It’s been 12 years since Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David were last onscreen together, but the latter was definitely excited to reunite with the former during her final appearance in NCIS Season 17. Well, the first NCIS: Tony & Ziva trailer revealed Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo’s characters are not romantically together when the spinoff begins. That surely won't enough to detract Tiva fans (and hooked newcomers) from watching Tony & Ziva when it premieres on the 2025 TV schedule, CinemaBlend did learn from showrunner John McNamara why he never wanted to have the title protagonists in a committed relationship right off the bat.
During my recent interview with McNamara, whose other TV credits include The Magicians and Physical, I asked him if there was ever an incarnation of the upcoming NCIS: Tony & Ziva where the characters were together from the start, thus finally bringing an end to the ‘will they, won’t they’ dynamic from the NCIS days. He told me:
