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Paramount+ Canceled ‘NCIS: Tony & Ziva’ After One Season
The show brought two familiar NCIS characters back together for a new story.
It started with strong viewership, but its audience fell by 51% across its first three episodes, according to Variety.
A Paramount+ executive said the show cost too much for the number of people watching.
The cancellation shows that even a popular franchise can lose a spin-off if it is expensive and its audience shrinks.
Paramount+ canceled NCIS: Tony & Ziva after one season.
The series had run for 10 episodes by the time it was canceled.
The show starred Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo as former NCIS agents Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David.
Variety reported that viewership dropped by 51% across the first three episodes.
Paramount+ executive Jane Wiseman said the series’ cost did not make sense given its viewing figures.
- Who
- Paramount+ canceled the series, which starred Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo.
- What
- NCIS: Tony & Ziva was canceled after one season.
- When
- The cancellation happened in 2025, according to /Film.
- Where
- The series streamed on Paramount+ and was filmed on location in Europe.
- Why
- Viewership fell after the opening episodes, and a Paramount+ executive said the cost did not make sense relative to viewing.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Paramount+ canceled NCIS: Tony & Ziva after one season.
The series lost 51% of its viewership, according to Variety.
- Episodes
- 10 episodes had aired by the time of cancellation
- Viewership
- Lost 51% across the first three episodes
- Lead actors
- Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo
- Executive
- Jane Wiseman, Paramount+ executive vice president and Head of Originals
- Production location
- Europe
What people are saying
Tony & Ziva, unfortunately, for the cost, it did not make sense with the viewing, although we were all fans of it.







