Shane Brennan goes personal with NCIS:Red

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As NCIS: Los Angeles executive producer Shane Brennan prepares to possibly launch the franchise’s third show, some might wonder: Does the world need another NCIS?

First Look: NCIS: L.A. spinoff sees “Red”

“I’m sure it’s a question a lot of people are asking and I can assure everyone it’s not something that we approached lightly,” Brennan tells TVGuide.com. “It’s something that I certainly wouldn’t have done if I didn’t think we could make it different and turn a different light on the NCIS world.”

The key difference is that the characters at the heart of the new series, which will be introduced Tuesday in the first hour of a two-part NCIS: Los Angeles (9/8c, CBS), are part of the Red Team, a mobile NCIS unit that can be deployed anywhere in the country. When a murder in Idaho is connected to one in Los Angeles, Sam (LL Cool J) and Callen (Chris O’Donnell) join forces with the Red Team, led by Agent Paris Summerskill (Kim Raver).

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