page_title: NCIS: Los Angeles
section_title: Reception
hierarchical_section_title: NCIS: Los Angeles / Reception
caption_attribution_description: NCIS Filming
context_page_description: NCIS: Los Angeles is an American action television series combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres, which premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009. The series follows the exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects, an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments. NCIS: Los Angeles is the first spin-off of the successful series NCIS.
  The series originally starred Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, LL Cool J, Peter Cambor, Adam Jamal Craig, Linda Hunt and Barrett Foa. Cambor's character was demoted to a recurring character after season 1 and Craig's character was killed off in season 1. Eric Christian Olsen, who played a recurring character in season 1, joined as a starring character from season 2 onward as did Renée Felice Smith. Miguel Ferrer joined the cast for seasons 5 to 8 after playing a recurring character. Nia Long joined the cast as Shay Mosley for the ninth season after Miguel Ferrer's death. Medalion Rahimi joined the cast in season 11.
caption: Filming the pilot episode in 2009
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