{"id":64689,"date":"2016-01-07T15:26:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T23:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/?p=64689"},"modified":"2016-01-07T15:26:12","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T23:26:12","slug":"weatherly-announces-plan-to-leave-ncis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2016\/01\/weatherly-announces-plan-to-leave-ncis\/","title":{"rendered":"Weatherly Announces Plan To Leave &#8216;NCIS&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Michael Weatherly<\/b> (Tony DiNozzo) has been on <I>NCIS<\/i> since the show&#8217;s inception, but the crime drama&#8217;s current season will be his last. <a href=\"http:\/\/tvline.com\/2016\/01\/05\/michael-weatherly-leaving-ncis-season-13\/\" target=\"_blank\">TV Line<\/a> confirmed that Weatherly would be leaving at the end of season 13, including this statement from CBS:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After 13 years on <i>NCIS<\/i>, Michael Weatherly is leaving the show at the end of this season. He is a valued part of the CBS family, and the immense charm and talent he brings to the screen as \u2018Very\u2019 Special Agent Tony DiNozzo has helped make <i>NCIS<\/i> what it is today \u2013 the No. 1 drama in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\nWe thank Michael for all of his contributions to this successful franchise, and look forward to continuing to develop projects with him as part of our ongoing development deal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n(More information about Weatherly&#8217;s development deal with CBS can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/deadline.com\/2014\/05\/michael-weatherly-closes-2-year-deal-with-cbs-studios-to-return-to-ncis-produce-new-projects-731652\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>\nHere are the first three tweets Weatherly posted about his decision:<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DiNozzo is a wonderful, quixotic character &amp; I couldn&#39;t have had more fun playing him over the past 13 seasons <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GR7YSsmsKJ\">pic.twitter.com\/GR7YSsmsKJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Weatherly (@M_Weatherly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_Weatherly\/status\/684507283070402565\">January 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Les Moonves &amp; CBS gave me the opportunity of a lifetime. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eqF5y6GSNw\">pic.twitter.com\/eqF5y6GSNw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Weatherly (@M_Weatherly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_Weatherly\/status\/684507425597042688\">January 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I will miss the amazing crew &amp; cast, who are like family to me, &amp; to the fans all over the world &#8211; THANK YOU, it\u2019s been a fantastic ride!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Weatherly (@M_Weatherly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_Weatherly\/status\/684507946047287296\">January 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nFinally, check out a few more tweets relating to the news:<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_Weatherly\">@M_Weatherly<\/a> &#10;WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!?&#10;&#10;Glad I got in under the wire. Hope we get to have some fun on the next one!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrJonCryer\/status\/684508516237746176\">January 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You and I have many adventures ahead Mr. Cryer&#8230; Mostly vegan restaurants in Studio City. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UaPw0u8izS\">https:\/\/t.co\/UaPw0u8izS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Weatherly (@M_Weatherly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_Weatherly\/status\/684627610777694208\">January 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_Lisa_Renee\">@_Lisa_Renee<\/a> Bittersweet, but happy for him. MW&#39;s a huge talent and great guy. We&#39;ll miss him.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Williams (@mostx1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mostx1\/status\/684535123094581248\">January 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s been amazing ride, spending the past 13 seasons with the incredibly talented <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_Weatherly\">@M_Weatherly<\/a>. A great friend, actor, father and husband.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Dietzen (@BrianDietzen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianDietzen\/status\/684752204159303681\">January 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gonna miss that dude.But hopefully we&#39;ll make up for lost on-set time w\/lunches and dinners. Excited to see what you&#39;re up to next my friend<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Dietzen (@BrianDietzen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianDietzen\/status\/684753248587087872\">January 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anthonyd1968\">@anthonyd1968<\/a> yup!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Dietzen (@BrianDietzen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianDietzen\/status\/684753982397353984\">January 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saskie73\">@saskie73<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_Weatherly\">@M_Weatherly<\/a> one of my favorites too. Hope we get to see one more glimpse of that friendship.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Dietzen (@BrianDietzen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianDietzen\/status\/684754295523119104\">January 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AgentLucyD\">@AgentLucyD<\/a> I can tell you I won&#39;t arrange anything for Tony (that&#39;s up to the writers) but I will celebrate with Michael.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Dietzen (@BrianDietzen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianDietzen\/status\/684761122969223168\">January 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-cards=\"hidden\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mom sent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\">@nytimes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ncis?src=hash\">#ncis<\/a> article -she liked the picture. Then asked if I was going to leave with Ziva. Oh Mom. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HTpGE8a2dm\">https:\/\/t.co\/HTpGE8a2dm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Weatherly (@M_Weatherly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_Weatherly\/status\/684786500244901889\">January 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Love. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Oecj2MY6L4\">pic.twitter.com\/Oecj2MY6L4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pauley Perrette (@PauleyP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PauleyP\/status\/684980382056333312\">January 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_Weatherly\">@M_Weatherly<\/a> He loves his job, he loves <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCIS?src=hash\">#NCIS<\/a> He LOVES YOU! It&#39;s not about that. And it&#39;s not my story to tell. And I LOVE HIM. My bro.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pauley Perrette (@PauleyP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PauleyP\/status\/685027206364450816\">January 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Love. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PHI9Kewwij\">pic.twitter.com\/PHI9Kewwij<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pauley Perrette (@PauleyP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PauleyP\/status\/685034116102799360\">January 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Weatherly (Tony DiNozzo) has been on NCIS since the show&#8217;s inception, but the crime&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":64692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3242],"tags":[3320,2990,3296,3254,3416],"class_list":["post-64689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncis","tag-dietzen","tag-guest-stars","tag-perrette","tag-weatherly","tag-williams"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/m-weatherly.jpg",900,350,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/m-weatherly-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/m-weatherly.jpg",300,117,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/m-weatherly-768x299.jpg",640,249,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/m-weatherly.jpg",640,249,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/m-weatherly.jpg",900,350,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/m-weatherly.jpg",900,350,false],"newsphere-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/m-weatherly.jpg",900,350,false],"newsphere-featured":["https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/m-weatherly.jpg",900,350,false],"newsphere-medium":["https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/m-weatherly.jpg",720,280,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Rachel","author_link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/author\/rachel\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/categories\/ncisall\/ncis\/\" rel=\"category tag\">NCIS<\/a>","tag_info":"NCIS","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64689"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64694,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64689\/revisions\/64694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}