“We are done. How should we go on?”

In 20 years of series existence, Navy CIS naturally had to accept some losses in the staff. Abby actress Pauley Perrette left the series under controversial circumstances and even main actor Mark Harmon said at some point.

To the The best known faces of NCIS also belonged to Michael Weatherly. The actor was already seen as Anthony Dinozzo before NCIS – namely in consequences of the mother series JAG – on behalf of the honor, where the start of the spin -off was prepared. In 2016 Weatherly got out to lead his own crime series Bull. For the makers, it was a setback and an opportunity at the same time.

This is how the NCIS makers reacted to Michael Weatherly’s exit

For the 20th birthday of the crime series, several participants were asked by the Hollywood reporter in 2023. One came to the departure of Michael Weatherly. Producer Mark Horowitz was initially shocked:

When Michael Weatherly went, I thought: ‘We are done. How should we go on? ‘

Former CBS President Glenn Geller was pragmatic:

When Michael Weatherly left us, it was my only goal to keep him at CBS, and I succeeded. I was thrilled because I knew America [die Figur] Dinozzo loves and I wanted him to be part of Bull.

The wild seventies star Wilmer Valderrama was hired as a replacement, who has played the figure Nick Torres since season 14. Geller:

When a series loses such an important character, a gap always arises. But the author: Inside, always managed to find a way, the hole not to stuff, but to develop the characters and relationships in such a way that you get to know new figures and still learn the old loved ones.

Weatherly’s next series was overshadowed by a scandal

In season 13, Anthony Dinozzo left his colleague: inside, because he wanted to take care of his daughter and to get to the bottom of the death of her mother. After that, Michael Weatherly played the leading role in the crime series Bull for six seasons.

The series was from Allegations of sexual harassment overshadow. According to co-star Eliza Dushku, she was released after having passed these allegations against Weatherly to producers. According to CNN, Dushku explained: “I was almost constantly sexually harassed by my co-star.”

Weatherly published an apology in 2018, which was criticized by Dushku, as the Boston Globe reported. The actor took over the leading role in Bull. 2022 for four years.

Meanwhile, Michael Weatherly will return to the role in the NCIS spin-off NCIS: Tony & Ziva that made him famous.

So you can watch navy cis on TV or stream

The current 22nd season of NCIS went into the break at Sat.1 at the beginning of March. The episodes shown so far can still be called up at Joyn. Repetitions of older episodes run at Kabel Eins. Some seasons of the crime series stream at WoW and Paramount+.

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This article was first published in a similar form in October 2023 at Moviepilot.