VIDEO : Actor Michael Weatherly Is Saying Goodbye to NCIS After 13 Seasons

NCIS fans, you're going to need to sit down for this one: Michael Weatherly is leaving the series after 13 years. The actor confirmed reports of his exit, tweeting, "DiNozzo is a wonderful, quixotic character & I couldn't have had more fun playing him over the past 13 seasons." There's a bright side to the bad news, though?sort of?Weatherly is staying on through the end of the current season, so you still have several more episodes of DiNozzo to enjoy. Plus, he is still working with the network as part of the aforementioned development deal, so he's not leaving TV for good.