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NCIS: Partners & Probies

Writing NCIS with Scott Williams

6/30/202659 min

Scott Williams joins Partners & Probies hosts Brian Dietzen and Diona Reasonover.  The veteran television writer describes his colorful journey to NCIS and the incredible list of work and relationships that landed him the job. Scott describes what it's like behind the scenes at the show. He also tells us about the deeply personal challenges he has faced in his family... and how his colleagues have rallied to support him. NCIS: Partners & Probies is the only official CBS podcast for NCIS and is hosted by series stars Brian Dietzen and Diona Reasonover. Every Tuesday, enjoy the podcast wherever and everywhere you get your podcasts.

Clips

Shane's Birth and Diagnosis
Last Text From Gary
Ride This Fucker
Kasie’s Name Battle
Get Out of Your Funk
Climbing TV Writer Ranks

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 10:00

    [door opening] Evening. Buyer's remorse. Buy a new car, I'll be moving in. Let's get started.

  2. Speaker 20:07

    [record scratch] Uh, sorry, I think there's been a mistake. I bought it from Carvana.

  3. Speaker 10:10

    You what?

  4. Speaker 20:11

    Yeah, great price. I even have seven days to love it or return it.

  5. Speaker 10:14

    So there's no...

  6. Speaker 20:15

    No, no buyer's remorse. More like buyer's rejoice.

  7. Speaker 10:19

    Ugh. I guess I'll let myself out. Congratulations. I mean it.

  8. Speaker 20:24

    Buyer's rejoice. Buy your car today on Carvana. Limitations and exclusions may apply. See our seven-day return policy at carvana.com.

  9. Scott Williams· Guest0:29

    [upbeat music] Writing for you guys is, like, the greatest gift, so, especially when you guys, you know, really hit the ball back and forth to each other. It's, it's a dream. Um- Well, yeah, and you created Casey. I did. Yeah, wasn't that neat?

  10. Brian Dietzen· Host0:48

    Hello. Welcome to NCIS Partners and Probies. I am Brian Dietzen.

  11. Diona Reasonover· Host0:52

    And I am Dionne Risenover.

  12. Brian Dietzen· Host0:54

    And today we have an incredibly special guest on here today. This is my, one of my favorite writers of all time, from the history of NCIS. It is executive producer- Mm ... Scott Williams.

  13. Diona Reasonover· Host1:04

    Ah, he's incredible. He's written not only for NCIS, but he's written for, uh, Bones, he's written for Crossing Jordan, NYPD Blue.

  14. Brian Dietzen· Host1:11

    I mean, and, and what he basically did was he took a- amazing storytelling- Mm-hmm ... and amazing heartfelt experiences from his own life that I really cannot wait for you guys to hear about, and he brought it all to NCIS. If you've shed tears on NCIS, there's a good chance that he was the guy that made it happen.

  15. Diona Reasonover· Host1:25

    Yeah, blame him.

  16. Brian Dietzen· Host1:25

    So we're, we're not gonna take up too much intro time, 'cause we really want you to get to

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