Torres’ NCIS Spinoff Rumors Officially Addressed By Wilmer Valderrama

NCIS star Wilmer Valderrama candidly responds to spinoff rumors.

Audiences are only a few episodes into NCIS season 24, but the long-running procedural is showing strong interest in what happens beyond the cases that need to be solved. For the returning Tony DiNozzo, played by Michael Weatherly, that has meant balancing the realities of being NCIS Director with being a father. Elsewhere, McGee (Sean Murray) is eyeing a potential new gig. As for Valderrama’s Nick Torres, viewers are seeing a whole different side of the character.

During an appearance on the TODAY Show with Jenna & Shinelle to reflect on his 10-year run with NCIS, Valderrama was asked whether a Nick Torres spinoff could be in the works. The actor responded quickly, saying he doubts a Torres-centered series is looming. Still, in the quote below, Valderrama explains what the renewed spotlight on Torres signifies:

I don’t think that’s true. I mean, who knows? Who knows? I would have to say that we listen to the fans, right? So we’ll see where he goes. I think what’s happening with my character through the season is very telegraphing of things to come. I think what my character is experiencing is a shift, and what I like is finding that fight, like, okay, where else can I take this character? Look, if the fans want to watch and they want the character, I love what the fans think about him, and it would be really fun.

I don’t think that’s true. I mean, who knows? Who knows? I would have to say that we listen to the fans, right? So we’ll see where he goes. I think what’s happening with my character through the season is very telegraphing of things to come. I think what my character is experiencing is a shift, and what I like is finding that fight, like, okay, where else can I take this character? Look, if the fans want to watch and they want the character, I love what the fans think about him, and it would be really fun.

The speculation about Nick’s future with the MCRT goes back to NCIS season 24, episode 3, which introduces viewers to Walt Keller (played by Glee and Abbott Elementary star Mike O’Malley). Keller is Torres’ former undercover mentor when Torres was working under the alias Dante Torres. The alias may be one of many Torres would rather not think about, because it reminds him of his dark side, but Keller’s reemergence forces the issue.

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Over the course of the episode, Walt argues that Torres shouldn’t turn his back on Dante Torres because that’s who he really is. Torres wavers, sometimes disagreeing vehemently and other times expressing more reluctance. By the end of the hour, after a case that tugs and pulls at what he believes, Nick goes back to Keller and appears to welcome an especially dubious unofficial job with the CIA.

The true fallout from that mini-cliffhanger has yet to be fully explored, but it is not a stretch to believe the storyline could be an off-ramp that leads to the CIA being added to the list of NCIS spinoffs. Throughout its more than two-decade history on CBS, the NCIS franchise has favored repeating the franchise’s formula in different locations, whether that’s Los Angeles, Hawaii, New York, or Sydney.

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There was also the short-lived NCIS: Red, which followed agents on the road. But more recently, the franchise has started to embrace character-focused series. That is especially true of NCIS: Origins, which is in season 3 and focuses on Gibbs’s younger yearsin the early 1990s. NCIS: Tony & Ziva also aired for one season before Paramount+ canceled it.

For now, at least, Torres and his CIA turn seem contained as a fresh angle within NCIS itself. New episodes of season 24 will premiere on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 8 PM ET on CBS, followed by the brand-new spinoff NCIS: New York at 9 PM. The night closes out with NCIS: Origins season 3 at 10 PM. Episodes also stream on Paramount+.

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