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CSI Plans for Grissom's "Liev" of Absence
This just in from CBS, and as first spilled here in the Ausiello Report by my barely able-to-control-himself buddy:
"Tony Award-winning actor Liev Schreiber joins the cast of CSI in his first appearance in a broadcast television series, playing the recurring role of a seasoned CSI who has established a strong reputation in various police departments across the country before joining the veteran team at the Las Vegas Crime Lab."
"I think he's one of the finest actors of his generation," exec producer Carol Mendelsohn says in the press release, noting that CSI first approached Schreiber early this summer. "It was a long shot — he really doesn't do television — but he was patient and I think amused, as we promised that we'd create a character he couldn't refuse to play. [We] got a wonderful, complex character as a result." Adds Schreiber: "I am a fan [of CSI], how could I say no?"
Schreiber (The Manchurian Candidate, RKO 281) first appears in Episode 12, to air in January 2007.
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Oct 25, 2006 10:57 AM
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So when is he going to find the time to do Talk Radio on Broadway in the spring?
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Oct 25, 2006 11:00 AM
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Why is Grissom leaving?
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Oct 25, 2006 11:15 AM
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William Petersen is taking a few weeks/two episodes off to do a play in Rhode Island. (More details/story line scoop can be found in the Ausiello Report appearing in the Nov. 5 issue of TV Guide, featuring House on the cover.)
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Oct 25, 2006 12:01 PM
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ahhhh i c...thanks Matt!
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Oct 25, 2006 12:40 PM
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what a great casting choice!
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Oct 25, 2006 9:58 PM
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