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NCIS, television's #1 drama, returns for its eighth season on Tuesday, Sept. 21 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), followed by the two-hour second season premiere of NCIS: LOS ANGELES (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT), last season's #1 new scripted series. Here are the latest Spoilers/Teasers we've gathered for you...

NCIS Season 8 Spoilers:
Blasts From the Past
Source: TV Fanatic

The eighth season of NCIS is approaching and with the entire cast re-signed this offseason, attention has turned to what we can expect from TV's top drama come fall.

First up, expect an old score to be settled.

“We’ve got a few old scores to settle – primarily with Ziva’s dad, Eli David, played by the brilliant Michael Nouri,” Rocky Carroll (Director Vance) told Fancast recently. Continued below...

Another familiar face from Season 7 will be back as well. “We’re also going to have a visit from Mr. Robert Wagner, who plays DiNozzo’s father, so look forward to that.”

Speaking of fathers, the fate of Gibbs' old man is in jeopardy after the events of May's season ending "Rule Fifty-One." Will the elder Gibbs escape Reynosa's grasp?

Asked that question, executive producer Shane Brennan thought for a long moment about Ralph Waite’s character, but ultimately offered this: “Gibbs is his father’s son.”

Thoughts and theories on what that means are welcomed below.

Brennan also says the new season will include a look back at how some of the characters - possibly longtime NCIS veterans Tony and Abby - came to join the team.

(Above) NCIS-Season 8: SNEAK PEEK PHOTO from NCIS Community Forum on CBS.com

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Question: Do you know if NCIS will deal more with what happened to Ziva in Somalia? —Carlee
Ausiello: Funny you should ask. Exec producer Shane Brennan just told me the following: “In November sweeps,
we dip again into a story that perhaps everyone thought was played out. It involves Ziva.” Source

Question: I am dying for some NCIS scoop. Any news on the season premiere? —Lyss
Ausiello: Brennan says the resolution of last season’s cliff-hanger will “speak volumes about what sort of dad Gibbs Sr. was to his son. And you see why Gibbs is very much cut from the same cloth. He may be old, but he’s feisty.” Source

Question: Is Rena Sofer returning to NCIS? —Brenda
Ausiello: “She’s not in the premiere,” says Brennan. “But she didn’t die. And unless they carry you out feet first, never say never.” Source

Given the events of the finale, is Gibbs' job in danger on NCIS? — Jonathan
ADAM: The murder of Pedro Hernandez will add a new layer to the already contentious relationship between Gibbs and Director Vance. You'll see Vance's somewhat shocking reaction in the premiere, but executive producer Shane Brennan coyly tells us that it may also give hints to Vance's own mysterious past. "Sometimes when you think something's done, things pop up years later," Brennan says. "You've got that famous moment where the new director moves into his office for the first time and shreds a piece of paper. That's one of those moments." Source

I’m craving info about ‘NCIS‘! – Alice
Expect two blasts from the past after the new season gets underway on September 21. “We’ve got a few old scores to settle – primarily with Ziva’s dad, Eli David, played by the brilliant Michael Nouri,” Rocky Carroll (aka Vance) tells me. “And we’re also going to have a visit from Mr. Robert Wagner, who plays DiNozzo’s father. So look forward to that.” Source

How did Shane Brennan react to you telling him that you hope “Pa Walton” isn’t dead? – JetGibbs via Twitter
The ‘NCIS’ boss thought for a long moment about my concern for Ralph Waite’s character, who was placed in jeopardy in the season finale. Ultimately, he offered this and only this: “Gibbs is his father’s son.” Thoughts? Source

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. --"NCIS" executive producer Shane Brennan said the new season of the show will include a look back at how some of the characters -- possibly DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) and Abby (Pauley Perrette) -- came to join the team. Source

Any hints as to what Michael Weatherly said about ‘NCIS‘ at the TCA party? – Annsan50 via Twitter
 No mere hints, but full quotes. Season 8 opens with “a huge bang,” Michael told me. “Right off the bat we deal with every aspect of the season finale head-on [so] that no one will be on the edge of their seat wondering, ‘Is somebody alive? Is somebody dead?’ The producers and writers felt it was essential to be super clear that things were being dealt with.” Sounds more and more like Pa did have an M16 under the counter! Source

Will Michael Weatherly’s song ‘Bitter & Blue’ be used in Season 8 of ‘NCIS’? It’d be nice to actually have Michael singing with the guitar. – Kylie 
“I can’t say if it will ever happen or never happen, but I’m not against it, in the right scenario,” Weatherly says in response to your Q. His proposed set-up: "À la ‘The Fabulous Baker Boys,’ Ziva follows Tony to some “smoky little jazz club and he’s playing this heartfelt music, expressing himself.” Source

Question: Last week’s NCIS scoop was kinda lame. My socks weren’t knocked off—maybe pulled halfway down, but not knocked off. Got anything else this week? —Chelsea
 Ausiello: This should do the trick: The hit procedural will air an origin episode or two this season, according to exec producer Shane Brennan. “You’ll find out how certain members of the team first came to NCIS,” reveals the big boss, who all but confirms that said episodes will feature flashbacks. “It’ll be hard to do them without flashbacks.” Where are your socks now, Chelsea?! Source

When NCIS returns this fall, viewers won't have to wait long at all to see exactly what happens to Papa Gibbs. — "We pick up the show right where we left off, and I advise every fan of the show to sit down and watch that first minute. It's explosive," executive producer Shane Brennan tells TVGuide.com. "Ralph Waite is front and center all the way throughout the episode." — But as you can see in this exclusive first image from Season 8, Gibbs Sr. isn't the only target on the Reynosa Cartel's hit list. — In fact, the premiere — titled "Spider and the Fly" — finds all of Gibbs' team members as potential targets when their investigation of the murder of a helicopter pilot leads Gibbs (Mark Harmon) back to the vengeful Paloma Reynosa (Jacqueline Obradors), whose father Gibbs murdered. — Fortunately, it sounds like the team members are looking out for each other. "We'll get back into showing NCIS as the team that it's always been," Brennan says. Source

From Matt Webb Mitovich: When CBS’ top-rated ‘NCIS‘ kicks off its eighth season on Tuesday, September 21, tensions will remain high as the closing moments of the May finale play out.

The good news, Rocky Carroll (who plays Director Vance) tells Fancast, is that unlike in some memorable past season openers, everyone on the team “is still alive and well.” That said, he teases, “We’ve got a few old scores to settle.”

Among those stubborn foes is the Reynosa cartel, which still looms as a significant threat to Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and his team. When last we tuned in, cartel kingpin (queenpin?) Paloma had just entered the store where Jackson Gibbs (Ralph Waite), Jethro’s pop, works.

In the aftermath of that showdown – and as seen in this Fancast first look photo from the Season 8 premiere – Gibbs gets a visit from his mentor, Mike Franks (played by returning guest star/’Prison Break’ alum Muse Watson).

The reason for Franks’ arrival on the scene? To offer Gibbs a much-needed assist in his campaign to neutralize the Reynosa threat once and for all.

Watson/Mike Franks isn’t the only encore to watch for this season. As previously reported by Fancast, both Robert Wagner (as DiNozzo’s dad) and Michael Nouri (as Eli David) are also due to return. Source

Sam Anderson best known for his role on Lost will guest star on the second episode of NCIS' new season. Anderson will play Walter, a middle school teacher whose class room becomes a crime scene. Are you excited for Sam's appearance on NCISand for the premire of NCIS on Tuesday, September 21st. Source

William Devane will also be featured on this episode as the grandfather of the missing girl.

On this same installment, Zack Lively, David Magidoff and Elizabeth Wright Shapiro will take on the roles of interns who Gibbs allows to follow him and his team around. Source

CBS PRESS RELEASE:

08.23.2010 — AS THE REYNOSA CARTEL'S VENDETTA AGAINST GIBBS REACHES A BOILING POINT, THE TEAM FINDS THEMSELVES BECOMING TARGETS -- IN THE CONCLUSION OF LAST SEASON'S CLIFFHANGER, ON THE EIGHTH SEASON PREMIERE OF "NCIS," TUESDAY, SEPT. 21

Ralph Waite ("The Waltons") Reprises His Role as Gibbs' Father, Jackson

Muse Watson ("Prison Break") Reprises His Role as Gibbs' Mentor, Mike Franks

Marco Sanchez ("Walker, Texas Ranger") Reprises His Role as Alejandro Rivera, a Mexican Justice Department Official

Jacqueline Obradors ("N.Y.P.D. Blue") Reprises Her Role as Paloma Reynosa, the Head of the Reynosa Drug Cartel

"Spider and the Fly" - With Paloma Reynosa still on the loose, Gibbs must take desperate measures to protect the ones he loves in the eighth season premiere of NCIS, Tuesday, Sept. 21 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Source

Upcoming Season 8 NCIS Episodes: The Spider and the Fly, (2) Worst Nightmare, (3) Short Fuse, (4) Royals and Loyals, (5) Dead Air — IMDb.com

NCIS: Los Angeles Spoilers...

Question: Do you happen to have any spoilers on the two-hour NCIS: Los Angeles season premiere? —MJ
Ausiello: It’ll be the “Kensi and Marty Deeks show,” reveals exec producer Shane Brennan, referring to the spin-off’s nascent crime-solving duo played by Daniela Ruah and newly minted series regular Eric Christian Olsen. “The banter they are writing for us is hilarious,” adds Ruah. “I burst out laughing during table reads. I think our viewers are going to really appreciate the addition [of Eric].” Source

Sources confirm to me (Michael Ausiello) exclusively that newcomer Renée Felice Smith is joining the procedural in the recurring role of Nell, an incredibly bright, somewhat quirky, and extremely chatty intelligence analyst who’ll be assisting Eric (Barrett Foa) in the OPS center.

Smith’s biggest role to date was in a project nobody—save for a bunch of agents and a dozen or so network suits—ever saw: Amy Sherman-Palladino’s ill-fated CW pilot The Wyoming Project. Source

From Adam Bryant, TV Guide: Alicia Coppola has signed on to guest-star on a Season 2 episode ofNCIS: Los Angeles, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

Coppola will play FBI agent Amy Rand, an expert on kidnapping cases. Described as athletic, determined and authoritative, she works with the NCIS agents to find a victim to prevent a killing spree.

Besides her role as IRS agent Mimi Clark on Jericho, Coppola, 42, starred on the NBC soap opera Another World for three years in the early '90s. She's played a military lawyer on both JAG and NCIS, and she has also appeared on such shows as CSI, Two and a Half Men and American Dreams. Coppola's character could recur. Her first appearance is slated to air in October. Source

Teaser from Eric Christian Olsen on Twitter: "Starting ep 6! So far we got Chechen black widows, human traffickers, drug cartels, fundamentalists, and rouge FBI; gonna be a great year!"

CBS PRESS RELEASE:

08.23.2010 — A SPECIAL AGENT FALLS OFF THE GRID DURING AN UNDERCOVER ASSIGNMENT, ON THE SECOND SEASON PREMIERE OF "NCIS: LOS ANGELES," TUESDAY, SEPT. 21

Eric Christian Olsen ("Fired Up") Reprises his Role as LAPD Liaison Officer Marty Deeks

"Human Traffic" - When one of their own disappears while undercover, the team must work alongside LAPD on a case involving human-trafficking, money laundering and drugs, on NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Tuesday, Sept. 21 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Source

Upcoming Season 2 NCIS: Los Angeles Episodes: Human Traffic & Black Widow — IMDb.com

The new season gets underway on September 21. What do you make of the teases above, and what are you hoping will take place in Season Eight of NCIS and Season 2 of NCIS: Los Angeles?

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