Always a humorous fellow, NCIS star Michael Weatherly spoke at the Paley Television Festival event earlier this month about - what else - his character Tony and Ziva (Cote de Pablo).

In addition to renaming that pairing (it's "Zony" not "Tiva," according to Michael), but the affable actor also dropped some knowledge - three key rules for any successful TV program.

The good news? He's hilarious. The bad news, at least if you want more than the status quo from Tiva/Zony? You're probably not going to be fully satisfied with them anytime soon.

Check out Michael Weatherly's interview below:

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Follow the jump for more from the NCIS cast, including what Cote de Pablo and Sean Murray have to say about certain plot lines and romances, such as McGee and Abby (gulp) ...

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