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From all of us here at Koda, we wish you and whatever that special someone is in your life a Happy Valentine’s Day! 💗
Author: The Ultimate Fangirl
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Well before becoming NCIS LA’s kickass queen, Miss Linda was already famous for being a tough cookie in several movies and a few TV shows.
It all started after winning Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars for playing a man (the only actor to this day to ever win for playing the opposite gender!). Since then, she’s been a bar keeper, a doctor, a judge, a helper, a therapist, a principal, and more!
Any roles of hers that are quite memorable to you? Feel free to list them!
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Bringing back old shows or spinning them off in some way is all the rage nowadays! (regardless of whether or not it’s a good idea).
What TV show would you like to see come back one day? (with me personally, it would be JAG).
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NCIS LA to end this spring
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One of CBS’ longest-running scripted shows, NCIS: Los Angeles, will be coming to an end after 322 episodes. Its current 14th season will be the show’s last, with the series finale set for May 14, airing on the network and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+.
The NCIS spinoff, starring LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell, is tied as the fifth longest-running CBS primetime scripted series ever, only behind Gunsmoke, Lassie, CSI and Criminal Minds. Among the four, the two shows that have aired in the last 50 years, CSI and Criminal Minds, both have since been revived, which bodes well for NCIS: Los Angeles‘ future.
Additionally, NCIS: Los Angeles is a rare long-running procedural drama to have had its original leads, LL Cool J and O’Donnell, stay on for the entire run. Both have spoken publicly about their commitment to the series, which hit the 300 episode milestone last May, and their fellow cast members.
According to sources, the cast and crew of NCIS: Los Angeles are being told today about the series coming to an end. A cancellation of a long-running drama with big-name leads filming in L.A. should not come as a shock given the big price tag involved, especially at a time when networks across the board are looking to cut their spending. Still, I hear the cancellation news came as a surprise to many associated with the show as it follows the strong ratings for the three-way crossover with mothership NCIS and latest offshoot NCIS: Hawai’i.
“This NCIS Crossover was a huge success!!”, LL Cool J just wrote on Instagram. “After 14 seasons, this is the perfect time to end @ncisla on top of our game!!!”
I hear the timing of the decision stems from the network’s desire to allow showrunner R. Scott Gemmill and his team to craft a series finale, which they will have to jump on right away to get it ready for May. In a statement (you can read it in full later in the story), Gemmill promised fans an ending that “is both satisfying and does justice to these beloved characters.”
NCIS: Los Angeles was the first spinoff from NCIS, now in its 20th season. It was followed by NCIS: New Orleans, which ran for seven seasons, and NCIS: Hawai’i, now in its second season.
Boosted by being part of the NCIS franchise, NCIS: Los Angeles set a record for the quickest off-network syndication sale in fall 2009 when it was nabbed by USA Network for a massive $2.2M-$2.3M an episode just 6-7 weeks into its run. The series has remained a money maker for producer CBS Studios with distribution in more than 200 countries.
“For 14 seasons, NCIS: Los Angeles has been a stalwart of our lineup with characters who were a joy to watch,” said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment. “From day one, the cast, producers and crew were amazing network/studio partners, and their teamwork, talent and spirit vividly came through on the screen. We are so grateful for the collaboration and remarkable run of these treasured members of our CBS family, and plan to give them the big sendoff they and their fans deserve.”
Unlike the mothership NCIS series, which stayed in its original Tuesday time slot for almost two decades until recently relocating to Monday, NCIS: Los Angeles has been a classic utility player for CBS, moving seven times in 14 seasons and helping reestablish a beachfront for the network with scripted series on Sunday.
The series, created by Shane Brennan, is averaging 6.06 million viewers and is the top scripted program in its Sunday 10 PM slot. Season to date, new episodes have amassed more than 591 million potential social media impressions and Americans have watched over 4.2 billion minutes (through Jan. 15) of the current season.
“I want to thank both the network and studio for their partnership and support over the years; Shane Brennan for giving us such a great playground; and my partners John P. Kousakis, Frank Military, Kyle Harimoto and Andrew Bartels for their tireless efforts and collaboration episode after episode,” said NCIS: Los Angeles executive producer and showrunner Gemmill. “Our crew has grown to be a true family, and their hard work and dedication has been fundamental to our success year after year. My deepest gratitude to the cast members, who have brought our characters to life with their impassioned performances – thank you for your talent, professionalism and continuous enthusiasm. And to our loyal viewers who loved our characters and followed their journeys, thank you. We look forward to delivering an end to the series that is both satisfying and does justice to these beloved characters.”
My take:
Truth be told, when Hetty started getting the short stick, that’s when I started disliking this show. Plus, all the bad writing that happened to the team afterwards just made me more angry.
I’m not that bummed out. Just disappointed that everyone deserved so much better from these last few years. Now we have to hope that everyone (including Hetty) can somehow get a happy ending. (and yes, the perfect ending I have in mind is Hetty being home for Callen’s wedding)
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The best part of the NCIS Crossover
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Yes, the heavily promoted 3 episode NCIS crossover aired this Monday. It had lots of callbacks, some were to old school LA, friendly sparring (IMO, which made everyone look like middle schoolers), and 1 huge surprise.
The 3rd episode ‘A Long Time Coming’, found a neat way to give fans a reasurring update on 1 particular LA team member who everyone has been waiting on pins and needles to hear more about because it’s been a long time since she’s been seen.
I present to you, the part about this whole crossover that I consider to be a miracle of sorts:
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We’ve all had that 1 or 2 favorite song or songs from movies that we like. Feel free to discuss below!
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Full episode details for the 3 part NCIS verse crossover was released yesterday, along with a few photos. And I’m just gonna say it bluntly: It all looks like a mess.
“Too Many Cooks” – NCIS agents from Washington, D.C., L.A. and Hawai’i, all in D.C. to attend the retirement party of a beloved Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) professor, find themselves investigating his shocking suicide, on the CBS Original series NCIS, Monday, Jan. 2 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+*. The episode is part one of a three-episode NCISverse crossover event with NCIS: LOS ANGELES and NCIS: HAWAI’I.
“Deep Fake” – Tennant, Jimmy Palmer (Brian Dietzen) and Sam Hanna (LL COOL J) find themselves captured by a woman claiming to be a CIA agent demanding intel from the team. Also, Jesse, Ernie, Whistler and Alden Parker (Gary Cole) learn about an asset that arrived in Hawai’i who could be connected to several overseas assassinations, on the CBS Original series NCIS: HAWAI’I, Monday, Jan. 2 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.* NCIS stars Gary Cole, Brian Dietzen and NCIS: LOS ANGELES stars Chris O’Donnell and LL COOL J guest star in the episode, which is part two of a three-episode crossover event with NCIS and NCIS: LOS ANGELES.
“A Long Time Coming” – Agents Rountree and Fatima are ambushed while searching for Kilbride, who has been MIA, and they learn that every member of the team has a hefty bounty on their head. The NCIS team must save Agent Rountree and find Kilbride while every cartel, hitman, gang and psychopath hunts them down, on the CBS Original series NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Monday, Jan. 2 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.* NCIS stars Gary Cole, Wilmer Valderrama and NCIS: HAWAI’I stars Vanessa Lachey and Yasmine Al-Bustami guest star in the episode, which is the conclusion to the three-episode crossover event with NCIS and NCIS: HAWAI’I.
Firstly, all 3 episodes don’t really look connected to each other if you just go by what their details say.
Secondly, the 2nd and 3rd episodes sound a bit too much like overkill. Like, 3 kidnapped agents in the 2nd part, and then you get 2 ambushed agents in the 3rd part and every bad guy out there chases the 3 teams while they try to find them? Bit much, don’t ya think? (not to mention, it all sounds like it’ll be rushed and probably poorly executed.)
Third: I’d be hard pressed to find a few someones who actually watch all 3 of these shows who won’t be hopelessly lost trying to understand who the other people on the other teams are.
And fourth: The only person who kept NCIS LA from turning into the sheer dumpster fire it is now won’t even be around to help them. And how is anyone supposed to know who the legendary leader of LA’s team is if she’s not even gonna be around for this?! What’s the point of trying to get to know her team without them then?!
If this whole thing was going to be about rescuing Hetty, then it would’ve sounded more appealing. But instead, we get slight disjointment in the episodes, multiple kidnapped agents and being chased by multiple hitmen, and it will be a miracle if it all doesn’t end up looking rushed or badly thought out. ‘Nice’ to see the low standards when it comes to the writers and fans.
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Happy Thanksgiving 2022 🍗
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope your day is filled with good fun, laughter, and lots of turkey or ham!
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Who here can remember the old days when TV shows had awesome looking opening theme music or songs?
Some shows had some really memorable songs, like the CSI’s, and when it comes to music, NCIS, NCIS LA (before the 13th Season), The Office, Little House on the Praire come to my mind.
Any shows spark that kind of memory to you?
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Happy Halloween 🎃
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To those who love spookiness, today is your day!
Try not to run into ghosts or creepy crawlies tonight, and hopefully you have candy for the trick or treaters, lest you risk getting your house egged or TP’d.
Feel free to post your fun stuff down below!
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Source: https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/ncis-la-linda-hunt-returns-hetty-season-14-1235400010/
“NCIS: LA” viewers were alarmed this week when the Season 14 premiere of the CBS procedural did not include Linda Hunt’s Hetty, the character whose last known location was Syria. In the episode, the team received word that a body had been a body found in Syria. By the end, they learn that it was a child’s body but they had Hetty’s IDs attached to them — likely because she wanted to stage her own death.
While it hasn’t been determined what exactly she’s up to, there are plans for her to return to the show this season, confirms executive producer R. Scott Gemmill, especially with Callen (Chris O’Donnell) and Anna’s (Bar Paly) nuptials.
“Hetty has been an integral force within the agency and an especially important part of Callen’s past,” Gemmill told Variety in a statement on Tuesday. “As Callen starts thinking about his upcoming wedding to Anna, he would want Hetty present. The plan is to go and rescue her at some point and find out what she’s gotten herself into in Syria, but we’re just trying to figure out when we can pull it off. The goal is to make it happen this season.”
Hunt last appeared in the Season 13 premiere, titled “Subject 17,” which aired in October 2021.
—————————————————————————————–My Take: I have severe trust issues with this showrunner, especially when it comes to Hetty. But I’ll admit, the mere fact that whatever Hetty is doing is getting the kind of attention it’s getting, is a hopeful sign that he knows that he’ll eventually have to make good on his ‘goal’ and not bait everyone for an entire Season again.
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Today, back in 2009, on September 22, the 1st episode of NCIS: Los Angeles first aired on CBS, at 9pm following NCIS.
It immediately became a hit due to it’s incredible cast, great writing, and cinematic like explosions and take downs. And remarkably enough, is still running today! (even though everything that made it so great has so greatly plummeted, but that’s a complaint for another day.).
I can still remember getting excited for a new episode every Sunday (when it eventually moved there), it was really fun. Then, some uncontrollable things in life happened in the summer of 2018, and nothing has been the same since.
I may be more disgusted with it now then happy, but I still love the 1st 8 Seasons.
Happy 13th anniversary, NCIS LA. (#TeamHettyForever)
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For those who have been waiting on bated breath waiting for some kind of info relating to Callen finding his ‘mama’ (in it’s own ways) Hetty that’s new, well, there’s finally some, in the forms of yet more teasers from the showrunners:
For those who need help trying to read this, it explains that in the Season premiere, the intel that Callen gets worries him so much, he wants to go to Syria to find her. But is unfortunately stopped by the foolish old man who is unfortunately, still hogging Hetty’s beloved office.
The info also says that Callen will also miss her quite a lot while trying to plan his wedding to Anna.
My take on all this: Look, I hate this showrunner for what he’s done to this incredible show over the past few years, and the thought of having to trust him yet again with these kind of stupid teasers (that have 99% been wrong in the last few years when they’re related to Hetty!) makes me want to retch. But, since I have no photographic or video footage as of yet of whatever Hetty is doing out there, I don’t have a choice. All I and everyone else can do is wait and see. (and also hope that through some kind of crazy luck that either a brand new photo, or new video footage of Hetty gets leaked in the next month!).
And info on the rest of the team is also included in the photo. (but I don’t really care about them right now, a missing boss on a dangerous mission is more important and interesting then knowing what the agents are doing outside of work IMO!!)
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How to combat boredom
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Ever have days where you just don’t know what to do, or wake up sluggish or feeling like your brain is drained? Then yeah, you’re definitely bored.
As someone who often has to deal with this, here’s some handy dandy tips to try and combat that:
1, Eat. Having a full stomach can often help with feeling better.
2, Get a new hobby.
3, Find a good book.
4, Find a new video game to play. (if you’re into that sort of thing).
5, Find a new TV show to watch
6, Go for a walk outside
7, Go for a drive
8, Clean
9, Go for a run
10, Make something
If anyone else has any other tips, feel free to say so!
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We all grew up reading the comics page in the newspaper in the morning one way or another, and that means we definitely have some favorite comic strips. Some of us probably even have collected the strips over the years.
With me, My favorite comic growing up was Peanuts, and it still is. I own a lot of the cartoon specials, all the movies, and I also own every single comic strip!
Now, I have other strips I love, like Garfield, Zits, Pearls Before Swine, and Marmaduke.
What’s your favorite comics?
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Not many people know this, but CBS’s very popular cop show franchise, NCIS, didn’t just start on it’s own, but rather, it was a spin off of another very popular show: JAG.
The 2 part backdoor pilot, ‘Ice Queen’, aired in 2003, which was during JAG’s 8th Season. That September, NCIS aired it’s 1st episode, ‘Yankee White’.
The show itself didn’t get a lot of love from critics, and it was even low rated in it’s 1st Season. But CBS stuck with it in hopes it would get popular, and overtime, it did! Syndication worldwide gave the show it’s much needed legs for it’s high ratings.
In 2009, the 2 part backdoor pilot titled ‘Legend’, which would later become ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ aired. It would go on to become the franchise’s most popular spinoff. (and would also make the best casting decision of all time with who would be the boss of the team. 😉). It also became the 1st show to get a long running syndication deal before it first aired! Clearly CBS knew that this show would be a big winner from the start.
Up until Spring 2014, the 2 NCIS’s ruled Tuesday nights. Until NCIS LA moved to Mondays at 10 pm. (which is when I first picked up the show, thanks to my mom.). It aired there for 2 Seasons before making Sundays it’s main home.
Also in 2014, the 2 part backdoor pilot for ‘NCIS: New Orleans’ aired on NCIS. This show would last 7 Seasons, but wouldn’t get the same kind of fame and glory that LA got when it came to ratings and syndication success.
In 2021, NCIS moved from it’s long standing slot on Tuesdays at 8pm to Mondays at 9 pm.
Also in 2021, the first NCIS show to premiere without a backdoor pilot, ‘NCIS: Hawaii’ started it’s run airing after NCIS. And sometime next year, the first international show in the franchise, ‘NCIS: Sydney’ is set to premiere in Australia.
One more cool fact: JAG didn’t start off as a CBS show, it started off on NBC! CBS picked it up after NBC nixed it after it’s 1st Season.
Think of that. This whole franchise exists the way it does now, because of a network picking up a cancelled show from another network! That’s what I call really amazing.
I hope this franchise continues to last.