‘NCIS’ Season 14 Cast Update: Michael Weatherly’s Return Rumored As Ratings For BS Series Drop

"NCIS" Season 14 recently aired an episode, where fans saw the return of Anthony DiNozzo Sr. to help the Sherlocks with a certain case. Although, the CBS series has experienced a drop in its ratings since the departure of Michael Weatherly from the show, it seems the actor will re-appear as a guest star in the upcoming episodes.

"NCIS" Season 14 cast news reveals that many fans continue to hope that Michael Weatherly will reprise his role in the CBS drama as Tony DiNozzo. As fans already saw in the latest episode of the drama, DiNozzo's father (Robert Wagner) returned and became involved with the Sherlocks, TVGuide reports.

DiNozzo Sr. provides several details about Tony's life with his and Ziva's (Cote de Pablo) daughter during the said episode, Tali in "NCIS" Season 14. He also revealed that he spent his Christmas with his son and granddaughter in Paris, thereby giving fans a hint of Tony's life after departing the team.

This has made a lot of viewers to speculate that wonder there could be a chance for Tony to re-appear in"NCIS" Season 14 even as a guest star in any of the episodes. Fans can recall that Weatherly left the show in Season 13 to pursue his new show entitled "Bull," but he noted that he is always open to the idea of returning to the show every.

According to Cinema Blend, there is a possibility that Weatherly's departure from the series accounts for the drop in the rating of "NCIS" Season 14 ratings. The publication also state that the show is not doing so well in the 18-49 demographic even though it still remains one of the most-watched shows on the network.These kinds of slips in the numbers could lead to some locked-room worry sessions for many different TV shows, but "NCIS" is probably not suffering for network appreciation.

Although many viewers are already getting worried about the show's future, the publication reports that "NCIS" Season 14 was able to reach 16.21 million viewers and that the series is currently not the only one experiencing drops in its ratings. Even though the overall numbers may be low, the procedural drama just reached its season-high in total viewers for the previous episode, but there are drops when compared to Season 13 which had almost 19 million for its biggest crowd.