when did mcgee join the ncis team?
2003
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 In an attempt to create a sense of realism for the storyline , principal CNN news outlet commentators were scripted into Contact . More than 25 news reporters from CNN had roles in the film and the CNN programs Larry King Live and Crossfire were also included . Ann Druyan makes a cameo appearance as herself , debating with Rob Lowe 's character , Richard Rank , on Crossfire . In January 1997 , a second unit was sent to Puerto Rico for one week at the Arecibo Observatory . 

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 McGee was one of the original players inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame at its founding in 1945 . Five years later , a poll of sports editors of Canadian newspapers selected the Silver Seven as the country ’ s outstanding team in the first half of the 20th century . In 1966 , he was inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame . 

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 As a Harvard undergraduate , Kaczynski was among twenty @-@ two students who were research subjects in ethically questionable experiments conducted by psychology professor Henry Murray from late 1959 to early 1962 . 

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 In the fourth season , four young actors joined the cast : Jermaine Crawford as Duquan " Dukie " Weems ; Maestro Harrell as Randy Wagstaff ; Julito McCullum as Namond Brice ; and Tristan Wilds as Michael Lee . The characters are friends from a West Baltimore middle school . Another newcomer was Norman Wilson ( Reg E. Cathey ) , Carcetti 's deputy campaign manager . 

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 From 2002 to 2003 , Whitaker was the host and narrator of 44 new episodes of the Rod Serling classic , The Twilight Zone , which lasted one season on UPN . After working in several film roles , he returned to television in 2006 when he joined the cast of FX 's police serial The Shield , as Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh , who was determined to prove that the lead character , Vic Mackey , is a dirty cop . As opposed to his previous character work , Whitaker stated that he merely had to draw on his childhood years growing up in South Central Los Angeles for the role . He received rave reviews for his performance — Variety called it a " crackling @-@ good guest stint " — and he reprised the role in the show 's 2007 season . 
