NCIS: New Orleans is an American television series that premiered on CBS on September 23, 2014. The series is set in New Orleans, Louisiana, and follows the stories of the members of the local office of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). The program and its characters were introduced in a two-part episode during the eleventh season of the television series NCIS on March 25 and April 1, 2014. On March 25, 2016, the series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on September 20, 2016. On March 23, 2017, CBS renewed the series for a fourth season, which premiered on September 26, 2017. On April 18, 2018, CBS renewed the series for a fifth season.
As of May 15, 2018,[update] 95 episodes of NCIS: New Orleans have aired, concluding the fourth season.
The program and its characters are introduced during the eleventh season of NCIS. The NCIS episodes, "Crescent City (Part I)" and "Crescent City (Part II)", served as backdoor pilot episodes for the show. These episodes are included in the NCIS Season 11 DVD set. In the UK the two episodes were screened on Channel 5 as a feature-length premiere episode of NCIS: New Orleans.