Origins' to Reunite Mark Harmon and Michael Weatherly on Screen
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Mark Harmon and Michael Weatherly will reunite as their "NCIS" characters, Leroy Jethro Gibbs and Tony DiNozzo, for the first time in 10 years on the upcoming episode of "NCIS: Origins" airing Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 10 p.m. ET on CBS.
- Gibbs returns to NCIS’ D.C. headquarters to seek help from DiNozzo, now the NCIS director, after being shot by unknown assailants in this special reunion episode.
- Both actors remain active in the "NCIS" universe, with Harmon serving as executive producer and appearing in all episodes of "NCIS: Origins" Season 3, while Weatherly returned to the main "NCIS" cast for Season 24 starting Oct. 6.
- "NCIS: Origins" Season 3 premiere on Oct. 6 drew 4.39 million viewers, marking a 20% increase from last year and ranking as the No. 1 broadcast show in its time slot.
- The series, set in the early 1990s and starring Austin Stowell as a young Gibbs, is executive produced by David J. North, Mark Harmon, Sean Harmon, Michele Greco, and Eric Christian Olsen, and streams on Paramount+.
