{"id":4111,"date":"2025-12-31T17:06:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=4111"},"modified":"2025-12-31T17:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:06:32","slug":"ncis-wilmer-valderrama-pays-heartfelt-tribute-to-his-co-stars-in-announcement-ahead-of-shows-return-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=4111","title":{"rendered":"NCIS\u2019 Wilmer Valderrama Pays Heartfelt Tribute to His Co-Stars in Announcement Ahead of Show\u2019s Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wilmer Valderrama, known for his role as Agent Nick Torres on NCIS, recently completed production for the show\u2019s 20th season and turned to Instagram to express his gratitude and pleasure. In a moving homage, he thanked his co-stars, crew, and fans for their encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram video shared from the set, Valderrama, sporting a buzz cut and an orange jumpsuit, announced the conclusion of his filming for the season. He praised the upcoming season finale, promising viewers an unprecedented experience with new storylines and twists.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4112\" src=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1767200768400-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1767200768400-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1767200768400-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1767200768400.jpg 841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Valderrama expressed gratitude to his fellow cast members, recognizing their closeness as a group and a family. He also thanked the staff and authors for their efforts and inventiveness in bringing the show to reality.<\/p>\n<p>As NCIS prepares to return from a brief hiatus, fans can anticipate the 20th season\u2019s finale, titled \u2018Black Sky,\u2019 airing on Monday, May 22nd at 9 p.m. EST. With promises of a major cliffhanger, viewers are in for an exhilarating conclusion to another successful season of the long-running series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilmer Valderrama, known for his role as Agent Nick Torres on NCIS, recently completed production for the show\u2019s 20th season and turned to Instagram to express his&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4111","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\/4111","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=4111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4113,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4111\/revisions\/4113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}