FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION AT A D.C. BLACK-TIE AFFAIR, PARSONS ASSUMES A NEW ROLE WITHIN THE NCIS AGENCY, WHILE GIBBS' TEAM REMAINS DOWN THREE AGENTS, ON THE 11TH SEASON PREMIERE OF "NCIS," TUESDAY, SEPT. 24

Guest Stars Include Colin Hanks as Department of Defense IG Investigator Richard Parsons and Joe Spano as Senior FBI Agent T.C. Fornell

"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" - An explosion at a D.C. event that results in a casualty connected to the agency changes Parsons' perspective on Gibbs and the NCIS team. Meanwhile, without badges, DiNozzo and McGee investigate the case as civilians, despite the case's dangerous ties to each of them, on the 11th season premiere of NCIS, Tuesday, Sept. 24 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Guest stars include Colin Hanks as Department of Defense IG Investigator Richard Parsons and Joe Spano as Senior FBI Agent T.C. Fornell.

SERIES REGULARS

Mark Harmon (NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs)
Michael Weatherly (NCIS Special Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo)
Cote de Pablo (NCIS Special Agent Ziva David)
David McCallum (Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard)
Pauley Perrette (Abby Sciuto)
Sean Murray (NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee)
Rocky Carroll (NCIS Director Leon Vance)
Brian Dietzen (Jimmy Palmer)

GUEST CAST

Colin Hanks (DOD IG Investigator Richard Parsons)
Joe Spano (Senior FBI Agent T.C. Fornell)
Alan Dale (Homeland Senior Division Chief Tom Morrow)
Allan Louis (Navy Captain Dominick Wayne)
Damon Dayoub (Adam Eshel)
Costas Mandylor (Tomás Mendez)
Margo Harshman (Delilah Fielding)
Ivan Shaw (Victor Cheng)
Jared Ward (JSOC Navy Lieutenant Eric Kagen)
Will Harris (Murray Hines)
Matt Craven (Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis)
Gabi Coccio (13-year-old Ziva David)
Ben Morrison (Young Eli David)

WRITTEN BY: Gary Glasberg

DIRECTED BY: Tony Wharmby

RATING: To Be Announced