Ted Cruz may earn political mileage whenever he rails against Hollywood, but he’s a fan of at least one big show: NCIS. The Texas senator dropped by the Paramount lot last month on an L.A. trip, spending time with its top lawyer, Makan Delrahim (they’re friends). That was just days before Cruz played a starring role in the recent antitrust hearing on Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros., a deal that Paramount very much wants to not happen. While in town, Cruz is said to have asked to see the NCIS set. Unfortunately, the CBS procedural shoots mostly in Santa Clarita, but NCIS: Origins is based on the Hollywood lot. So Ted got his wish with a 20-minute tour of Stages 6 and 7, though sadly the show was dark so there were no cast or creator interactions. (Paramount declined to comment on Cruz’s visit, and his rep didn’t respond to my email.)