Sorry NCIS universe fans, the winter premieres for NCIS, NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney have all been delayed - but not by too much. Us Weekly can confirm that the three CBS shows will now resume on Tuesday, March 3, instead of the originally scheduled Tuesday, February 24, return. (Give Me My Remote was first to report the news.) The one-week delay is due to President Donald Trump's annual State of the Union address to congress, which will air on February 24 at 9 p.m. ET - directly in the window of when NCIS and its spinoffs usually air. While the delay might not seem significant to some, for fans of NCIS and NCIS: Origins it means an 11-week break between the fall finales and fresh episodes. NCIS: Sydney fans will experience a 12-week break between new episodes as its fall finale was pulled hours before it was set to air on December 16. How Many 'NCIS' Shows Are There? Which Ones Are Still on Air? The episode titled, "South of Nowhere," was replaced by a rerun of NCIS' season 22 episode "Baker's Man." The network did not immediately respond to Us Weekly's request for comment at the time. While CBS has not revealed the reason NCIS: Sydney's fall finale was cut from the lineup, TVLine reported last month that the episode will "air at a later date." 'NCIS' Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving Thanks to 'Origins,' More Spinoffs The timing of the scheduling shakeup raised eyebrows as it came days after Australia's Bondi Beach was the spot of a mass shooting on December 14. (Two gunmen opened fire on the beach during a Hanukkah celebration, killing 16 people and leaving at least 40 injured.) Although CBS didn't confirm if the episode pull was due to the tragedy that transpired in Australia, where NCIS: Sydney takes place, other events were postponed in the country after the incident as a sign of respect. When all three of the NCIS shows do return in March, viewers can expect drama and high-intensity story lines. "We're in our 23rd season, and you know, we're still trying to do different shows and not trying to just do the same old thing," Sean Murray, who plays Timothy McGee on NCIS, exclusively told Us in November 2025 of what's to come this season. "We're trying to bring new stuff into it. And I think that's one of the reasons why I've never been bored here." The NCIS fall finale, which aired in December 2025, also revealed that former NCIS agent Ellie Bishop (Emily Wickersham) will be back - and she could be on the opposite side of the law now. NCIS: Origins, for its part, surprised fans during its fall finale that same month with a shotgun wedding involving Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell) and his second wife, Diane (Kathleen Kenny). NCIS: Tony and Ziva's Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo React to Cancellation While fans of NCIS know that Gibbs will marry four times, many Origins viewers are still shipping him with his partner Lala Dominguez (Mariel Molino), who is part of the story Gibbs "never tells" on the flagship series. Olivia Swann, who plays Michelle Mackey on NCIS: Sydney, meanwhile, teased exclusively to Us in October 2025 that the international interaction will focus on "the past coming up to haunt us" the remainder of the season. "There is an overarching kind of conspiracy that somehow links to Mackey," Swann said at the time. "It's very, very interesting and very intricate. We are upping the ante in a way that I didn't even think was possible. There is more action, there's more drama, there is more fun." NCIS, NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney return to CBS Tuesday, March 3, at 8 p.m., 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET, respectively.