NEW YORK – (AP) Fans of “NCIS” can breathe easy. Mark Harmon will be sticking around, and his hit drama is returning next season.
CBS announced Harmon’s one-year contract extension along with the renewal of a show that just keeps getting bigger.
Now in its 10th season, “NCIS” for the first time ranks as TV’s most-watched program, CBS said, outpacing even NBC’s “Sunday Night Football.” `’NCIS” logs an average 21.5 million viewers each week, up 7 percent over last year.
Harmon stars as Special Agent Jethro Gibbs, who heads up a team that investigates crimes involving U.S. Navy and Marine Corps personnel. The cast also includes Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Rocky Carroll and David McCallum.
“NCIS” premiered in 2003.
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