NCIS Stars Get New Deals For Two More Seasons

Days after series star Michael Weatherly left NCIS for good, the veteran CBS drama has renewed contracts on all of its other major players.

Deadline reports that Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray, Rocky Carroll & David McCallum all have signed new two-year deals to continue on TV's highest-rated network drama, which returns for Season 14 in the fall.

NCIS centers on a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which investigates crimes involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Like CBS's previous tentpole crime franchise, CSI, NCIS has launched spinoffs already in the form of NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans.

Mark Harmon, who plays the series lead and also executive produces the series, also recently renegotiated his contract to get a new two-year deal.

Perrette, the Superman vs. The Elite actress who plays Abby Sciuto, is one of three original cast members remaining on the show. Harmon and McCallum, who plays "Ducky" Mallard, also have that distinction. Murray, who plays Timothy McGee, isn't far off: the actor joined NCIS midway through the first season and was promoted to regular at the start of Season Two. Carroll, who plays Leon Vance, joined as a recurring in Season Five and became a regular in Season Six.

Next season, the cast will welcome two new series regulars in the form of Minority Report lead Wilmer Valderrama, and a new, female regular who has yet to be cast.