Scott Bakula casting rumors are panning out. The former Star Trek star has been cast on a new spinoff of the long-running series NCIS.

Yes. There will be another NCIS. CBS probably wants an NCIS spinoff for every city in America. The new NCIS spinoff is set in New Orleans. NBC will launch the new NCIS in a two-part episode this Spring. According to Variety, Scott Bakula will head the NCIS New Orleans team.

Scott Bakula is the lead in the NCIS New Orleans spinoff. Bakula, who also starred on "Quantum Leap" will play NCIS Special Agent Pride. The press release said that Pride is  "a unique federal agent" who is "driven by the need to do what's right and does it all with warmth, passion, strength and humor."

Executive producer Gary Glasberg said "I went to Mark Harmon as I do every year and said, 'I went through some stories and, hey, I came across this scenario. I'd love to try to do an episode. He turned to me and said, 'Gary, that's not a sweeps episode. That's a new show.'"

Bakula currently playing a recurring roll on HBO' "Looking." Bakula also co-starred on TNT's "Men of a Certain Age" from 2009 to 2011. The former star of Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise has just been cast in the most recent NCIS spinoff, which will be set in New Orleans. Scott Bakula got an Emmy Nomination for his role in the HBO movie "Behind the Candelabra." Scott Bakula helmed the starship enterprise in "Star Trek: Enterprise." The "Star Trek" spinoff  series that ran from 2001 to 2005.

The "NCIS" spinoff pilot was filmed as a test for a potential series. NCIS will air on Tuesdays at  8 p.m.