NCIS: New Orleans season 3

The third season of NCIS: New Orleans, an American police procedural drama television series, originally aired on CBS from September 20, 2016, through May 16, 2017. The season was produced by CBS Television Studios. NCIS: New Orleans showrunner Gary Glasberg died during production of the season.

Cast and characters

Main

Scott Bakula as Dwayne Cassius Pride, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent and Team Leader
Lucas Black as Christopher LaSalle, NCIS Senior Field Agent, second in command
Vanessa Ferlito as Tammy Gregorio, NCIS Special Agent and former FBI Agent
Rob Kerkovich as Sebastian Lund, NCIS Special Agent and Forensic Specialist
Daryl "Chill" Mitchell as Patton Plame, NCIS Computer Specialist
Shalita Grant as Sonja Percy, NCIS Junior Field Agent
CCH Pounder as Loretta Wade, Jefferson Parish Medical Examiner for NCIS

Recurring

Steven Weber as Douglas Hamilton, Mayor of New Orleans
Christopher Meyer as Danny Malloy, Loretta's eldest foster son
Dani Dare as C.J. Malloy, Loretta's younger foster son
Derek Webster as FBI Executive Assistant Director Raymond Isler
Maury Sterling as John Stone, Mayor Hamilton's chief of security
Julian Acosta as Javier Garcia
Chelsea Field as Rita Devereaux, New Orleans District Attorney and Reserve Commander in the U.S. Navy's JAG and Dwayne's girlfriend
Cassidy Freeman as Eva Azarova
Amanda Warren as Zahra Taylor Mayor of New Orleans

Guests

Tom Arnold as Elvis Bertrand
Mario Lopez as Officer Hernandez
Wendie Malick as Sylvia Lund, Sebastian Lund's mother
Christine Woods as Bonnie Madigan, SAT Com Specialist
Jim Beaver as Jackson Hauser, Rig Manager
Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, NCIS Senior Special Agent assigned to Washington's Navy Yard
Sean Murray as Timothy McGee, NCIS Special Agent in Washington D.C., second in command
Wilmer Valderrama as Nicholas Torres, NCIS Special Agent in D.C.
Ed Quinn as Ethan McKinley
Carlos Gomez as Dan Sanchez, NCIS Deputy Director
Jeremy Ratchford as Richard Marino
PJ Morton as himself
Maren Morris as herself
Toni Trucks as CGIS Agent Joan Swanson
Amanda Clayton as Eliza West
Matt Servitto as Carl Estes, NOPD captain

Episodes

Production

Development

NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for a third season on March 25, 2016. The third season was the last season produced by the NCIS: New Orleans creator and showrunner Gary Glasberg before he died on September 28, 2016. This season featured a crossover with NCIS and NCIS: New Orleans with a two-part crossover episode. Scott Bakula, and Lucas Black appeared as Dwayne Pride, and Christopher LaSalle, in the fifteenth episode of the fourteenth season of NCIS episode titled "Pandora's Box (Part I)". In the second part Mark Harmon, Sean Murray, and Wilmer Valderrama appeared as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Timothy McGee, and Nicholas Torres in this season episode titled "Pandora's Box, Part II" which aired on February 14, 2017. NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for a fourth season on March 23, 2017.

Casting

Zoe McLellan, who played Special Agent Meredith Brody, will not be returning for their season. and former CSI:NY star Vanessa Ferlito joins the cast as Special Agent Tammy Gregorio.

Broadcast

Season three of NCIS: New Orleans premiered on September 20, 2016.