NCIS: New York wants to get dirtier without breaking the franchise that built it
CBS could have built NCIS: New York by changing the skyline and leaving everything else alone. The people making it are at least describing a more ambitious plan. LL Cool J is bringing Sam Hanna home, Scott Caan is starting over with a new character, the office sits in Brooklyn, and production is moving across the boroughs while showrunner Byron Balasco pushes at the boundaries of the network formula.