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  • Michael Weatherly Leaving “NCIS,” but Staying on CBS in New Show About Dr. Phil

    Michael Weatherly no doubt made many women cry when he and CBS announced back in January that he was vacating his role as Special Agent Anthony “Tony” DiNozzo on NCIS. How will they feel now, when they realize Michael Weatherly is leaving NCIS, but staying on CBS?

    It’s true. Michael Weatherly has signed on to star in a new series called Bull, that portrays the early life of Dr. Phil McGraw before he was a famous television star.

    According to the Hollywood Reporter, Michael Weatherly will play the role of Dr. Bull, “the head of a company that analyzes juries to help develop defense strategies. He has a physicality and feral intelligence that make him magnetic to women, and a bruising candor.”

    Dr. Phil McGraw headed up a renown trial consulting service prior to his days of offering advice on his own TV show.

    Michael Weatherly admitted he has enjoyed his run as NCIS’s Tony DiNozzo when he announced his impending departure in January.

    “DiNozzo is a wonderful, quixotic character and I couldn’t have had more fun playing him over the past 13 seasons,” he said at the time.

    Michael Weatherly played Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo for 13 seasons on NCIS. It was bad enough when actress Cote DePablo left her role as Ziva David.

    What will NCIS be like without Anthony DiNozzo?

    Did Michael Weatherly take into consideration the hearts he was breaking when he made his choice to leave?

    And to think–he’s staying on at CBS.

    Michael Weatherly deserves one of those good old slaps on the side of his head delivered by Mark Harmon’s character, Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

    Don’t you agree?

  • Michael Weatherly–Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo–Leaving “NCIS”

    Michael Weatherly confirmed on Tuesday a rumor fans hoped against hope wasn’t true. The actor known for his role as Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo on CBS’s NCIS is leaving the show.

    CBS issued a statement about Michael Weatherly’s impending departure.

    “After 13 years on NCIS, Michael Weatherly is leaving the show at the end of this season,” the statement reads. “He is a valued part of the CBS family, and the immense charm and talent he brings to the screen as ‘Very’ Special Agent Tony DiNozzo has helped make NCIS what it is today–the No. 1 drama in the world.”

    “We thank Michael for all of his contributions to this successful franchise,” the statement continues, “and look forward to continuing to develop projects with him as part of our ongoing development deal.”

    Michael Weatherly responded to reports about his upcoming depature via Twitter.

    It was Michael Weatherly’s costar, David McCallum (Ducky), who allegedly let the cat out of its proverbial bag about the actor’s end-of-season departure. During an interview with Vulture Hound magazine, he let word slip.

    “DiNozzo, played by Michael Weatherly, we’ve told people a long time ago, is leaving at the end of the season. So the writers have to decide what to do when one of the four members of the original cast leaves,” he said.

    In addition to Michael Weatherly and David McCallum, NCIS stars Mark Harmon, Pauley Perrette, and Sean Murray.

    Weatherly’s departure will mark the second blow to fans’ hearts in two years. When Cote de Pablo, who played the role of Ziva David, left the show in 2013, viewers’ hearts ached for Tony DiNozzo.

    Can NCIS continue without Special Agent Tony DiNozzo?

    Are you shocked that Michael Weatherly is kissing this fabulous role goodbye?

  • Cote de Pablo: ‘NCIS’s’ Ziva David Makes TV Return in ‘The Dovekeepers’

    Cote de Pablo–best known for her role as Ziva David on NCIS, played alongside Mark Harmon and Michael Weatherly–is making her TV return on Tuesday and Wednesday this week in a CBS four-hour miniseries called The Dovekeepers.

    The project is based on an Alice Hoffman novel, and in addition to Cote de Pablo, stars Rachel Brosnahan, Sam Neill, and Kathryn Prescott. The story focuses on the women at the center of a group of Jewish refugees who make a brave stand against the Romans from the ancient mountaintop fortress of Masada.

    The Dovekeepers is produced by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett, who produced The Bible in 2013.

    Cote de Pablo visited Masada prior to playing this role.

    “I had a chance to go to Masada a couple of years ago when I was first doing NCIS. You are on top of a mountain (where) on one end you’ve got the desert and on the other, the Dead Sea. It’s a remarkable story of survival, never giving up hope or faith and holding up to what you believe are important values, principles and dignity,” she explained.

    Rachel Brosnahan, Kathryn Prescott, and Cote de Pablo play the roles of Yael, Aziza, and Shirah, respectively, and they are the women known as the dovekeepers.

    “What these women do is ahead of its time, even for today. They live so connected to their hearts that they can’t possibly betray the thing they feel. … You have these women who have gone through the mill, who have given up everything they love to tell their story. (If) the Romans write it, they will inevitably be the heroes of their story. (Shirah) needs to tell this story of what really happened, the story of her people,” de Pablo says.

    Call it coincidence or call it good planning on behalf of CBS, but just prior to The Dovekeepers premiere on Tuesday is the weekly airing of NCIS. And something fans are undoubtedly wondering is whether or not Cote de Pablo will ever reprise her role as Ziva David.

    “I think it could absolutely be explored,” de Pablo says. “I felt (character Ziva’s departure) was a little rushed but, given how it all played out, I think it was beautiful. I had three beautiful scenes with Michael (Weatherly), who I love dearly. Any time I get the chance to be with him, there’s something kind of magical that happens. It’s been such a love story in many ways.”

    And then she talked about the doves.

    “We had very little time to prepare. It was sort of like, ‘OK, you have two hours to handle birds. And then in two hours, you’ll be in front of the camera with the birds.’ We had to learn really quickly. If you’re holding the birds with anxiety, they will be anxious. We would approach the birds in a more loving manner, like we’d been doing it forever. They just immediately let go and weren’t so fussy. They’re incredibly intuitive beings,” she said.

    Fans of NCIS’s Ziva David can tune in to see Cote de Pablo in The Dovekeepers both Tuesday and Wednesday nights, March 31st and April 1st, on CBS at 9:00 PM ET.

    Do you think Michael Weatherly, Mark Harmon, Pauley Perrette, and Sean Murray will watch?

  • Cote de Pablo: ‘NCIS’s’ Ziva David Headed Back to CBS

    Cote de Pablo, best known for her role as Ziva David on the CBS hit show NCIS, is returning to the network this spring. No, she won’t be back at NCIS, reprising her role as Michael Weatherly’s (Tony DiNozzo) love interest. She is set to appear in a two-part miniseries called The Dovekeepers instead.

    The Dovekeepers is based on the book of the same name by famed author Alice Hoffman. Husband and wife producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett cast Cote de Pablo, along with Rachel Brosnahan, Kathryn Prescott, Diego Boneta, and Sam Neill.

    Downey said after the huge success of her Bible miniseries on The History Channel (it drew in over 100 million views), she knew viewers would be “hungry” for Dovekeepers. She also admitted she decided to produce because she isa huge fan of the novel.

    “At its heart, Dovekeepers is a love story…there is tragedy, of course, but at its heartbeat, there is beauty and hope,” Downey said on the TCA panel.

    The dark story of Masada, which was filmed in Malta, is “profoundly moving,” she said.

    If it’s any consolation to NCIS fans, and it likely won’t be, The Dovekeepers will air in the spot following NCIS on March 31st. The second part of the miniseries airs on April 1st. Cote de Pablo was surprised to hear this little tidbit of news.

    “Really?” she exclaimed after Roma Downey told the Television Critics Association about the March 31 scheduling.

    It seems the hope is that Cote de Pablo’s NCIS followers will be “very noisy” in drawing attention to the movie, according to Roma Downey. The project dramatizes the siege of the ancient desert fortress of Masada–now part of Israel–by Roman Empire troops.

    Even though this isn’t a reprisal of her role as Ziva David, will you tune in to see Cote de Pablo in The Dovekeepers?

  • Jeri Ryan Heads to ‘NCIS’ As Gibbs’ Ex-Wife

    Jeri Ryan Heads to ‘NCIS’ As Gibbs’ Ex-Wife

    Jeri Ryan of Body of Proof, Leverage, Boston Public, and Star Trek fame is headed for NCIS where she will play the “missing” second ex-wife of Leroy Jethro Gibbs (played by Mark Harmon). She will be introduced to the hit CBS show in January of 2015.

    Showrunner Gary Glasberg revealed the heightening storyline several months back.

    “I can promise you that it is probably going to get touched on in Season 12,” he said, adding that the introduction of the character is akin to “storyline gold.”

    “After 12 seasons there was still one ex-wife to cast opposite Gibbs and we found her in the beautiful and talented Jeri Ryan,” Glasberg added. “We’re all very excited to have Jeri join us for a storyline that’s chock full of surprises.”

    Entertainment Weekly reports that Jeri Ryan’s character’s name is Rebecca. Gibbs has been married four times–with three marriages ending in divorce and one in the death of his wife and child. Only two of the wives have ever appeared on NCIS.

    While it will certainly be exciting to see a new character added to NCIS, it will be even more intriguing to see not only how she plays opposite Jethro Gibbs as well as his team.

    NCIS airs on Tuesday evenings at 8 P.M. on CBS, but fans will have a while to wait before they get to meet Jeri Ryan in her new role.

    Do you think once Gibbs’ second ex-wife is no longer missing that a romance might be rekindled between the two? Fans have long wanted to see the handsome NCIS director fall in love. A good romance for Gibbs even might rival that of Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo (as Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David). Theirs was a romance that delighted fans in a previous season of the show.

  • Cote de Pablo Stars in First Post-NCIS Role

    Cote de Pablo broke the hearts of countless NCIS fans when she left the show this past fall. Featured in the short clip above talking about her future with NCIS–on her very first day of the show, in fact–she anticipated learning a lot during her time there. Now the beloved actress has moved on to the film world. She is sure to leave her mark in this film about Chilean miners.

    The 33 is the story of the 2010 rescue of 33 trapped Chilean miners who spent 69 days underground in the Copiapo gold and copper mine. Cote de Pablo will play the wife of one of the trapped miners. The film will also star Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Lopez, Juliette Binoche and Rodrigo Santoro. It is presently in production in both Colombia and Chile. Cote is from Chile and her mother still resides there. The film no doubt tugs at her heartstrings which will, of course, serve to enhance her role even further.

    This film clip shows the actual rescue of the first of the Chilean miners following more than three months in captivity underneath the earth.

    Cote de Pablo played the role of NCIS’s Special Agent Ziva David. The last few episodes left fans on the edges of their seats, waiting to see if she would become romantically involved with Michael Weatherly’s NCIS character, Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo. Her last appearance on NCIS was a bit disappointing, but fans are clinging to a very slight shred of hope that she might one day return to the show.

    It will definitely be fun to watch Cote on the big screen with the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Antonio Banderas. Will she become a famous movie star and leave behind even the most remote thoughts of ever returning to NCIS? Or might this simply be a case of Cote de Pablo trying her hand at something brand new–a feat everyone should lay claim to at many points during their lives?

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