{"id":3698,"date":"2025-10-21T16:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3698"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:17:08","slug":"pauley-perrettes-return-to-ncis-did-michael-weatherly-just-confirm-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3698","title":{"rendered":"Pauley Perrette\u2019s Return To NCIS: Did Michael Weatherly Just Confirm It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If Michael Weatherly had his way, Pauley Perrette would never have left\u00a0NCIS<\/em>. Recently, the actor hinted that Perrette may soon reprise her beloved role as Abby Sciuto.<\/p>\n

Perrette exited the series at the end of Season 15 amid rumors of tension with co-star Mark Harmon. While she hasn\u2019t confirmed any talks about returning, she\u2019s stayed in touch with former castmates \u2013 especially Weatherly, with whom she shared heartfelt messages during her final episode.<\/p>\n

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According to\u00a0TV Insider<\/em>, Weatherly recently teased Perrette\u2019s possible comeback, saying, \u201cI know Pauley Perrette will return in some capacity. Everyone misses her, and she\u2019ll be back and funnier than ever.\u201d Though no official announcement has been made, his confidence suggests something may be in the works \u2013 perhaps as soon as Season 17.<\/p>\n

Perrette also stood by Weatherly when actress Eliza Dushku accused him of sexual harassment on the\u00a0NCIS<\/em>\u00a0set. While Weatherly apologized and CBS compensated Dushku after her contract ended, Perrette defended him publicly, praising his character.<\/p>\n

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Since leaving\u00a0NCIS<\/em>, Perrette has mostly stepped away from acting, focusing instead on social media activism. She\u2019s also debunked rumors about launching a makeup line. However, she returned to CBS in the sitcom\u00a0Broke<\/em>, leaving limited time for an\u00a0NCIS<\/em> comeback.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile,\u00a0NCIS<\/em>\u00a0fans have faced more goodbyes. After losing Weatherly and Perrette, the show recently saw David McCallum\u2019s Ducky retire \u2013 though his new consulting role means he\u2019ll still appear occasionally. His reduced presence also opens the door for Jimmy Palmer to step up as Chief Medical Examiner, setting up new storylines for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If Michael Weatherly had his way, Pauley Perrette would never have left\u00a0NCIS. Recently, the actor hinted that Perrette may soon reprise her beloved role as Abby Sciuto…. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3700,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3698\/revisions\/3700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}