{
  "id": 2870055,
  "title": "Why NCIS Creator Don Bellisario Didn't Want To Cast Mark Harmon As Gibbs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/why-ncis-creator-don-bellisario-didnt-want-to-cast-mark-harmon-as",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-23T20:12:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TVLine",
    "slug": "tvline",
    "url": "https://www.tvline.com/2239870/ncis-creator-don-bellisario-not-want-cast-mark-harmon-gibbs/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Never let it be said that Donald Bellisario was incapable of changing his mind - his original vision for Gibbs was quite a bit more ambitious.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}