Overview
- Season 3, Episode 9 of NCIS: Sydney, titled "South of Nowhere," was removed from the Dec. 16 U.S. schedule shortly before broadcast.
- The flagship NCIS aired its fall finale at 8 p.m. ET as planned and was followed by a rerun of the Season 22 episode "Baker's Man."
- Outlets report the pulled episode will air at a later date, though it is unclear if it will be slotted sooner or hold for the previously penciled Feb. 24 return.
- CBS has given no reason for the change, and coverage notes the timing follows the Dec. 14 Bondi Beach shooting in Australia without any confirmed connection.
- The postponed episode’s official synopsis features a case at an Antarctica research base, as the franchise’s first international spinoff continues its third season.