Vanessa Lachey has been tapped as the lead of the upcoming CBS drama series NCIS: Hawai’i, the first installment in the NCIS franchise with a female character at the center.
Yasmine Al-Bustami (The Chosen) and Jason Antoon (Claws) also have been cast as series regulars in the spinoff, which recently received a straight-to-series order for next season.
The style of the show’s title has been tweaked to reflect Hawaii’s spelling in the Hawaiian language, which also is the official name of the island of Hawai’i.)
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