{"id":500,"date":"2024-11-23T17:57:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T17:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=500"},"modified":"2024-11-23T17:57:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T17:57:46","slug":"ncis-season-21-8-main-cast-members-returning-1-in-reduced-role-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=500","title":{"rendered":"\u2018NCIS\u2019 Season 21 \u2013 8 Main Cast Members Returning, 1 in Reduced Role!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Back in February,\u00a0CBS<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0confirmed that\u00a0NCIS<\/em> would be back for Season 21 during the 2023-2024 television season.<\/p>\n

\u201cBIG news. Get ready to grab your gear, we\u2019ve got more work to do. #NCIS has officially been renewed for Season 21! We\u2019ll see you there,\u201d the network\u00a0announced.<\/a><\/p>\n

While there is no release date yet, CBS confirmed that the show will keep its Monday night slot at 9 p.m. ET, with\u00a0NCIS: Hawaii<\/em> following with new Season 3 episodes at 10 p.m.<\/p>\n

We also know which main cast members have renewed their contracts, and which one is taking on a significantly reduced role.<\/p>\n

\"NCIS<\/div>\n

Sean Murray as Special Agent Timothy McGee \u2013 RETURNING<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"NCIS<\/div>\n

Wilmer Valderrama as Special Agent Nick Torres \u2013 RETURNING<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"NCIS<\/div>\n

Katrina Law as Special Agent Jessica Knight \u2013 RETURNING<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"NCIS<\/div>\n

Gary Cole as Supervisory Special Agent Alden Parker \u2013 RETURNING<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"NCIS<\/div>\n

Brian Dietzen as Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jimmy Palmer \u2013 RETURNING<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"NCIS<\/div>\n

Diona Reasonover as Forensic Specialist Kasie Hines \u2013 RETURNING<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"NCIS<\/div>\n

Rocky Carroll as NCIS Director Leon Vance \u2013 RETURNING<\/strong><\/p>\n

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David McCallum as NCIS Historian and former Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Donald \u201cDucky\u201d Mallard \u2013 REDUCED ROLE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI am delighted to say that I have reached an agreement with CBS for Dr. Donald Mallard to stay with\u00a0NCIS<\/em>\u00a0for Season 16. Once again it will be a limited schedule. That arrangement will allow me to spend time with Katherine, our children, six grandsons, and Nickie,\u201d the 89-year-old actor\u00a0wrote to fans.<\/a><\/p>\n

The cast of\u00a0NCIS: Sydney<\/em>\u00a0has\u00a0officially been announced!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in February,\u00a0CBS\u00a0confirmed that\u00a0NCIS would be back for Season 21 during the 2023-2024 television season. \u201cBIG news. Get ready to grab your gear, we\u2019ve got more work… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","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\/500","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=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":502,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions\/502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}