New Delhi, July 2 -- Six months ago, CBS's biggest bet on Tony DiNozzo's future was a straight-to-streaming spinoff that quietly died after a single season. This week, the network brought the character back anyway. Just not the way anyone had paid for.

"I'll see you in the fall." Season 24 begins this fall on CBS, airing Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Eastern and streaming on Paramount+.

What that line does not mention is the spinoff CBS built around the same character less than a year ago. "NCIS: Tony & Ziva" launched as a Paramount+ exclusive in September 2025, reuniting Weatherly with Cote de Pablo's Ziva David, and it closed out its first season on a tidy note, the two agents saving their daughter and agreeing to try again as a couple. There wa...