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NCIS: Origins airs on CBS on 9/8C and streams on Paramount+ on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

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"...When Pride goeth before a Gibbs — that would be Dwayne Pride, future hero of NCIS: New Orleans, and the iconic Leroy Jethro Gibbs — the macho vibe is not pretty once the not-yet-special agents are forced together on their first joint case.

As a precursor to New Orleans star Scott Bakula, Olympian-turned-actor Shea Buckner brings swagger as the younger Pride, whose bad blood with fellow probie Gibbs (Austin Stowell) dates back 11 years to an encounter in New Orleans involving Gibbs’ dad (Robert Taylor).

When Pride is brought in from the Panama NIS office to help infiltrate a smuggling ring that led to a lieutenant’s death, Gibbs’s nose is out of joint even before they trade blows.

“Lot of weird energy here,” observes Vera (Diany Rodriguez), who’s responsible for bringing the NIS units together.

The cadets undergo a trial by fire during a joint Academy training exercise in a ship graveyard that quickly escalates into a life-or-death crisis. As a hostage situation unfolds involving a dangerous new species of human-alien hybrids, Captain Ake (Holly Hunter) takes desperate measures, including contacting “the enemy of our enemy” — who’s basically just another enemy, also her greatest nemesis.

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"...Who ever heard of a shy Klingon who’d rather do anything but fight? But there you have one of Starfleet’s more fascinating recruits: Jay-Den Kraag (Karim Diané), whose troubled family backstory takes center stage in a compelling episode that finds the entire Klingon race on the brink of extinction. While Kraag explores his past to come to terms with his future, Captain/Chancellor Nahla Ake (Holly Hunter) schemes to find a way to give aid to endangered Klingon refugees without wounding their pride..."

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“Why does everything have to be a full-on lesson in this place?” whines one of the literal space cadets in the latest Star Trek spinoff. Which (duh) is set at Starfleet Academy, meaning life lessons are always on the syllabus. Holly Hunter is having a merry time as the free-spirited 400-year-old Chancellor/Captain, Nahla Ake, and her scenes opposite fellow scenery-chewer Paul Giamatti (as her space-pirate nemesis) are a treat.

Familiarity with Star Trek: Discovery is a plus, because this series takes place in the 32nd century, 100 years after the “Burn” that devastated the galaxy, and the new class of recruits are the Academy’s first in more than a century.

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"... FX‘s Alien: Earth will continue to live another day as the network unveiled the series has been renewed for Season 2 in conjunction with showrunner Noah Hawley‘s new overall deal.

The renewal comes nearly two months after Season 1’s finale aired, and already, fans have plenty to get excited about as production timeline details have been revealed. As we gear up for the continuation of the Earth-based adventure, we’re breaking down everything you need to know about Season 2 so far, including when it’s most likely to arrive, who is set to star, and much more. Scroll down for a closer look at what’s on the horizon for Alien: Earth from Hawley, who also helms FX’s other hit, Fargo. And stay tuned for additional details in the months ahead as Season 2 takes shape.

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"...Star Trek: Strange New Worlds may have just wrapped its third season in September, but the cast was already preparing to say goodbye since they were already filming the fifth and final one at the time of New York Comic Con in October.

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"...Adam Campbell returns as the younger version of the franchise’s beloved medical examiner Donald “Ducky” Mallard, immortalized by the late David McCallum, whose music is heard throughout the special episode. Ducky arrives to evaluate whether Pendleton could use an in-house medical examiner, much to the delight of probie Gibbs (Austin Stowell), who met him several years earlier and whom Ducky fondly refers to by his middle name of Jethro, “a name for a leader of men.”

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