The NCIS franchise is expanding, and it’s thriving more than ever.

In celebration of the series’ 1,000th episode airing on April 15, CBS Studios President David Stapf and CBS’ Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach sat down for an interview with Deadline about the future of the successful series.

NCIS is now the largest procedural franchise ever with five current series, with an estimated global audience of more than 300 million viewers!

During the conversation, they spoke about the expanded NCIS universe, storylines involving fan-favorite characters, and much more.

Click through to find out what they had to say…