Ok you have your opinion and i have mine because i didn t like how the show moved forward and how it changed without ziva so i don t want to imagine what the show will be with two new characters but i agree that if michael wants to leave he must leave.

Yes … the bromance will be gone. And the headslaps will (thankfully) be gone. But if Michael wants to leave, then Tony must also leave. Tony cannot stay if Michael does not want to. They will never find another Tony. But we don’t know who the show will bring in once he’s gone. I’ll miss Tony, but I’m excited to see how the show changes moving forward.

You are wrong in that because the bromance between tony and mcgee will disappear the headslaps without tony don t matter and the statements for movies will be gone so people won t forget him because these things and of course some others are that made ncis what it is today.We haven t seen leon and jimmy in many episodes this season especially leon.So i think that if they want to keep going with the show they must not bring new characters because there are many dramas or many comedies but the characters are that make a show what it is and why people love it.

Silvaxx, I get your point, probably better than you do. And I do see where you are coming from. Not surprised you work for a living, and it’s pretty obvious that the cast works for a living.
Problem is, you don’t want to get my point. Time and again I have made my point and have proved it here — namely, that my source concerning MW’s departure got it right, and that McCallum’s interview shows that the source was correct. You’re right in the respect that arguing about a proven point is a waste of time, especially yours.
Despite it all, I have actually enjoyed this exchange. You were very honest in your answer to the question that I posed to you a couple of days ago and I appreciate that. Whether or not we do this again, thanks for your time.

No … there will never be another character like Tony. No … the show will never replicate him. But the show is more than just Tony. It’s more than just Ziva or Tiva or Kate or Jenny. There are characters left that many people love — McGee, Bishop, Ducky, Jimmy, Gibbs, Vance, Abby — and there are new characters to be created. Who knows which new character (or actor) might charm or surprise or entertain or draw interest. But yes … people will forget about Tony just like they forgot about Kate and like many have forgotten about Ziva. It’s television. People are fickle.

Why would I want to do that?

I made an assertion that there are 20+ million people who watch NCIS and I calmly backed it up with facts.

If you have some point to make based on other data, feel free.

You don’t get my point and arguing with you is useless since you’re too stuck to even see where I come from. Guess what, other people do work for a living as well. Including me. Including the cast of the show that you disrespect. Have a good life.

Tony is in ncis for 13 years.Kate was for 2 and if you remember that ziva was for 8 years in the show and most of the people haven t forget her and don t say ziva who.Kate was only the first 2 years when ncis wasn t as succesful as now.So tony won t be replaced with someone that good and noone will forget him because ncis in 1 or 2 years will be over.

Funny. One could say the same thing about YOU in regards to the information that I have been privy to, information backed up and corroborated by multiple individuals — that you wouldn’t believe it either, even if backed up with videos or photos, because you believe what you believe.
As for “disrespecting my sources”, here’s news flash for you: I ask them in advance if they mind if I go public with what they say. If they say “no”, then I don’t. End of it. If they say they don’t mind, then I do. Simple as that. Most don’t mind as long as they remain nameless. Quite understandable why they wish to remain so.
As for the contractual information — there’s oh, so much more that I could reveal, and perhaps at a later date will — IF I get permission to do so. Probably won’t, but who knows? As for using it to defame and bully people — sorry, I don’t see how it’s bullying anybody. As for defaming — um, no, sorry, Revealing that somebody is getting paid x-amount of money by certain means and methods isn’t libeling or slandering them — it’s just revealing how they are getting paid. And these days it’s pretty much public knowledge how much per episode most all of the principles are getting paid, and whether or not they are getting paid for promotional work, whether or not they are getting a share of the profits of the sale of DVD’s, the works.
As for what you said about being proven wrong by “MANY other people” who could easily show you they are truly involved with the show — um, okay. And I can say the same thing about my sources being able to prove everything they have told you is wrong. And we can do this from now until the end of time. Which I’m sure would bore a lot of people who have been coming to this thread, if it hasn’t all ready done so.
As for backing up what I have said, I’ve done so, you just refuse to admit it. Let’s go through this one more time: A person who I was encourage to contact provided me with information from a visit to the set around the period of time before, during, and after the airing of the season premiere. It’s not the first time they have been there, probably won’t be the last. The person had the opportunity to visit with, chat with, and observe a lot of the goings on with the cast and crew during that period of time, including MW. In the conversations with him, they covered a wide range of subjects, including the show, but it became clear to this person that his interest in the show was flagging, and, in their opinion, his attitude and behavior was of somebody who had already moved on. In talking with cast and crew, it became clear to them why they had come to that conclusion: Every single person that they spoke with told them that MW was leaving at the end of this season. Not that he was thinking about it or leaning towards making that decision, but that he had already made the decision to leave. Every single person said this. Every. Single. One. Of the people that this person spoke with, there wasn’t a single one of them that wanted him to leave. The majority of them were, and probably are, very worried about what will happen after he’s gone. Some flat do not believe they’ll make it. Some do, but most seem to be saying it in such a fashion to make themselves believe it. Based on what this person was told, the one person who for sure believes that they will both survive and thrive without him is Mark Harmon. Based on what he has said about people departing in the past, that doesn’t surprise me one bit.
Now, this happened towards the end of September, again during the period before, during, and after the airing of the SP. It would appear that McCallum gave this interview sometime shortly after that. Simply go back and read what he said about MW departing; he was treating and addressing it like it was common knowledge, which around the set, it was exactly that. And that, Silvaxx, backs up what my source said. Whether you admit it or not doesn’t matter — it simply does.
Based on what this source said, based on some things from other people have said, MW may not have made up his mind about staying or going when work on this season started the second full week of July — I personally think that he had already made up his mind, but that’s just my opinion, nothing more — but if that’s the case, he had made up his mind by the time the SP aired, indeed had made it up well before it had aired. And had told people what his decision was, a decision that McCallum shared and stated was common knowledge around the set. Which is exactly what my source said.
Now, I don’t expect you to believe any of this because you don’t want to believe any of it. That’s fine. But I really don’t care whether you do or not, or whether you own “sources” don’t believe it or not. Because I know and have confirmed to my own satisfaction that they are telling the truth. I wouldn’t talk about these things publicly if I wasn’t , even getting their permission to do so.
Deep down inside, I think you believe that I am telling the truth, at least on some matters, else why express concern over the contractual matters? I mean if I am wrong about everything else, then I’m wrong about that too, aren’t I? But then again, I’m not wrong about those things, nor much of anything else.
Again, really doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not. As I said before, this has become a game of “My Source Is Better Than Your Source”. Believe what you want. I’ve told the truth about MW leaving months ago, it got confirmed. Period. End of it.
And now, since I work for a living, I bid you goodnight.