<div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/cote-de-pablo/189721" target="_blank">Cote de Pablo</a> will exit <em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/ncis/100320" target="_blank">NCIS</a> </em>after eight seasons with the series, TVGuide.com has learned.</div> <div>De Pablo, who plays Ziva David on the series, will not return as a series regular for Season 11, which kicks off this fall. Instead, producers are working to find a way to wrap up her story line. De Pablo joined the series in Season 3 after the exit of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/sasha-alexander/173954" target="_blank">Sasha Alexander</a>, whose character was killed off after two seasons.</div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.tvguide.com/special/fall-preview/new-shows.aspx" target="_blank">Add new fall shows to your watchlist</a></div> <div><font color="#ff0000">"I've had 8 great years with <em>NCIS</em> and Ziva David," De Pablo said in a statement. "I have huge respect and affection for Mark, Gary, Michael, David, Rocky, Pauley, Brian, Sean, all of the team and CBS. I look forward to finishing Ziva's story."</font></div> <div>In February, CBS renewed the series for an 11th season after extending their contract with star and executive producer <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mark-harmon/164630" target="_blank">Mark Harmon</a>. De Pablo then became the only castmember without a deal for Season 11.</div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.tvguide.com/special/fall-preview/fall-schedule.aspx" target="_blank">Check out the new fall schedule</a></div> <div>"We respect Cote's decision, thank her for being an important part of the <em>NCIS</em> team, and for eight terrific years playing Ziva David," CBS said in a statement. "Cote and CBS share a great respect for the <em>NCIS</em> audience, and we look forward to working with her and the producers on appropriate closure in this chapter of Ziva's story."</div> <div>Will you miss Ziva? How do you think she should leave the series? Hit the comments!</div> <div><em>NCIS </em>returns Tuesday, Sept. 24 on CBS.</div> <div>(Full disclosure: TVGuide.com is owned by CBS.)</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>아........ 이렇게 가면 어쩌나 이사람아 ㅠㅠ 토니는 어쩌고 </div>