Preview The ‘NCIS’, ‘NCIS:LA’ & ‘Criminal Minds’ Premieres

To kick off our coverage of three new CBS series, check out the episode descriptions and promos for the upcoming season premieres of NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles and Criminal Minds. (Embedded videos after the jump!)

The eleventh season of NCIS will premiere on Tuesday, September 24 at 8:00pm ET/PT with “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”. Here is the episode’s official description:

An explosion at a D.C. event that results in a casualty connected to the agency changes Parsons’ perspective on Gibbs and the NCIS team. Meanwhile, without badges, DiNozzo and McGee investigate the case as civilians, despite the case’s dangerous ties to each of them.

CBS also shared a promo for the episode, which offers a glimpse at what will happen as Cote de Pablo (Ziva David) prepares to exit the series (also available on CBS.com and SpoilerTV):

Here’s another look, courtesy of ET Online:

NCIS: LA will air its season five premiere right after NCIS on Tuesday, September 24 at 9:00pm ET/PT. Here’s what fans can expect in the first episode, “Ascension”:

While Sam and Deeks recover from traumatic torture that will have a lasting impact on their personal and professional relationships, lives are still in jeopardy as the NCIS: LA team searches for stolen nuclear weapons.

And here’s a promo for the premiere (also available on SpoilerTV):

Criminal Minds will launch into season nine right before CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’s season fourteen premiere on Wednesday, September 25 at 9:00pm ET/PT. Here’s the description for “The Inspiration”:

The hunt for a methodical killer takes the BAU to Arizona to search for an increasingly devolving UnSub, and the team speculates that Hotch is in the running to be the new BAU unit chief.

Finally, here’s the CBS promo for the premiere (also available on SpoilerTV):