In May 2022, executive producer Steve D. Binder told TV Insider that he's pretty open to the return of Michael Weatherly as Special Agent Tony DiNozzo. "I absolutely would love to do something like that," he shared with the outlet. "That’s going to depend on Michael Weatherly. He and I have talked over the years about it, and he was always on Bull and [since] he was on Bull, it just seemed weird and not right."

Despite having a fairly clear schedule now, it doesn't look like Michael Weatherly has plans to return to NCIS anytime soon.

"The last conversation I had with him was that he’s going to take some time off and rest because he went from a very difficult schedule on NCIS to headlining his own show for six years, through COVID," Steve revealed. "But I can say that I consider him a friend, so it’s not a difficult conversation to have with him. It’s just a question of whether or not it works out."