NCIS is the top-rated show on television right now, attracting 22 million viewers every week. Its appeal is global--and it is also the top-rated show in Australia and France. MPI fellow Dave Kalstein is right in the middle of things, writing shows and editing storylines for the new spinoff, NCIS:LA. The fun of writing for the show, Kalstein recently told the Wall Street Journal, is its mass appeal: "It's the difference between indie rock and pop music...Wes Anderson and Steven Spielberg."
Tune in to CBS on Tuesday nights for back-to-back episode of NCIS and NCIS:LA.