Summary

• NCIS: Hawai'i Season 4 has been canceled despite the spinoff's success on CBS
• The cast of NCIS: Hawai'i was expected to return for Season 4, with Vanessa Lachey leading as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant.
• The storyline of NCIS: Hawai'i Season 4 were not revealed, but it would have likely followed the show's case-of-the-week format.

The popular spinoff series NCIS: Hawai'i was quickly becoming a TV institution like its predecessor, but CBS canceled the show before season 4. The Hawai'i spinoff is based on the ongoing series NCIS which itself started as a spinoff of Jag in 2003. The franchise follows the agents of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service as they tackle cases that happen within the ranks of the United States military. NCIS: Hawai'i follows Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant as she leads her team in Hawai'i's Pearl Harbor region while smashing barriers as the first woman to hold the position.

Coming as the first NCIS universe show to take place outside the continental United States, NCIS: Hawai'i shook up the franchise formula from episode one while still delivering familiar procedural action. Like many of its spinoff contemporaries, Hawai'i has already become an ongoing success story and is yet another NCIS offshoot to earn multiple seasons. Though it seemed destined to last as long as spinoffs like NCIS: Los Angeles, Hawai'i was given the ax just as it was beginning to gain momentum.

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NCIS: Hawai'i Season 4 Is Canceled

CBS Opted Not To Renew The Spinoff

though CBS hasn't said as much, Hawai'i could have been canned to make way for the incoming shows.

With the network finally beginning to lock in their schedule for the 2024-2025 TV season, NCIS: Hawai'i before season 3 concluded. The move comes as something of a shock since the NCIS franchise is reaching a new boom period with the addition of the prequel NCIS: Origins and the as-yet-unnamed Tony & Ziva spinoff. However, though CBS hasn't said as much, Hawai'i could have been canned to make way for the incoming shows.

NCIS: Hawai'i season 3 is currently airing on Mondays at 10 PM EST on CBS and will conclude on May 6th, 2024.

NCIS: Hawai'i Season 4 Cast

The Main Cast Was Expected To Return

Like most procedurals, the cast of NCIS: Hawai'i hasn't changed much from season to season, and except for new additions, there has been very little turnover. However, since season 3 isn't over yet, it isn't entirely impossible for a character to die or be replaced, but those things happen infrequently during seasons without a lot of fanfare and build. With that in mind, the entire ensemble cast of NCIS: Hawai'i was expected to return for season 4, with Vanessa Lachey leading the team as Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant.

The only current cast member who was somewhat uncertain was LL Cool J's Sam Hanna, who made the jump from NCIS: Los Angeles in season 2 as a guest star before being promoted to recurring in season 3. Hanna could have been promoted to a series regular for season 4, but nothing was confirmed.

A complete list of expected returns can be found in the chart below:

NCIS: Hawai'i Season 4 Story

Season 3's Mysteries Will Go Unsolved

No details were revealed about NCIS: Hawai'i season 4's story, but it isn't that difficult to speculate about what could have happened next. Procedurals like NCIS and its spinoffs tend to have in-season storylines that are resolved by the finale of each respective season, only for new ones to pop up in the next season. Since season 3 will now be the conclusion of the series, there is no telling what could have happened to the team in season 4. What is guaranteed, though, is a case-of-the-week format that has served shows like NCIS: Hawai'i well.