time was under 2 minutes. Total.
You are so right, what and who are making these decisions? They are definitely not going by the ratings either. Every time you get invested in a new show they cancel it before it gets started good. CRAZY
Figures they’d cancel it with all their other orders and how long it’d been taking to renew it. Too bad because the show still had a lot of potential. The return on the NCIS spinoffs is getting shorter with each series as LA got 14 seasons, New Orleans got 7, and now Hawaii had only 3. That doesn’t bode well for NCIS: Sydney or Origins.
CBS, you’re failing! You cancelled Blue Bloods and now NCIS Hawai’i? What’s wrong with you? I’m surprised and insulted. Those shows had great numbers.
Booo
Poor decision
Okay CBS, that’s the end of you in our house. This is ridiculous. Just had to make room for Harmon’s new Originals show and Elsbeth. You did the same with New Orleans to make room for Hawaii. If you aren’t devoted to fans, why should we be devoted to you? You’ve cancelled Blue Bloods which was the best show on TV. You renewed SWAT and FIRE COUNTRY and cancelled BB and Hawaii? FC doesn’t really change week to week, my opinion, you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all. No thanks.
I wonder if the networks ever consider why the streaming shows win all the awards.
Fire Country is a snooze fest all it is is a Chicago Fire ripoff from a guy who decided to leave SEAL Team
what a bummer, loved this show!
I Loved this show!! Fine with NCIS and CBS. It’s going to backfire because Origins and Sydney will not do well. Dumb Move!!
Extremely disappointing but changes this season probably did not help. The show is not as fun, as it was the previous seasons, including some of the personal stories, and it seems the addition of LL Cool J is forced, with no defined role, just hanging there. Basically the writers got lazy and killed this show. Shameful.
I so agree..the sam hanna character ruined the dynamics of the original team.
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Noooooooo!!!!
Bye bye Sam Hanna, again 😔
Really surprised Sidney got renewed and this one didn’t. Sydney is a snooze-fest.
Agree totally
I had an opposite opinion of the two shows, but I’m still surprised they canceled hawaii. I was actually thinking CBS would give them a half season order and have them share the time slot with Sydney if they be a similar season length to their s1.
Sydney is more of a Paramount+ Australia and Network 10 production with CBS taking up US rights. It will be relatively cheap for CBS due to this and it might have still continued even if CBS had passed as it would have still had the Paramount+ money in the US and from most of the other international Paramount+’s plus a handful of other international broadcaster
Exactly Simon. And they are paying peanuts compared to US salaries. If you did a side by side of the Sydney crew income vs the American ones (in every department, including post) it’s far less than half.
After watching the first episode of Sydney I thought it would never get a second season but as time went on it really did improve. I binge watched it again after the season was over. I am looking forward to the new season.
I will never understand why Networks end good series like this. It’s no wonder people watch more cable networks now than the broadcast ones.
The ratings were terrible and falling. That’s why. If you knew that, you wouldn’t be making an overly histrionic statement like everyone else here is doing.
Also, they produce the show in Hawaii, which is very expensive.. IIRC, they were trying to have 2 shows filming there to reduce costs, but the complex ownership of Magnum made it impossible to continue that show. Unfortunately, this is the real world and costs matter!
You are wrong. Ncis h ratings went up only two did for cbs. In addition it had the highest ratings of the 10:00 shows. The ratings were not the problem. And the ratings were higher than Sydney. While the original has gone down. Hawaii went up. The problem is bad planning by the execs. Elspeth and Matlock will not attract young people. Few shows at cbs have corporate sponsors-ncis H was sponsored by Subaru. No wonder Summer Redstone is turning in his grave
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Terrible news. Would rather watch NCIS Hawaii than Young Gibbs. After cancelling this and CSI VEGAS I’m will not watch any new CBS shows. 👎🏻
I’m sure they will really miss you, NOT!!
I think their analysis may be flawed. NCIS:Sydney was not competing with anything when it got its numbers. I watched it, yes, but there was no other NCIS airing at the time and almost no other TV drama. I wonder how many others felt the same. If I had to choose one NCIS to go, it would be Sydney, not Hawaii. There is no way to pull that sort of information, in terms of overall audience response, from the viewer statistics.
Sydney could be the lowest rated drama on the Network and they would likely keep it as its not a CBS commission so pay peanuts for it
Wow. I am shocked. Thought NCIS was all pretty much safe. Wish they would cancel Fbi International instead. Especially with Luke leaving now
Well you just opened up more time for me. With LA canceled and now Hawaii, I have no time for Sydney and you can keep origins for whomever because I will not be watching. We cancel good and keep less. Goodbye to NCIS. Movies for me from now on, no network TV, you can keep all the ridiculous commercials that are on now.
I am soooooo upset to see Hawaii go.
It was so good and Vanessa was excellent.
I watched NCIS: Sydney and found it to be subpar. Boring with bad stiff acting and cookie-cutter directing. Wow. Todd, CSI and now Hawaii – 😡 thank goodness for the FBI’s.
Why is everyone bashing Sydney? It is an Australian show so couldn’t be canceled by CBS and got great ratings both in Australia and the States. New NCIS and too many shows on the schedule are probably why it got canceled
There wasn’t any competition when Sydney aired so of course it did well. I didn’t find it believable. (As much as we can find any of it believable.)
NCIS: Sydney was originally not going to air in the US, only in Australia, but when the actor’s and writer’s strikes happened in the US, CBS need to fill air time so they decided to air the show. The renewal of the Sydney show is not at fault for the cancellation of NCIS Hawaii.
Exactly. It’s one thing to not enjoy Sydney, but it’s another to blame it for Hawaii getting cancelled. I think Hawaii was sacrificed for their Gibbs obsession (Origins).
I agree n I’m not sure if it will be watched cause mark Harmon won’t be in it
Got good ratings against nobody. It is a flowed show with bad accents. Cbs will be bankrupt soon. I know I am done with them
Very stiff acting, especially the lead American female.
Vanessa Lachey is/was horrible and so was Lucy, a 5′ tall NCIS agent 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think they’re talking about the lead of Sydney, Olivia Swann, who is really British playing American. She was the weak link of the Sydney team.
It is a shame. The first female lead franchise wasn’t given a chance. Boycotting Origins.
Right now, I’m shopping for a Voodoo doll for CBS and Paramount+. I watch very little TV and between this and Star Trek my TV schedule is shrinking. :-(
I live in New Orleans. HA!
wow the optics aren’t great for CBS – canceling a female-lead and diverse show. won’t be bothering to watch future CBS dramas, they’ll just cancel them if they’re good. kacy wasn’t given justice – and sam hanna’s presence wasn’t necessary or beneficial as it turns out. guess i can cancel paramount plus too!
It’s all about DEI with you libs. The show was canceled bc Vanessa Lachey can’t act!!
Why does there always have to be some moron that makes it political 🙄
I may be in the minority here, but I really liked Sam Hannah‘s character on this show. I wasn’t ready for NCIS LA to be gone, and so I loved Sam’s character, hoping that we would see other characters from LA showing up in Hawaii. I’m so discouraged about this show being canceled. I don’t watch a lot of TV, and this just royally bums me out.