Mark Harmon Weighs In on NCIS Exit for First Time, Reminds Fans Gibbs Is Alive - TVLine

In a Season 19 DVD featurette shared by ET.com, Harmon explains how the opportunity to tackle “fresh” and “challenging” material is what kept him  fronting the CBS drama for 18-plus seasons.

“Plot-wise, this character has taken the path that it did,” Harmon reflects in the DVD featurette.

Even so, Harmon remained in the long-running, well-watched drama’s opening credits all season long?

Though Gibbs might possible be MIA when Season 20’s credits roll.

As CBS Entertainment president Kelly Kahl explained to TVLine, Season 19 a “transition” year for TV’s most watched drama.

But with an eye on Season 20, the opening credits are “something we might look at going forward,” the exec said.