Originally NCIS was best known as the procedural that spun out of JAG , but not only did it go on to spawn a hit TV franchise, it’s also become one of the longest-running primetime dramas. NCIS Season 23 premiered on the 2025 TV schedule last month, and sometime later this season, the show will air its 500th episode. Sean Murray has been playing Special Agent Timothy McGee for nearly the entirety of that time, so naturally CinemaBlend had to get his thoughts on NCIS hitting that amazing milestone and why he thinks the show is still popular after more than two decades.

Murray shared his thoughts on the matter when I interviewed him recently about the episode “Page-Turner,” which saw McGee hallucinating his coworkers as characters from his Deep Six books, including Jessica

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