NCIS: Hawai’i Hits Another Milestone, But It’s Bad News
The immense popularity of the scrapped show made its cancellation even harder to accept.
Weeks after CBS officially announced the cancellation of NCIS: Hawai’i, the network’s decision still resonates, proving that the show won’t be forgotten anytime soon. As one of CBS’ most successful series, NCIS: Hawai’i set high standards for other NCIS spinoffs and was a pioneer in many aspects. Now, it has achieved another notable, yet disheartening milestone.
Despite the uproar over the show’s cancellation and the major cliffhanger in the season 3 finale, NCIS: Hawai’i has distinguished itself as CBS’ most popular scrapped series. It also set a record within the NCIS franchise as its shortest spinoff, with only 54 episodes.
Other spinoffs like NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans were also eventually canceled, but both enjoyed much longer runs, concluding after 14 and 7 seasons, respectively.
Since its abrupt cancellation, NCIS: Hawai’i has been a hot topic in the media, with fans vocally expressing their discontent and intentions to call CBS out for ending the show. The season 3 finale, which ended on a significant cliffhanger suggesting exciting developments for lead character Jane Tennant, only fueled the outrage. Now, that mystery seems destined to remain unresolved.
As the NCIS franchise gears up to launch two new spinoffs, fans of NCIS: Hawai’i are speculating whether the original series might reintroduce some of its characters, giving them the proper development they deserved.
With everything about NCIS season 22 shrouded in mystery, fans will have to wait to see if their high expectations are met or dashed when the next installment premieres on CBS this fall.
