Posted on 07/16/2008 8:57:48 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
Apparently it's all gotten to be too much for Crime Scene Investigator Gil Grissom. Or, it will. Calling it an actual signoff rather than yet another sabbatical, EW.com reports that William Petersen will be leaving CSI sometime midseason. "Billy is leaving," series executive producer Carol Mendelsohn said. "But he will remain throughout the run of the series an executive producer. And he will, whenever CBS asks, come back. I don't think you've seen the last of Gil Grissom." "My biggest problem with leaving the show at any point isn't leaving Grissom," said Petersen, whose previous leave of absence came when he took five weeks off to do theater in Rhode Island. "I'm an actor, it's time to do other things. "[The hard part will be saying goodbye] to the cast and crew. [So] I'm going to stay as involved as I'm allowed to be throughout the remainder of this show. Until they turn off all the lights." Petersen's exit will mark the latest blow to the procedural's original main lineup, which lost Jorja Fox and Gary Dourdan last season—although both will be making appearances in coming episodes (one more posthumous than the other).
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Mendelsohn added, assuring fans that there will be blood—both new blood and the regular DNA-filled, splattering kind—to make Petersen’s pending departure less painful.
Cool:)
too bad, he is so much better than david caruso
funny you tube video of david caruso Csi miami intros
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sarYH0z948
There won’t be a blip in the ratings.
Yes....I have to watch CSI Miami with my head tilted....
I am probaly the only person in the free world who has never watched a full epsisode of this. It’s usually up against The Office.
I’m surprised he didn’t do this sooner. It will be interesting to see what happens.
The Soup on E! does some very funny bits with Caruso’s bits. His acting seems to be a bit over the top?
True for any value of he.
I guess this means the exit of the S&M chick, Mistress whatshername who was Grissom’s quondam quickie girlfriend as well.
LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eem4I80rEhA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv7rIVU37jM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ3SFwLHp8o&feature=related
LOL, so right on the mark. Stevenson not only died on that airplane flying out of Korea but forever on television as well.
His acting seems to be a bit over the top?
Over the top and down the side....
Drama....Horatio style....L.O.L.
Don’t you wonder if Caruso sees the hilarity of his sunglasses bit as a caricature of himself?
I remember the very first South Park episode where Kyle was trying to get his little brother to jump from the alien spaceship and he told him to, “do your impersonation of David Caruso’s career” (This of course right after Caruso left NYPD Blue)
I’d love to see that one!
My bride and I always laugh at the actors who bail on the hit series. Goodbye, Larry!
He probably thinks it’s sexy. LOL.
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