Watching CSI

HE CSIs APPEAR TO HAVE AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE AFTER A MURDER SUSPECT IS IMPALED DURING A POLICE PURSUIT, ON “CSI: NY,” WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17

Kristin Cavallari (”Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County”) Guest Stars as Isabelle Vaughn

“Forbidden Fruit” - The CSIs appear to have an open and shut case after a murder suspect is impaled during a police pursuit, but it turns out the investigation is just beginning, on CSI: NY, Wednesday, Dec. 17 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS

Det. Mac Taylor: Gary Sinise
Det. Stella Bonasera: Melina Kanakaredes
Danny Messer: Carmine Giovinazzo
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes: Hill Harper
Det. Don Flack: Eddie Cahill
Lindsay Monroe: Anna Belknap
Adam Ross: AJ Buckley
Dr. Sid Hammerback: Robert Joy

GUEST CAST

Det Jessica Angell: Emmanuelle Vaugier
Clancy: Alvin Zalamea
Marks: Jack McGee
Ella McBride: Casey LaBow
Isabelle Vaughn: Kristin Cavallari
Tony Clark: Alex Schemmer
Quinci Feeney: Tahyna Tozzi
Marina Morton: Morgan Hewitt
Stan Trovato: Louis Lombardi
Colby Duncan: Chris Carmack
George Kolovos: Paul Papadakis

Written by: Jill Abbinanti & Executive Producer Peter M. Lenkov

Directed by: John Behring

RATING: TV14-LV

WHEN A MYSTERIOUS ENERGY FIELD NEAR THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING APPEARS TO BE THE CAUSE OF BOTH A BILLIONAIRE’S DISAPPEARANCE AND HIS LIMO DRIVER’S DEATH, THE CSIs INVESTIGATE TWO CRIMES AT ONCE, ON “CSI: NY” WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10

“The Triangle” - The CSIs are forced to investigate two crimes at once when a mysterious energy field near The Empire State Building appears to be the cause of both a billionaire’s disappearance and his limo driver’s death, on CSI: NY Wednesday, Dec. 10 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:

Det. Mac Taylor: Gary Sinise
Det. Stella Bonasera: Melina Kanakaredes
Danny Messer: Carmine Giovinazzo
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes: Hill Harper
Det. Don Flack: Eddie Cahill
Lindsay Monroe: Anna Belknap
Adam Ross: AJ Buckley
Dr. Sid Hammerback: Robert Joy

GUEST CAST:

Bernie Benton: Chris Mulkey
Greg Hufheinz: Brian Gross
Jamie Sunderland: Anastasia Ganias
Yert Yawallac: Neil Hopkins
FBI Agent Washington: Leith Burke
Uni: Paris Afakhri
Newstand Owner: Chris Hartl
FBI Agent Walsh: Brian Oblak
Carl Custer: Shawn Nash

Written by: Trey Callaway

Directed by: Jeff Thomas

RATING: To Be Announced

Eva LaRue continues to work tirelessly as the spokesperson for the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition. The disease claimed the lives of Eva’s grandmother and great grandmother. Eva is asking women across across America to arm themselves with “all the information you need to educate your girlfriends, mom, sisters, cousins, co-workers, and any other dynamic divas you know!”

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According to TV Guide, Khandi Alexander won’t stay gone very long. The actress that played medical examiner Alexx Woods for six seasons has “booked for at least one episode to air early next year, perhaps during the March sweeps ratings period (pushed back by the Feb. 17 switch to DTV).”Khandi is also working on HBO pilot Treme which is set in post Katrina New Orleans.

It’s extremely difficult to keep ensmeble casts together. All three CSI have done a great job of keeping a large portion of the original casts in tact. I think the key is not closing the door for appearances like they’ve done with Jorja, William and Khandi. You never really feel like they’ve completely left.   I wonder what’ll bring Alexx back.

Wow this is going to be a hankie ep for me. Grissom tells the team he’s leaving in 19 Down…

Well folks our time with Grissom as a perment fixture on CSI is coming to a close.  Looks like the team even knows.

THE CSI TEAM DISCOVERS A LINK BETWEEN A NEW MURDER AND THE INFAMOUS “DICK & JANE KILLER,” ON “CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION,” THURSDAY, DEC. 11

Introducing Oscar Nominee And Emmy And Tony Award Winner Laurence Fishburne (”What’s Love Got To Do With It,” “The Matrix,” “Miss Evers’ Boys”) As Dr. Raymond Langston

“19 Down…” When a new murder leads to a connection with an infamous serial killer, Grissom secretly joins the class of well-known criminal pathologist Dr. Raymond Langston (Fishburne), to gain access to the killer and get a crack in the case, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Thursday, Dec. 11 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:

Gil Grissom: William Petersen
Catherine Willows: Marg Helgenberger
Dr. Raymond Langston: Laurence Fishburne
Nick Stokes: George Eads
Captain Jim Brass: Paul Guilfoyle
Greg Sanders: Eric Szmanda
Dr. Robbins: Robert David Hall
David Phillips: David Berman
Hodges: Wallace Langham
Wendy Simms: Liz Vassey
Riley Adams: Lauren Lee Smith

RECURRING CAST:

Conrad Ecklie: Marc Vann
Archie Johnson: Archie Kao

GUEST CAST:

Det. Vartann: Alex Carter
Mandy Webster: Sheeri Rappaport
Nathan Haskell: Bill Irwin
Gerald Tolliver: Brad Carter
ADA Valerie Nichols: Amy Aquino
Overcoat Man: Shane Woodson
Officer Akers: Larry Sullivan
Det. Ken Martz: Maury Sterling
Mr. Steiner: Richard Gilliland
Mrs. Steiner: Caroline Aaron
Thomas: Jimmi Simpson
Silvia: Aimee DeShayes
Car Wash Manager: David H. Lawrence XVII
Richie: Stephan Sowan
Donny: Todd Giebenhain
Student #1: Roy Vongtama
Dan Forester: Matt O’Leary
Tiffany Cohen: Mimi Michaels
Joel Steiner: Josh Jacobson

WRITTEN BY: Naren Shankar and Carol Mendelsohn, series co-executive producers

DIRECTED BY: Kenneth Fink

RATING: To Be Announced

I think it’s wonderful that a true theater guy like Billy has been able to create enough financial freedom to do exactly what he wants to do.  This is also a treat for the diehart Billy fan like myself. It means that they’ll be more opportunities to see Billy preform live.  Here’s the official announcement.

I am delighted to announce that William Petersen has accepted our invitation to join the Steppenwolf ensemble. Many of you remember Billy from the early days of the ensemble when he acted with us in Balm in Gilead and Fool for Love.

Billy was one of the founders of Remains Theatre, the original company of both Amy Morton and Gary Cole. Remains and Steppenwolf grew up together in the Chicago theater scene of the late 1970s and ’80s and many of our company members have known one another and worked together for years. Our founders, Gary, Jeffrey and Terry recently approached me to suggest that we extend the invitation to Billy to join Steppenwolf when it became clear that Billy would be concentrating, once again, on working on stage and maintaining a base in Chicago. As you know, Billy is now on our stage in our production of Dublin Carol and will be acting in Blackbird at Victory Gardens later this season.

We are very fortunate to have our long-time friend officially a member of our company.

Sincerely,

Martha Lavey

Congratulations to the theater and Billy.

WHEN A SHOOTER TARGETS THE MOTEL WHERE DELKO IS STAYING, HORATIO MUST LOOK INTO DELKO’S PAST TO FIND THE KILLER, ON “CSI: MIAMI,” MONDAY, DEC. 8

“The DeLuca Motel” - When a shooter targets the motel where Delko is staying, Horatio must look into Delko’s past to find the killer, on CSI: MIAMI, Monday, Dec. 8 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:

Horatio Caine: David Caruso
Calleigh Duquesne: Emily Procter
Eric Delko: Adam Rodriguez
Ryan Wolfe: Jonathan Togo
Det. Frank Tripp: Rex Linn
Natalia Boa Vista: Eva La Rue
Dr. Tara Price: Megalyn Echikunwoke

GUEST CAST:

Linda Bowen: Kayla Mae Maloney
Neil Scofield: Matt Funke
Seth Copeland: J.R. May
Carl Reston: Corin Nemic
Molly Reston: Nicki Aycox
Enrico Moldano: Jordi Vilasuso
Kate Hawkes: Raya Meddine
Carmen Delko: Adriana Barraza
Dorothy Frost: Isabella Hofmann
Bartender: Anthony Nacarato
Sheila: Katie Gill
Man: Ryan Caltagirone

WRITTEN BY: Sunil Nayar, one of the series’ Executive Producers

DIRECTED BY: Gina Lamar

RATING: To Be Announced

Benson and John Boy’s Dad in one episode. Love it. I love when CSI does old Vegas. I wonder if Catherine’s mom will make an appearance. She’s not listed in in the press release but usually makes an appearance in these episodes.

THE DEATH OF A POPULAR NEW SINGER TAKES THE CSI TEAM BACK 50 YEARS TO SOLVE THE PRESENT DAY CRIME, ON “CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION,” THURSDAY, DEC. 4

Golden Globe Award Winner Tippi Hedren (”The Birds”) and Emmy Award Winner Robert Guillaume (”Benson”) Guest Star

“Young Man With A Horn” - When a popular young singer is found dead outside an infamous Las Vegas nightclub, the CSI team uncovers a link between the present day crime and a murder from over 50 years ago, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Thursday, Dec. 4 (9:00-10:01 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Golden Globe Award winner Tippi Hedren (”The Birds”) and Emmy Award winner Robert Guillaume (”Benson”) guest star.

SERIES REGULARS:

Gil Grissom: William Petersen
Catherine Willows: Marg Helgenberger
Nick Stokes: George Eads
Captain Jim Brass: Paul Guilfoyle
Greg Sanders: Eric Szmanda
Dr. Robbins: Robert David Hall
David Phillips: David Berman
Hodges: Wallace Langham
Wendy Simms: Liz Vassey
Riley Adams: Lauren Lee Smith

RECURRING CAST:

Archie Johnson: Archie Kao

GUEST CAST:

Karen Rosenthal: Tippi Hedren
Sonny Bridges: Robert Guillaume
Officer Mitchell: Larry Mitchell
Layla Wells: Tiffany Hines
Kip Westerman: Benjamin Bledsoe
Mr. Westerman: Holt McCallany
Drew Rich: Seamus Dever
Harry Bastille: Bill Cobbs
Sheriff Montgomery: Ralph Waite
Jules Rosenthal: Richard Steinmetz
George Schlatter: George Schlatter
Huge Man: Lance Irwin
Young Harry Bastille: La Monde Byrd
Young Karen Rosenthal: Sarah Poynter
Waitress: Nicole Gabriella Scipione

I’m going to miss Grissom-a lot but Lawrence looks like he’ll fit very nicely.

After nearly two decades of marriage, Marg Helgenber and Alan Rosenberger released a statement announcing their amicable separation:

“After 19 years of marriage, Marg and Alan have decided to take some time apart. They love and respect each other and remain committed to their family.”

The camera-ready couple tied the knot in September 1989 after meeting as costars on the soap opera Ryan’s Hope. The duo reteamed onscreen in recent years, with Rosenberg having guest-starred in multiple episodes of CSI.

The couple have and 18-year-old son together.  Alan is president of the Screen Actor’s Guild.  The guild recently called for a strike vote after negotiations with studios broke down.

My thoughts are with both Marge and Alan during this difficult time.

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