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  "textContent": "There’s the Indy 500, and then there’s the NC-500. “NCIS” will air its 500th episode Tuesday night — a rarefied air shared in scripted prime-time television only by “Gunsmoke,” “Lassie,” a couple of “Law and Order” series and a couple of animated shows, not all of which were actually on the air for as many […]",
  "title": "‘NCIS’ Hits Episode 500: Showrunner Steven D. Binder on Surviving Cast Turnover and Why He Believes ‘There Will Be Always Be an ‘NCIS,’ Barring the Total Collapse of the Network Broadcast Model’"
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