According to TVLine, NCIS: Sydney, along with NCIS and NCIS: Origins, will resume their seasons on March 3, 2026. These shows were initially scheduled to return on February 24 but will be delayed due to President Donald Trump‘s State of the Union address. The reason why NCIS: Sydney‘s mid-season finale was pulled was due to the Bondi Beach shooting on December 14. Due to this tragic event, CBS replaced the episode with a rerun of NCIS Season 22. While the U.S. will have to wait until March for the show to return, according to Paramount+, Australian viewers will be able to see new episodes on February 17, 2026.
NCIS: Sydney Season 3’s ninth episode, “South of Nowhere,” has the NCIS: Sydney team leaving Australia for the first time as they make their way to a research base in Antarctica to investigate a murder, only to be unable to leave the snowy terrain for six months.
What’s NCIS: Sydney About?

NCIS: Sydney is a spin-off of the NCIS series and the first international spin-off to date. In this show, Australian Federal Police Sergeant Jim Dempsey (Todd Lasance) and Constable Evie Cooper (Tuuli Narkle) team up with NCIS’s Michelle Mackey (Olivia Swann) and DeShawn Jackson (Sean Sagar) as they investigate crimes connected to American military personnel, while also highlighting their Australian identity.
Season 3 is said to be larger than Seasons 1 and 2, as Paramount confirmed that this latest installment will include 20 episodes, bringing the series to a total of 38. The newest installment first aired in October, with Blue (Mavournee Hazel) resigning after an incident featured in the Season 2 finale, and Travis Riggs (aka Trigger), played by Claude Jabbour, replacing her temporarily. So far, Season 3 has introduced new stakes to the team as Michelle Mackey discovers that she’s a target on someone’s hit list. The crimes have now involved bioweapons, extraterrestrial, terrorism, and cults. It was discovered that Blue’s return and Trigger’s role on the NCIS team resulted from a deal between JD and an AFP colleague.