GIBBS STARTS A NEW INVESTIGATION AFTER A CONVICTED FELON SWEARS NCIS FRAMED HIM FOR MURDER IN A DECADE-OLD JOINT CASE WITH THE FBI, ON "NCIS," TUESDAY, NOV. 7

Joe Spano Returns as Senior FBI Agent Fornell

"Burden of Proof" - After a convicted felon swears the NCIS agency framed him for murder a decade ago, Gibbs begins his own investigation, starting with a new autopsy by Ducky. Also, Senior FBI Agent Fornell (Joe Spano)
joins the team, since he was the lead investigator in the original joint FBI and NCIS case, on NCIS, Tuesday, Nov. 7 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

REGULAR CAST:

Mark Harmon (NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs)
Sean Murray (NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee)
Emily Wickersham (NCIS Special Agent Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop)
Pauley Perrette (Forensic Specialist Abby Scuito)
Wilmer Valderrama (NCIS Special Agent Nicholas "Nick" Torres)
Maria Bello (Special Agent Jacqueline "Jack" Sloane)
Brian Dietzen (Dr. Jimmy Palmer)
Duane Henry (MI6 Officer Clayton Reeves)
Rocky Carroll (NCIS Director Leon Vance)
David McCallum (Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard)

RECURRING CAST:

Joe Spano (Senior FBI Agent T.C. Fornel)

GUEST CAST:

Graham Hamilton (Gabriel Hicks)
Hilary Ward (Jessica Shaeffer)
Allen Maldonado (Raymond Smith)
Fran Bennett (Mary Elaine Smith)
Beau Billingslea (Denny "Pop" Rydell)
Todd Jeffries (Thomas Gardiner)
Penny Peyser (Judge Susan Delphy)
Brian Maierhofer (Navy Lieutenant Edward O'Connell)

WRITTEN BY: Gina Lucita Monreal

DIRECTED BY: Dennis Smith