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NCIS’ Says Goodbye to Mark Harmon After 18 Years

Interesting he leaves just one year short of hitting 20 years on one show. That leaves James Arness and Mariska Hargitay as the only American actor to spend 20 years doing a single show, right?
 
installLSC said:
Interesting he leaves just one year short of hitting 20 years on one show. That leaves James Arness and Mariska Hargitay as the only American actor to spend 20 years doing a single show, right?
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If you're only talking about scripted, prime time series, then that's a possibility. If you're talking about any network show other than news or sports, then you have to include Johnny Carson, Bob Keeshan, and Dick Clark, for starters.
 
KeithE4 said:
If you're only talking about scripted, prime time series, then that's a possibility. If you're talking about any network show other than news or sports, then you have to include Johnny Carson, Bob Keeshan, and Dick Clark, for starters.
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Yeah I should have thrown in "on prime time TV". The international record for prime time TV has gotta be William Roache, who has played Ken Barlow on the British show "Coronation Street" since 1960.
 
installLSC said:
Interesting he leaves just one year short of hitting 20 years on one show. That leaves James Arness and Mariska Hargitay as the only American actor to spend 20 years doing a single show, right?
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And if you are following the 18-49 ratings of SVU, it is doing dreadfully this year. I'm willing to guess that this season could be the last unless they improve the plots and they begin building up the supporting characters. Imagine if Ice-T became the department head of SVU!
 
installLSC said:
Interesting he leaves just one year short of hitting 20 years on one show.
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Not mentioned in the various news reports, but a reality is that Harmon has aged out of the role. Any real-life Leroy Jethro Gibbs would have retired with a generous government/military pension years ago.
 
DavidEduardo said:
And if you are following the 18-49 ratings of SVU, it is doing dreadfully this year. I'm willing to guess that this season could be the last unless they improve the plots and they begin building up the supporting characters. Imagine if Ice-T became the department head of SVU!
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We should point out that Ice-T is six years older than Mariska Hargitay, another example of an actor about to age out of the role.
 
KeithE4 said:
If you're only talking about scripted, prime time series, then that's a possibility. If you're talking about any network show other than news or sports, then you have to include Johnny Carson, Bob Keeshan, and Dick Clark, for starters.
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Scripted live-action prime-time series.

Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer hold the record.

Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Mike Henry, Alex Borstein and Patrick Warburton may have been doing their roles for more years total as well.
 
With Harmon leaving, can someone who's already on the show fill the void? Will they hire a high profile actor to take Harmon's place? I'm sure CBS offered Harmon a ton of money to return.
 
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