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Until recently it listed Endemol Shine Australia Paramount Plus and CBS Studios as the production companies for this show. It has now been suggested that CBS Studios is a distributor of the series and that only Endemol Shine should be listed as a production company. On the official Paramount press site it says "PRODUCED BY: NCIS: SYDNEY is produced for CBS Studios and Paramount Australia by Endemol Shine Australia and distributed outside Australia by Paramount Global Content Distribution." There is no explicit reference anywhere to CBS Studios being a distributor, only Paramount Global Content Distribution which is currently correctly identified as the distributor within the article. The opening titles of the show say "Presented by Paramount Plus and CBS Studios." There are explicit references from Australian sources calling CBS Studios a producer. The Australian government film support program stated that "Produced by CBS Studios in association with Endemol Shine Australia, NCIS: SYDNEY marks the first iteration of the hit NCIS series based outside of the United States." Screenhub Australia stated "Two special episodes of NCIS: Sydney, produced by Endemol Shine Australia, CBS Studios, Paramount Australia, and Screen Territory, are set to film in Darwin." Deadline has called it a "A local international co-production for CBS Studios" and CBS Studios was the main entity cited in the very first press release about the project. One of the main writers has also described being asked by Endemol Shine to make a pitch to CBS Studios: "I pitched a very ambitious vision of the show to the folks at Paramount+ AU and CBS Studios, and they told me to swing for the fences. So that’s what we did."

There are no current references on Google to anything at all being "distributed by CBS Studios." There was previously an entity called "CBS Studios International" until 2019, but that is what is now known as Paramount Global Content Distribution, and is not the same thing as CBS Studies.

Looking for additional opinions on this and whether it has implications for what should be correctly identified as the countries of origin for the show. newsjunkie (talk) 07:08, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:NCIS: Sydney has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. newsjunkie (talk) 02:10, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(Removed duplicate query as requested on talk page and linking one at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television#Film plot in TV style?. Updated: M. Billoo 11:37, 5 November 2025 (UTC))[reply]

Please do not WP:DISCUSSFORK. Answered at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television#Film plot in TV style?. Gonnym (talk) 09:49, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]