Need to Know

episode of NCIS (S9 E17)
TVEpisode television_series_episode Q16745539
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Need to Know

Summary

Need to Know is a television series episode[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of television_series_episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Need to Know's instance of is recorded as television series episode[3].
  • Need to Know's director is recorded as Michelle MacLaren[4].
  • Need to Know's screenwriter is recorded as George Schenck[5].
  • Need to Know's follows is recorded as Psych Out[6].
  • Need to Know's followed by is recorded as The Tell[7].
  • Need to Know's part of the series is recorded as NCIS[8].
  • Need to Know's IMDb ID is recorded as tt2129489[9].
  • Need to Know's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[10].
  • Need to Know's original broadcaster is recorded as CBS[11].
  • Need to Know's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • Need to Know's publication date is recorded as +2012-02-28T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Need to Know's publication date is recorded as +2012-09-09T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Need to Know's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j760cc[15].
  • Need to Know's takes place in fictional universe is recorded as NCIS universe[16].
  • Need to Know's title is recorded as Need to Know[17].
  • Need to Know's Metacritic ID is recorded as tv/ncis/season-9/episode-17-need-to-know[18].
  • Need to Know's production code is recorded as 917[19].
  • Need to Know's season is recorded as NCIS, season 9[20].
  • Need to Know's TheTVDB episode ID is recorded as 4271144[21].
  • Need to Know's Trakt.tv ID is recorded as shows/ncis/seasons/9/episodes/17[22].
  • Need to Know's media franchise is recorded as NCIS[23].
  • Need to Know's TMDB episode ID is recorded as 334605[24].

Why It Matters

Need to Know ranks in the top 6% of television_series_episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . omdbapi.com. Retrieved . omdbapi.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Metacritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Trakt.tv. Retrieved . trakt.tv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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