Post by Jemma on Jun 3, 2009 5:52:30 GMT -5
The 'CSI' Franchise Case File: When Budget Cuts Cause Death
So we meet again. It's been roughly a week since the CSI season finales, and there've been a lot of things, I know. While it wasn't that spectacular in Las Vegas (although I thought otherwise, since that's what they usually do anyway), there was a missing cop in Miami, and there was a dead cop in New York--and maybe more. Now, there's this five month wait before new episodes return in the fall, and that means the news tap would run a little dry, but right now, we still have a few things to deal with: what just happened. On this edition of the case file, Emmanuelle Vaugier discusses her death in CSI: NY, and possible plans for the tenth season--tenth!--of the mother show, CSI.
Item one: They hurt Flack to save some money?
Item two: What surprises for CSI? The last season of the original show was, as I said, a pretty different one. Of course, it's about Grissom (William Petersen) leaving and Langston (Laurence Fishburne) coming in. There's a bigger challenge for the next season, even: it's been battling Grey's Anatomy in ratings for a while, and starting this fall, it gets Fringe for company, too. So how's CBS dealing with it?
"[Show runners] Carol [Mendelsohn] and Naren [Shankar] are very aggressive smart producers," the network's entertainment president, Nina Tassler, said. "And when we get back [to Los Angeles] we'll be hearing their creative strategy for next season."
Well, of course, she doesn't have any idea about those plans just yet. "They are very excited and have got lots of surprises in store for next season," she can only say. New cast members, again? "I'll have to wait and hear what they're planning." Oh, man...
Item three: Yeah, just a question from me. It's a simple question, really: what was your favorite of all three seasons? CSI, with the staff changes that you very well know already? CSI: Miami, with the Russian mob, the drug addiction, the Kyle story and the new romance? Or CSI: NY, with the Greek coins, the other new romance, and the new baby? What about the season finales? Well, I'm just pretty curious, so the floor is yours, folks.
Item one: They hurt Flack to save some money?
Item two: What surprises for CSI? The last season of the original show was, as I said, a pretty different one. Of course, it's about Grissom (William Petersen) leaving and Langston (Laurence Fishburne) coming in. There's a bigger challenge for the next season, even: it's been battling Grey's Anatomy in ratings for a while, and starting this fall, it gets Fringe for company, too. So how's CBS dealing with it?
"[Show runners] Carol [Mendelsohn] and Naren [Shankar] are very aggressive smart producers," the network's entertainment president, Nina Tassler, said. "And when we get back [to Los Angeles] we'll be hearing their creative strategy for next season."
Well, of course, she doesn't have any idea about those plans just yet. "They are very excited and have got lots of surprises in store for next season," she can only say. New cast members, again? "I'll have to wait and hear what they're planning." Oh, man...
Item three: Yeah, just a question from me. It's a simple question, really: what was your favorite of all three seasons? CSI, with the staff changes that you very well know already? CSI: Miami, with the Russian mob, the drug addiction, the Kyle story and the new romance? Or CSI: NY, with the Greek coins, the other new romance, and the new baby? What about the season finales? Well, I'm just pretty curious, so the floor is yours, folks.
