Actor Michael Manning Harmon, who plays 'McGee' on NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service), films a scene at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, April 3, 2008. In this episode, NCIS was investigating a murder that took place under the Pier. NCIS is a CBS network show chronicles the operations of an elite team of special agents whose mission is to investigate any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position. Donald P. Bellisario ("JAG," "Magnum, P.I.") is the executive producer. The show premiered on September 23, 2003.