Bill Roper's Journal

I'll admit to being amused that we now have three shows set in (more or less) the same universe, featuring the same agency, airing on the same network, and with the two more recent entries kicked off with a back door pilot from the oldest; but all three come from different production companies.

NCIS is still coming from Donald Bellisario's company; NCIS:LA is from Shane Brennan's company, and NCIS: New Orleans from two other companies.

I was also amused by one scene in the back door pilot last spring where we had Mark Harmon, Scott Bakula, and Joe Spano sharing the screen. As far as I know, all three first came to prominence as actors in quality NBC shows that started or ran in the 1980s. (Quantum Leap didn't actually overlap with Hill Street Blues or St. Elsewhere, so I'm stretching a bit)