It came down to the wire, butNCIS: Hawaiiultimately didnt make the cut for next season atCBS.

It comes on the heels of Top 25 seriesSo Help Me ToddandCSI: Vegasgetting the axe last Friday.

There is also the Tony & ZivaNCISspinoff series greenlighted by Paramount+, making for a crowdedNCISfield.

(L-R): LL Cool J as Sam Hanna and Vanessa Lachey as Jane Tennant.

(L-R): LL Cool J as Sam Hanna and Vanessa Lachey as Jane Tennant.Photo: Karen Neal/CBS

Even with the proposed budget cuts,NCIS: Hawaiiwas still going to be expensive.

Its long-term prospects were unclear whether it would become a big global hit and moneymaker like its franchise predecessors.

Alex Tarrant, Noah Mills, Jason Antoon, Yasmine Al-Bustami, Tori Anderson and Kian Talan also star.

NCIS: Hawai’i

Matt Bosack, Jan Nash, Christopher Silber and Larry Teng served as executive producers.

We were just coming offHawaii Five-0, a very successful show, he said of the spinoffs origins.

People love that setting, it plays well over the globe.