It’s the most popular show in America (at least on the networks) and gossip has swirled around it but nothing really concrete, and I’m just nosy. They keep killing off popular members of the cast, and there’s talk those characters wanted out. And Pauley Perrette says Mark Harmon is a monster. Anyone have any inside info? Is the sexiest man alive (circa 1986) too cute to be a monster?

I don’t know why I’m even interested in this show, I’m on season 15 and it was better than I thought but now it’s getting boring. I just can’t believe they keep killing off their cast and people still watch it.

by Anonymousreply 97September 8, 2021 12:26 AM

This show is so terrible.

by Anonymousreply 1September 5, 2021 4:23 PM

No one under under 45 watches this show.

by Anonymousreply 2September 5, 2021 4:31 PM

Why did that scratchy-voiced woman leave in the middle of last season?

That came out of the blue.

by Anonymousreply 3September 5, 2021 4:32 PM

Isn't Perrette a complete lunatic? She was on the thing for over a decade playing an elderly schoolgirl goth so its not like she was running for the door.

by Anonymousreply 4September 5, 2021 4:35 PM

I always suspected Pauley Perrette might be troubled. She said she endured multiple assaults on set. But now, in hindsight, maybe she did and the working situation on the show is toxic.

by Anonymousreply 5September 5, 2021 4:38 PM

I thought I saw Harmon's wife, Pam Dawber, on a preview the other day.

by Anonymousreply 6September 5, 2021 4:39 PM

Yes, Mrs. Harmon joined the show last season in a recurring role as a quirky reporter.

There are still reporters in their 70s?

Anyway, it's obvious that her character and her husband's character will fall in love and she will become a series regular.

by Anonymousreply 7September 5, 2021 4:46 PM

Pauley was apparently bothered by Harmon's pit bull, who was allowed free run on set.

by Anonymousreply 8September 5, 2021 4:53 PM

Mark Harmon is definitely looking a little rough. He still looked great when the show started, but obviously he’s aged.

R8, that’s it? It just seems her choice of words about being assaulted pointed to something much more serious. Or is she just crazy?

by Anonymousreply 9September 5, 2021 4:56 PM

Don't forget Michael is also an asshole.

by Anonymousreply 10September 5, 2021 5:18 PM

Haven't watch this show for over a decade. Had a crush on the cute nerd forensic assistant guy.

by Anonymousreply 11September 5, 2021 5:38 PM

This one and [italic]Bones[/italic] got tired quickly. Too much emphasis on strained repartee and quirky characters that grate on the nerves after a while. DiNozzo was so annoying that he deserved to be beaten. And Harmon is pushing 70 now, which explains why he’s looking so rough.

by Anonymousreply 12September 5, 2021 5:43 PM

Michael was and is a sexy handsome muscular asshole.

by Anonymousreply 13September 5, 2021 6:00 PM

One of the actors is rumored to be a huge meth addict. Sean Murray, IIRC.

by Anonymousreply 14September 5, 2021 6:13 PM

That leads me to a question, r14. Where are some additional gossip sites where I can read stuff like that? I don’t think I’ve seen it on mainstream sites.

(I actually don’t know if I buy that rumor, though.)

by Anonymousreply 15September 5, 2021 6:18 PM

[quote]There are still reporters in their 70s?

Judy Woodruff is 74

Andrea Mitchell is 74

Martha Radditz is 69.

Bob Schieffer was like 78 when he finally retired

by Anonymousreply 16September 5, 2021 6:34 PM

I have never watched an episode. I can't believe this show has been on the air for so long.

PP sounds a bit nuts so I don't completely buy that Harmon is a monster.

by Anonymousreply 18September 5, 2021 6:38 PM

[quote]No one under under 45 watches this show.

I didn't think anyone over 45 watched it either.

by Anonymousreply 19September 5, 2021 6:39 PM

Pauley Perrette was a featured extra in Madonna’s SECRET video. While on set, she unwittingly took a bottle of Madonna’s “water” and ever since she has been a flesh eating blood seeking succubus. Steer clear!

by Anonymousreply 20September 5, 2021 6:40 PM

R19, it was the most watched scripted network show for years. Might still be. But yup, it’s lots of old people for sure.

by Anonymousreply 21September 5, 2021 6:43 PM

^no wonder they haven’t canceled this show. It was still the most watched show last year. I’m actually surprised, it’s definitely gone downhill over the past few years.

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by Anonymousreply 22September 5, 2021 6:48 PM

[quote]No one under under 45 watches this show.

I think you better go higher. I don't even think Gen Xers watch it.

It's more like no one under 55 - and I'm being generous. I know an 80 yo who watches it.

by Anonymousreply 23September 5, 2021 6:50 PM

Sean Murray goes up and down the weight scale so quickly, I wouldn't be surprised that he's a meth head.

Thanks for the info, R16, but Pam's character works for some little paper. She's not a national figure.

She should be living alone taking care of her cats, not trying to unravel some ancient case she's been on for 30 years.

by Anonymousreply 24September 5, 2021 7:00 PM

I just met with two local reporters. Both were in their 70s

by Anonymousreply 25September 5, 2021 7:14 PM

You might be disappointed to learn that the main prop master is a Trumper as well as many of his crew and other longtime crew members on the show. He has stickers like "Proud Deplorable" "Hillary For Prison" and others on his cart that he wheels around set and has for years.

by Anonymousreply 26September 5, 2021 7:35 PM

Wasn't Sean Murray hired due to one of his parents being powerful in the industry? Nepotism, yet again.

This series is awful, I can believe it's still on. Mark Harmon seems like such an asshole, and control freak, just like his character on the series. I wouldn't be surprised if he treated his co-workers poorly.

Isn't he a ReThug, always has been? Heard he loves Drumpf.

by Anonymousreply 27September 5, 2021 7:48 PM

[quote]Wasn't Sean Murray hired due to one of his parents being powerful in the industry? Nepotism, yet again.

His stepfather is Donald Bellisario, who created NCIS.

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by Anonymousreply 28September 5, 2021 8:02 PM

R26, I've never seen a second of the show, but I always associated the show with being what deplorables loves an no doubt tons of deplorables work on the show. The only thing that pisses me off is when they have the nerve to be union members.

by Anonymousreply 29September 5, 2021 8:04 PM

Rumor has it that Harmon's dog bit a crew member and that bite created some health problems for that crew member and Harmon wouldn't acknowledge the role his dog played in harming that person. The battle between Harmon and the crew member went on for a bit and the girl actress was vocal in her defense for the rights of the wronged crew member. Harmon had her fired and eventually the crew member either left or was fired.

Harmon isn't really a monster but he is an entitled prick.

by Anonymousreply 31September 5, 2021 8:13 PM

The producers of that show are awesome. They are very old school in that there is a family atmosphere because they have worked together so long and they worked to maintain and cultivate that atmosphere. They really take care of the crew and show their appreciation which is how it used to be in Hollywood on long running shows.

by Anonymousreply 32September 5, 2021 8:16 PM

Bellisario's daughter Troian also had a pretty little shortcut to casting directors and studio heads before starring in Pretty Little Liars

by Anonymousreply 33September 5, 2021 9:09 PM

So, the blonde chick is supposed to be some ninja or something? She's in a secret society of warriors, right?

by Anonymousreply 34September 5, 2021 10:00 PM

Is Barrett Foa still on this show?

by Anonymousreply 35September 5, 2021 11:17 PM

R27, I don’t know if I’ve ever heard about Mark Harmon’s politics but it wouldn’t surprise me. On the other hand, I just watched (don’t judge me! I really am under 50) an episode that was very sympathetic to immigrant children who end up in the US only to be sent back. They really throw in liberalism here and there, and I find their portrayal of Muslims isn’t one dimensional. But it’s no doubt a way to appeal to viewers across political lines.

by Anonymousreply 36September 5, 2021 11:18 PM

Weatherly hasn't been hot or muscular for quite some time.

by Anonymousreply 37September 5, 2021 11:36 PM

[quote] You might be disappointed to learn that the main prop master is a Trumper as well as many of his crew and other longtime crew members on the show. He has stickers like "Proud Deplorable" "Hillary For Prison" and others on his cart that he wheels around set and has for years.

This would be a surprise to no one.

This show, along with various procedurals like CSI and things like Judge Judy, just reinforce the Mean World perception that a lot of deplorables like to live in, the one where everyone's out to get them, nothing is their fault, and they can be an uneducated asshole and never have to be responsible for anything or anyone, especially their own actions.

by Anonymousreply 38September 5, 2021 11:38 PM

[quote]Is Barrett Foa still on this show?

That's NCIS: Los Angeles and his character just recently left the show.

He was on the series for 12 years so he'll be more than fine.

by Anonymousreply 39September 5, 2021 11:48 PM

Mark Harmon, his sister Angie Harmon the "actress" and coke fiend and his other sister (some blonde model whose name escapes me) are all life-long hardcore Rethugs.

In that sense, of course he's a monster. Letting his pitbull run wild, also a shitty thing to do to others. I know nothing about his wife these days but he did have a long-long-long-term mistress living fairly close to his house. He doesn't like to be inconvenienced.

by Anonymousreply 40September 5, 2021 11:50 PM

Barrett Foa is a hot piece of ass. Always in shorts, thats my kind of man.

by Anonymousreply 41September 5, 2021 11:56 PM

R40 is snorting Ivermectin.

by Anonymousreply 42September 6, 2021 12:00 AM

R40 Angie Harmon is not Mark Harmon’s sister.

by Anonymousreply 43September 6, 2021 12:00 AM

Oh my GOD. I've thought they were siblings for a hundred years.

What about the blonde model sister, did I get that wrong too?

by Anonymousreply 45September 6, 2021 12:09 AM

The blonde model, Kelly, of Tic Tac commercial fame, is Mark’s sister. She was married to John DeLorean for a couple of years.

by Anonymousreply 46September 6, 2021 12:15 AM

AHA! Well I almost got one right.

In any event, he was raised hardcore conservative and as far as I know he's always been that way.

And he had a mistress for decades who lived close to his house. I don't know whether she still does.

by Anonymousreply 47September 6, 2021 12:23 AM

I've never heard that Harmon was a conservative. I know he and Pam support gun control because of what happened to Rebecca Schaefer

by Anonymousreply 48September 6, 2021 12:32 AM

Pauley Perrette could not have had an easier cushier acting role than on NCIS, and she walked away from it. It's like winning the lottery every week. They shoot scenes so fast, usually two or three takes and move on. She would spend more time in hair and makeup than acting, while making hundreds of thousands of dollars in a few hours.

by Anonymousreply 49September 6, 2021 12:48 AM

[quote]The producers of that show are awesome. They are very old school in that there is a family atmosphere because they have worked together so long and they worked to maintain and cultivate that atmosphere.

Did they support Donald Bellisario during his battle with Harmon (of which Bellisario lost).

by Anonymousreply 50September 6, 2021 12:53 AM

There is zero information online about Mark Harmon's political affiliation.

by Anonymousreply 51September 6, 2021 12:54 AM

Troian? What a dumb name. Tro ian? Troy uhn? Lame.

Wouldn’t surprise me if Harmon was a republican. Michael weatherly was hot in the first few seasons, but he’s fat now and a douche. Is the old coroner still on the show? He’s gotta be in his 80’s now. His sidekick with the glasses was pretty cute.

by Anonymousreply 52September 6, 2021 1:50 AM

I didn't get his political affiliation online. It goes way back, before he played Ted Bundy (and he played Ted Bundy very well). An ancient People magazine? An equally ancient interview? I don't know, I'm old.

by Anonymousreply 53September 6, 2021 1:56 AM

There's not a single thing as R51 said. People just keep saying he is here. (I think there's a chance he might be but he has been silent about it mostly if he is.)

There's evidence that his father was a conservative. There's evidence that he and Pam support gun control.

He also seems quietly proud of his work as Dr. Bobby Caldwell on St. Elsewhere, albeit years later, as his (straight) character was one of the first major characters on a tv series to contract HIV and die of AIDS back in '86. At the time it was considered groundbreaking even if people still thought of it as a "gay man's disease" back then.

[quote]Troian? What a dumb name. Tro ian? Troy uhn? Lame.

Fun fact!

Deborah Pratt, her mother, starred on an episode of Quantum Leap written by her father, Donald Belisario.

That episode was called, "A Portrait for Troian" and in that episode, Deborah played the character ... Troian.

The name is actually a family name from Donald's, mother's side which means, "of Troy" or "women of Troy."

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by Anonymousreply 54September 6, 2021 1:57 AM

If anyone is Angie Harmon's long-lost sibling, it's Denise Brown

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by Anonymousreply 55September 6, 2021 2:07 AM

Angie Harmon is NOT Mark's sister! "She was born on August 10, 1972, in Highland Park, Texas, the daughter of Daphne Demar (née Caravageli) and Lawrence Paul "Larry" Harmon, a hospital information network executive in Dallas, Texas. Her father has German and Irish ancestry, while her mother is of Greek descent."

Mark's sister was the actress Kristin Nelson, Kristin was married to the late singer Rick Nelson. "Harmon was born in Burbank, California, the youngest of three children. His parents were Heisman Trophy–winning football player and broadcaster Tom Harmon and actress, model, and artist Elyse Knox (née Elsie Lillian Kornbrath). Harmon had two older sisters, the late actress and painter Kristin Nelson, who was divorced from the late singer Rick Nelson, and actress and model Kelly Harmon, formerly married to car magnate John DeLorean. His maternal grandparents were Austrian immigrants."

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by Anonymousreply 56September 6, 2021 4:04 AM

Mark's other sister, Kelly Harmon was a model.

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by Anonymousreply 57September 6, 2021 4:06 AM

[quote]Is the old coroner still on the show? He’s gotta be in his 80’s now.

That would be David McCallum, from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV series. He's actually 87!

Here's David with his first wife, Jill Ireland, Jill left David for Charles Bronson.

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by Anonymousreply 58September 6, 2021 4:15 AM

I'm far from 55, but I've sometimes watched the show when I came across it on TV. Is it good? Not really, the stories are always a bit the same, I never found any of the cast hot and some characters are super annoying. But it's like not very exciting, but well-known comfort food, it's fine to have it running in the background while cooking or doing laundry, you know there won't be any breathtaking or too emotional storylines that will keep you from whatever you're doing, but you're a bit entertained. Basically its blandness is its selling point, if you ask me. I've never seen one of the episodes after Pauley Perrette left though, so can't say if things changed.

by Anonymousreply 59September 6, 2021 4:17 AM

R59, most US television summed up in a nutshell…

by Anonymousreply 60September 6, 2021 11:27 AM

R57 are you sure that’s not Mark Harmon in drag?

by Anonymousreply 61September 6, 2021 12:07 PM

There are three versions of NCIS and after 62 posts, there's nary a mention of the recently-cancelled New Orleans version or the L.A. version.

There must be dirt to dish or tales of friendly co-workers from the other sets.

Can Barrett Foa really be the ONLY out gay man hired for these productions? Who was he harmonizing on show tunes with during production?

Who thinks CCH Pounder and Scott Bakula did New Orleans for the paycheck only and can now retire comfortably? Maybe they're quietly relieved the show was cancelled.

by Anonymousreply 63September 6, 2021 12:37 PM

The Middle Eastern woman on New Orleans had the HOTTEST ex-husband!

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by Anonymousreply 64September 6, 2021 1:40 PM

David McCallum is a pretty vile right winger

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by Anonymousreply 65September 6, 2021 1:47 PM

[quote] But it's like not very exciting, but well-known comfort food

But the show is about murder and death.

It mystifies me how this can be "comfort food."

A friend of mine feels the same way about Criminal Minds. Which features murder and death and also serial killers and other warped or, indeed, criminal minds.

To each their own, but...I don't get it.

by Anonymousreply 66September 6, 2021 2:11 PM

[quote]David McCallum is a pretty vile right winger

Wow, he sounds like a typical rich asshole. Fuck him. These types never address that most people don't earn a living wage, that healthcare in the US is extremely expensive (a for profit business which makes billions in profits each year) and everything else in the US which causes so many to become poor. He's basically immune to whatever he was flapping his lips about.

Had he stayed in the UK, he wouldn't have been as well known and still be making a living, especially at his advanced age. Most importantly, he's not much of an actor.

by Anonymousreply 67September 6, 2021 5:54 PM

Disappointed in McCallum’s politics. But it is what it is…I don’t watch that show anyway. I too used it as background noise while cleaning and cooking. So glad to have streaming now. Less American network television, which 💩 💩 nowadays.

by Anonymousreply 68September 6, 2021 6:07 PM

It's the new "Matlock" for the 2020's. A comforting, predictable, murder show for the elderly and infirm. It won't raise their blood pressure but it might just keep them awake past 7:00.

by Anonymousreply 69September 6, 2021 9:30 PM

[quote]But the show is about murder and death. It mystifies me how this can be "comfort food."

There's usually an angle about a good naval officer who was murdered so when they find the killer there's justice for one of their own and their families.

So comfort food but not the usual kind. More of the, we get the bad guys in the end kind.

by Anonymousreply 70September 6, 2021 9:38 PM

R71 - man, Longmire! A show that was so good until they got rid of Branch (the incredibly sexy Bailey Chase).

The cast was excellent across the board, but I loved seeing Lou Diamond Phillips as Henry. He really had a great role, seemed so comfortable with it. And Gerald McRaney! - his politics aside, that man managed to continue a career DECADES after Simon & Simon, doing a lot good and interesting work. And I think he's essentially taken care of the very fragile Delta Burke for many, many years.

by Anonymousreply 72September 6, 2021 11:25 PM

My 80 year old mother lives for this wretched show and all its incarnations. Ive never watched a single episode in all the years shes watched it because I loathe Mark Harmon and always have. Yes,I thought he was hot a 100 years ago,but his true asshole personality shines thru like a beacon. I dont doubt Polly Perrette,s story for one second. Shes an odd duck,granted ,but she wasnt the only one who's said hes a dick.

by Anonymousreply 73September 6, 2021 11:39 PM

R73 Me too. If anything, she was probably covering things up for the "good of the show."

by Anonymousreply 74September 6, 2021 11:42 PM

While Polly Perrette seemed a little "different" she always came off as a sweet woman who would totally do what R74 mentioned. Hurting the show would hurt the crew and I doubt she'd do that. Her speaking up, hopefully, helped reign Mark in at least a tiny bit.

by Anonymousreply 75September 6, 2021 11:46 PM

There’s some story that, I think, Pam Dawber’s relatives were in some trouble and Mark swept in to clean it all up. I can’t remember what it was all about. It seemed a little trashy I think.

by Anonymousreply 77September 7, 2021 12:02 AM

Mark has many skeletons in his closet and bad karma in his extended family. No wonder he's such a bitter man.

Wasn't Mark's sister, Kristin, who was married to singer Ricky Nelson, a hardcore heroin addict? Think she died due to her years of drug use. Ricky Nelson died in a plane crash.

Actress Tracy Nelson, the daughter of Ricky and Kristin Harmon, had her own issues, but they were health related. Tracy survived three types of cancer: Hodgkin's lymphoma, thyroid cancer and breast cancer. Tracy is now 57.

Mark is also related to the pop singers, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, the twin sons of Ricky Nelson.

by Anonymousreply 78September 7, 2021 1:11 PM

Pam and Mark went to court to get guardianship of Kristin's kids due to her drug issues IIRC

by Anonymousreply 79September 7, 2021 2:13 PM

But then they dropped their case because Mark’s sister’s lawyers were going to bring up Pam’s drug history, I think. She probably did a lot of coke with Robin Williams on Mork and Mindy and didn’t want that brought up.

I think Pam and mark were trying to get custody of Mark’s teen nephew, Sam. The kid wanted to live with them, too.

by Anonymousreply 80September 7, 2021 2:17 PM

Didn’t know that about Tracy Nelson. Btw, what skeletons r78? It sounds like his sister had some, but I never heard much of anything about him.

by Anonymousreply 81September 7, 2021 2:47 PM

[quote]Didn’t know that about Tracy Nelson. Btw, what skeletons [R78]? It sounds like his sister had some, but I never heard much of anything about him.

Well, Mark hiding his wife Pam's drug use is a sort of skeleton, he's also obviously extremely ashamed of his late sister Kristin's drug use, especially as she had such a wholesome image. It seems, in Hollywood, performers are also judged by their family members and their associates scandals.

There's fame by association as well as negativity by association. Even if a celebrity is squeaky clean, they still seem to be judged by the people they are related to or are friendly with.

by Anonymousreply 82September 7, 2021 2:57 PM

R82, but that’s other people’s stuff. I get he would be embarrassed but that’s not stuff he did.

by Anonymousreply 83September 7, 2021 3:01 PM

Is Tracey still married to Billy Moses from Falcon Crest?

by Anonymousreply 84September 7, 2021 3:11 PM

[quote]Is Tracey still married to Billy Moses from Falcon Crest?

They divorced awhile back and she's remarried since then.

by Anonymousreply 85September 7, 2021 3:19 PM

The real thing is Hot Daddy Rocky Carroll.

by Anonymousreply 86September 7, 2021 6:29 PM

Mark Harmon talks about a scene in "Summer School" during the commentary (yeah, I did) where he had just had surgery on his broken shoulder, and one of the students jumps and hugs him spontaneously and breaks his shoulder all over again.

by Anonymousreply 87September 7, 2021 8:11 PM

Did Sasha Alexander or Lauren Holly have anything to say when Pauley or whatever her name is began dissing NCIS and Harmon? Both of their characters are dead, so it's not they would look to the series for a career revival...

by Anonymousreply 88September 7, 2021 11:13 PM

Why did Lauren Holly leave? Her career nose-dived after she quit.

by Anonymousreply 89September 7, 2021 11:19 PM

R89, technically they killed her off and she was ready to go.

(Ready to go because of Bellisario getting pushed out.)

Her character was only supposed to be there for 6 episodes initially but they kept her on far longer.

Her exit was right up there with Kate's. I mean Kate's exit was a shock. With Lauren's exit, they really killed the ever-loving hell out of her character. They wanted there to be zero chance in anyone's mind that she was DONE.

by Anonymousreply 90September 7, 2021 11:43 PM

Why was Maria Bello fired?

by Anonymousreply 91September 7, 2021 11:44 PM

Seriously… a lot of women leave this show. The actor who played DiNozzo left—for his own show! R91, I didn’t realize Maria Bellow was fired. I like her, I think she’s a pretty talented actress.

by Anonymousreply 92September 7, 2021 11:55 PM

Maria Bello wasn't fired.

Her contract was up and she didn't renew it. She was willing to return to the show for a few episodes to wrap up her character's story and she had nice things to say when she left.

She wrote a Viola Davis / Lupita Nyong'o movie that she's also producing called, "The Woman King" so she's doing just fine.

by Anonymousreply 93September 7, 2021 11:58 PM

Fuck Pauley, I'm the OG Procedural goth chick.

How reductive.

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by Anonymousreply 94September 8, 2021 12:01 AM

Pauley's replacement acts like she should be on an NBC no-laugh-track "comedy," the kind filled with quirky characters spouting nonsensical things that are supposed to be so bizarre that they are humorous.

by Anonymousreply 95September 8, 2021 12:22 AM

Maria Bello's PA has arrived at R93 with the spin.

by Anonymousreply 96September 8, 2021 12:24 AM

I agree r95. In fact, she’s regressed from the original character when they first introduced her. Funny enough, I like Torres, even though he’s not universally liked in the NCIS universe.

R96, she’s leaving along with the Bishop character, right? Cleaning house re the women again.

by Anonymousreply 97September 8, 2021 12:26 AM

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