22 Years Later, 'Tony & Ziva' Is Completely Changing 'NCIS' in One Surprisingly Simple Way

In the grand scheme of things, 22 years isn't really long enough to classify something as a tradition, but with NCIS, the title definitely feels like one. When the show first aired, it was compelling because the cop procedural focused on military-related cases through the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Every single spin-off afterward began its title with the acronym, whether the franchise was simply expanding to a new location and cast like in NCIS: Los Angeles, or shifting their perspective back in time with NCIS: Origins.