D’Wayne Swear, a retired Naval investigator who inspired Scott Bakula’s NCIS: New Orleans character Dwayne Pride, died March 5 at his home in Gulfport, Mississippi after a battle with cancer. He was 60. Swear, who served as a technical advisor on the series, will be honored with an In Memoriam card during the episode…

Dana Loesch, the conservative radio host who spoke for the NRA at this week’s CNN town hall on gun violence – and got a laugh-free response of hisses, boos and groans – once wanted to be a sitcom star. Yes, the woman who told CNN it “loves mass shootings” and that “crying white mothers are ratings gold” apparently…

CBS has inked a deal with TNT for off-network cable rights to drama series NCIS: New Orleans. Under the pact, TNT has the rights to the first three seasons of the praised drama starring Scott Bakula and each subsequent season after the drama has aired on CBS Network.  The deal is not exclusive and the show can be sold…

Brad Kern, executive producer/showrunner of NCIS: New Orleans, has been the subject of two Human Resources investigations by CBS TV Studios while working on the studio’s popular CBS crime procedural, sources said. Both reportedly were triggered by complaints from co-workers about a hostile work environment on the…

NCIS: New Orleans executive producer Chris Silber has signed a two-year overall deal with CBS TV Studios, the studio behind the CBS crime drama that recently was renewed for a fourth season. Under the pact — Silber’s first overall agreement — he will continue on NOLA next season, working with executive…

Snapshot: New series Week 2: This Is Us (2.6 in 18-49, down 0.2, 8.85 million), Bull (1.9, down 0.3, 13.5 million); Returning series all down from their premieres -0.2 with the exception of CBS’ NCIS: New Orleans (1.5, up +0.1), and CBS’ NCIS (2.1. even) and Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine (1.0, even). NBC's The Voice (3.2 in…

Zoe McLellan, who played Special Agent Meredith "Merri" Brody on NCIS: New Orleans, will not be returning for Season 3, Deadline has confirmed. It was a creative decision, according to TVLine which broke the story. Her relationship with a Homeland Security agent compromised her position as a special agent. McLellan’s…

Graceland alumna Vanessa Ferlito has signed on to CBS’ NCIS: New Orleans as a new series regular for the upcoming third season. Ferlito will play a sexy, tough and acerbic FBI Special Agent who is sent down to New Orleans from DC to investigate the NCIS team. A by-the-book bureaucrat, she’ll bring a completely…

Gary Glasberg, executive producer/showrunner of NCIS and creator/executive producer of NCIS: New Orleans, has signed a three-year overall deal extension with CBS Television Studios, the studio behind the NCIS franchise. Under the pact, Glasberg will continue as showrunner on NCIS and executive producer on both the…

CBS has given early renewals to 11 returning series: dramas Blue Bloods, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Hawaii Five-0, Madam Secretary, Elementary and Scorpion; comedies Mom and 2 Broke Girls; and reality veterans Survivor and The Amazing Race. They join flagships NCIS and The Big Bang Theory, which already…

It was a good Tuesday if you were ABC's Fresh Off The Boat (1.3/4) at 8 PM or CBS' NCIS: New Orleans (2.0/7) at 9 PM. With rises of 8% and 11%, respectively, among adults 18-49, the comedy and the spinoff procedural were the only shows to see gains. With NCIS (2.3/8) the top-rated and most-watched (17.2 million) show…

Alexandra Metz (The Originals) has booked a recurring role on CBS’ crime drama procedural NCIS: New Orleans. Metz will play Billy S., a young pregnant woman distraught over the recent shooting of her husband during a hurricane. She is working with investigators to make sense of everything and find her husband's…