Though the NCIS franchise shrank a bit with the surprise cancellation of Vanessa Lachey’s Hawai’i spinoff , it’ll be expanding overall with the upcoming additions of the prequel spinoff NCIS: Origins and the follow-up centering on MIchael Weatherly ’s Tony DiNozzo and Cote de Pablo ’s Ziva David. The former and future co-stars revealed the new show’s title with a cute video ahead of production kicking off, but is there a chance fans will see them together before the premiere? That all depends on decisions made by higher-up execs, as it goes with just about all TV show details, but if NCIS ' showrunner gets to make the call, it sounds like a broadcast network return for the Tiva duo could indeed be in the cards, especially since Weatherly already appeared to confirm Ziva's impending return . Speaking with TVLine , Steven D.
Binder shared the following hopeful take: Let’s put it this way: I would love to do that, and I have a feeling Michael [Weatherly] would be up for anything like that. I’m open to any ideas anybody has. They are totally welcome to throw them at me.
Obviously Binder & Co. would want to welcome Tony and Ziva to the family by having the titular characters reunite on the flagship drama later in the 2024 TV schedule . It only makes sense, considering that’s where fans first fell in love with the agents.
But there’s a big difference between the desire to and that desire actually becoming a reality. Still, I imagine few people involved with the .
