{"id":914,"date":"2024-12-09T20:13:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T20:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=914"},"modified":"2024-12-09T20:13:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T20:13:58","slug":"gary-cole-breaks-silence-confirms-longstanding-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=914","title":{"rendered":"Gary Cole Breaks Silence \u2013 Confirms Longstanding Rumors!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Harmon\u2019s Exit from NCIS Ignites Controversy! Fans Up in Arms Over Gary Cole\u2019s Surprising Takeover in Season 19 Despite CBS Denials!<br \/>\nThe decision to appoint Agent Parker as the new team leader on NCIS has sparked a wave of discontent among fans, many of whom had hoped to see Tim McGee, seemingly positioned as Gibbs\u2019 successor, assume the role instead. Showrunner Steven D. Binder addressed the backlash, hinting at the possibility that Gibbs and McGee may have had discussions about the future direction of the team. Despite Binder\u2019s explanation, fans continue to express their dissatisfaction, emphasizing their strong preference for McGee to step into Gibbs\u2019 esteemed position. The debate rages on, leaving viewers divided and eager for resolution as they grapple with the unexpected shift in leadership dynamics on the long-running procedural series.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-915\" src=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mark-Harmon-Gary-Cole-NCIS-15090-1-300x178.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mark-Harmon-Gary-Cole-NCIS-15090-1-300x178.webp 300w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mark-Harmon-Gary-Cole-NCIS-15090-1.webp 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Harmon\u2019s Exit from NCIS Ignites Controversy! Fans Up in Arms Over Gary Cole\u2019s Surprising Takeover in Season 19 Despite CBS Denials! The decision to appoint Agent&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914","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\/914","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=914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":916,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions\/916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}