{"id":4333,"date":"2026-03-30T16:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=4333"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:35:07","slug":"chris-odonnells-latest-update-might-have-just-ended-hopes-for-an-ncis-los-angeles-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=4333","title":{"rendered":"Chris O\u2019Donnell\u2019s Latest Update Might Have Just Ended Hopes for an NCIS: Los Angeles Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hopes for an\u00a0<em>NCIS: Los Angeles<\/em>\u00a0revival may be fading following a major career move by series star Chris O\u2019Donnell.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, who played G. Callen for 14 seasons, has officially joined ABC\u2019s upcoming procedural\u00a0<em>9-1-1: Nashville<\/em>\u00a0as its lead. He will portray Captain Don Sharpe, a rugged fire captain who runs a busy Nashville firehouse while balancing family life and personal secrets. The new series is expected to premiere in fall 2025 and marks a significant new chapter for O\u2019Donnell.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4334\" src=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774888453553-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774888453553-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FB_IMG_1774888453553.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While this is exciting news for fans of the actor, it also makes the possibility of an\u00a0<em>NCIS: Los Angeles<\/em> comeback much less likely at least in the near future. The CBS spinoff ended in 2023 after a long and successful run, and although the finale left room for the characters to return, no official revival plans have been announced.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell\u2019s commitment to a new leading role would make it difficult for him to return as Callen anytime soon. Given how central the character was to the show, it\u2019s hard to imagine any revival moving forward without him. His presence helped define the series, and fans would likely expect him to be part of any continuation.<\/p>\n<p>There have been small hints within the\u00a0<em>NCIS<\/em>\u00a0universe that the Los Angeles team is still active, suggesting the door isn\u2019t completely closed. However, without O\u2019Donnell available, a full revival would likely need to wait until his schedule allows or risk moving forward without one of its most iconic characters.<\/p>\n<p>For now, it appears\u00a0<em>NCIS: Los Angeles<\/em>\u00a0has truly come to an end, while Chris O\u2019Donnell looks ahead to a new role in the expanding\u00a0<em>9-1-1<\/em>\u00a0franchise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hopes for an\u00a0NCIS: Los Angeles\u00a0revival may be fading following a major career move by series star Chris O\u2019Donnell. The actor, who played G. Callen for 14 seasons,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4333","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\/4333","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=4333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4335,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333\/revisions\/4335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}