It’s all about the prequels now.
Last month surely wasn’t the best time for CBS, with the network receiving backlash after canceling several successful shows at once. The list of unfortunate series that were unfairly scrapped included one of the NCIS franchise’s spinoffs NCIS: Hawai’i, and fans were left bewildered by such a harsh decision as literally nobody, including the cast, had seen it coming.
The show lovers’ own investigations proved that the spinoff wasn’t that unprofitable for CBS as its ratings were pretty much decent, but now it seems like the network’s other show and its raving success may be the most solid reason for the cancellation.
At least TV Insider writer Matt Roush’s article suggests so. According to him, the hit status of Young Sheldon, a prequel for CBS’ famous sitcom The Big Bang Theory which recounts Sheldon Cooper’s earlier years in Texas, may have been the final nail in NCIS: Hawai’i’s coffin.
Launched back in 2017, two years prior to the original show’s end, Young Sheldon proved that the audience was still pretty much interested in what Sheldon’s life was like before he moved to Pasadena.
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As Roush implies, this has a pretty much direct connection to the upcoming NCIS spinoff titled NCIS: Origins which will dwell on Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ early years in NCIS back in the 1990s.
The show’s release date hasn’t been announced yet, but it already seems to be following Young Sheldon’s suit as NCIS: Origins will be narrated by Mark Harmon, Gibbs’ actor from the original show, the same thing Jim Parsons did for Young Sheldon.
If this connection to the CBS series from another famous universe turns out to be real, it thus comes as something evident that the network surely opted for a prequel that tends to repeat Young Sheldon’s success rather than another series, even if the latter still originates from NCIS.
Given that CBS’ schedule now is pretty tight with other renewed shows coming this fall, it’s no wonder that the channel had to make a choice in favor of the most promising one.
