Petersen To Quit CSI
15 July 2008 6:29 PM, PDT
Actor William Petersen has confirmed he'll be stepping down as a CSI: Crime Scene Investigation regular 10 episodes into the new season.
A star of the show since it began in 2000, Petersen helped develop the forensics drama and has been a producer and an executive producer of the award-winning series.
Petersen won't disappear from the show for good - like his former onscreen love interest, Jorja Fox, the actor, who plays Gil Grissom on the show, will return for guest spots.
He tells Entertainment Weekly magazine he couldn't just quit the show: "I want it (my departure) to work for the cast, and, most importantly, I want it to work for the audience."
Gimli The Dwarf- 07-16-2008
Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!
Screamy- 07-17-2008
That the end of that then. He is that show
Screamy- 08-06-2008
Laurence Fishburne is in talks to succeed William Petersen as the star of CBS' veteran crime drama "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," says The Hollywood Reporter.
CBS and CBS Paramount's search has been shrouded in secrecy, but the trade says Fishburne is being heavily courted to play the new character, described as a doctor/scientist outsider to the CSI unit who has the same genetic profile as a serial killer but hasn't previously acted on any homicidal impulses.
Fishburne had been mentioned as one of the "CSI" producers' top choices for the role, along with John Malkovich and Kurt Russell.
Hmm trying to rip off Dexter much :shock:
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Actor William Petersen has confirmed he'll be stepping down as a CSI: Crime Scene Investigation regular 10 episodes into the new season. A star of the show since it began in 2000, Petersen helped develop the forensics drama and has been a producer and an executive producer of the award-winning series. Petersen won't disappear from the show for good - like his former onscreen love interest, Jorja Fox, the actor, who plays Gil Grissom on the show, will return for guest spots. He tells Entertainment Weekly magazine he couldn't just quit the show: "I want it (my departure) to work for the cast, and, most importantly, I want it to work for the audience."