'NCIS': 14 Things You Didn't Know About The Popular Series
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NCIS Cast
Did you know 'NCIS' is the second-longest-running scripted, non-animated U.S. primetime TV series that is still airing? Obviously, there are MANY fans of the hit procedural series. Check out these fun bits of trivia!
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'JAG'
NCIS was originally 'only' created as a spin-off to the show JAG, which ran quite successfully from 1995 until 2005 on CBS.
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Mark Harmon
It has become kind of hard to keep track of all of "Gibbs's" marriages! After the death of his first wife, he seems unable to sustain a relationship. He has been married three more times since— and always got divorced after a while...
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Michael Weatherly
Michael Weatherly, who plays "Anthony 'Tony' DiNozzo" in the show, is also an NCIS veteran and an imperative part of the team. But as it turns out, the start to his career was not an easy one. His parents did not like the fact that he wanted to pursue acting and did not support him, so he had to make ends meet by working as a pizza delivery guy and a musician. Just like his character "Tony," Weatherly was disowned by his parents...
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Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly
From 2001 to 2003, Michael Weatherly was engaged to actress Jessica Alba. They even touch on this subject in a scene in 'NCIS', when "Tony" jokes about how he has a better chance of making out with Jessica Alba than anything exciting happening in their current case...
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Pauley Perrette in 'NCIS'
We all know "Abby," played by Pauley Perrette, to be a rather eccentric forensics expert and IT-specialist. Some might even know that the actress likes to sleep in caskets wearing burial gowns. But she also likes to go bowling in her free time— with a bunch of nuns, of all people!
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Cote de Pablo
The beautiful Cote de Pablo had fans adoring her character "Ziva David" for many years. Nonetheless, the actress decided to leave the show at the beginning of season 11, even though she was offered a substantial raise...
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Sean Murray and Mark Harmon
When he joins the NCIS team, and long after that in fact, "Tony" is always called by his nicknames: either "Probie," due to his junior (probational) status on the team, or "McGeek," alluding to "McGee's" intelligence. Both creations come from "Tony".
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Michael Weatherly
Who remembers the time when "Tony" was still new to the team? Fact: When he joined NCIS, he was still engaged to his former high school music teacher "Wendy," but he never got married. "Wendy" is actually introduced in the season 9 episode "Secrets".
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Sean Murray and Carrie James
All NCIS fans know him only as "Timothy 'Tim' McGee". What many don't know is that Sean Murray has been happily married to his wife Carrie since 2005. Also, he is the stepson of the show's creator and producer, Donald P. Bellisario!