{"id":2137336,"date":"2025-11-05T18:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2137336"},"modified":"2025-11-05T18:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:52:11","slug":"not-ready-to-retire-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/not-ready-to-retire-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not Ready to Retire\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Mark Harmon<\/strong> is \u201cbored\u201d with his semi-retirement, a source tells <em>Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actor, 74, recently guest-starred on a crossover episode of <em>NCIS<\/em> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalenquirer.com\/michael-weatherly-treats-mark-harmon-like-a-has-been-after-getting-ncis-spinoff-series\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NCIS: Origins;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>NCIS: Origins<\/em><\/a> that airs on CBS on Tuesday, November 11, and \u201cIt\u2019s made him realize how much he misses being in front of the camera,\u201d says the source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When Harmon left the show in 2021 after 18 seasons, his character, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, left to live in Alaska.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>West Wing<\/em> alum has spent his downtime producing and narrating the spinoff, reprising his role as <strong>Jamie Lee Curtis<\/strong>\u2019 husband in <em>Freakier Friday<\/em>, as well as writing a spy novel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMark tried to enjoy the downtime, but the truth is, he misses the routine, the crew, the fans, the whole buzz of being on set,\u201d says the source.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button 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hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">GARRETT PRESS\/ MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And while <em>NCIS<\/em> is trying to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/team-behind-ncis-crisis-mode-181748667.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:lure;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">lure<\/a> him back <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globemagazine.com\/mark-harmon-ready-to-come-out-of-semi-retirement-to-save-ncis-amid-singing-ratings-source\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:full-time;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">full-time<\/a>,\u201che\u2019s saying he wants to stretch himself and has started looking at projects outside the NCIS universe, including movies,\u201d adds the source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe\u2019s open to the right project that will keep him busy and inspired,\u201d continues the source, joking his wife of nearly 40 years, actress <strong>Pam Dawber<\/strong>, \u201cwill be the first to tell you she would be glad if he got out of the house again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe\u2019s turning 75 next year, but he\u2019s got plenty of gas left in the tank and the truth is he\u2019s just not ready to retire \u2014 he probably never will be!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalexaminer.com\/mark-harmon-eyes-hollywood-return-four-years-after-ncis-exit-not-ready-to-retire-exclusive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mark Harmon Eyes Hollywood Return Four Years After \u2018NCIS\u2019 Exit: \u2018Not Ready to 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Add <i>National Examiner<\/i> as a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=nationalexaminer.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Harmon is \u201cbored\u201d with his semi-retirement, a source tells Examiner. The actor, 74, recently guest-starred on a crossover episode of NCIS and NCIS: Origins that airs on CBS on Tuesday, November 11, and \u201cIt\u2019s made him realize how much he misses being in front of the camera,\u201d says the source. 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