CSI

Great show!

 

I read about this over the weekend. I read both Fox and Eads were canned.

Good for CBS. I guess that thing with whatshisface on 'Raymond' gave them some resolve.

 

I understand that William Peterson doesn't want to renew his contract as well. I heard he is PO'ed because of the spin-offs.

 

Yeah, but he's going to honor his current contract, I think.

 

But the guy on Raymond showed up for work didn't he? I don't remember exactly. He just negoiciated for more money?
What do they think "contract" is?

 

He did, but the whole thing got nasty before they bumped his pay, I think.

 

Well anyway I was glad to see CBS had some guts and made them stick to their contracts.
I always think back of when Suzanne Summers wanted more money from "Three's Company" She's NEVER had it that good again. If someone wanted to pay me 100,000 and episode I sure wouldn't complain.

 

[font=verdana,helvetica] CBS Stands Tough on "CSI"
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by Lia Haberman
[/font] [font=verdana,helvetica] Jul 19, 2004, 1:45 PM PT

[/font] [font=verdana,helvetica] Don't mess with CBS. [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica] That's the strong-arm message from Les Moonves to CSI's recently axed stars George Eads and Jorja Fox. [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica]Speaking to TV critics on Sunday, Moonves, who runs CBS as part of his duties as co-president and CEO of Viacom, defended the network's decision to fire the actors when they failed to show up to work because of salary squabbles. [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica] "A deal's a deal," Moonves said. "There were certain veiled threats about their not showing up, and there comes a point where we all have to look out for the future of the network television business. This behavior has to stop." [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica] According to the Moonves, the thesps' contracts had been renegotiated after two years, and a raise offered before the start of the upcoming fifth season, even though the network wasn't contractually obligated to do so. [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica] Eads and Fox, best known as investigators Nick Stokes and Sara Sidle with the Vegas crime lab, were purportedly looking for an increase to their $100,000 per episode paychecks. [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica] While the actors' lawyers, managers and agent may have thought they had CBS "over a barrel," said Moonves, "renegotiating without a threat always works better with us." [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica] On Monday, CSI's head science geek and one of the show's producers William Petersen released a statement saying, "I am very saddened and deeply disappointed that this is the turn of events on the number one drama on television and one of the most popular shows around the world. [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica] "I am hopeful that cooler heads will prevail and everything will be rectified and restored in due course," concluded Petersen, who reportedly earns upward of $225,000 per episode and has made grumblings about leaving as soon as his contract expires. [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica] Said Marg Helgenberger of her costars, "They are both friends of mine and wonderful actors to work with everyday. I don't know the details of what is going on, but I hope that it all works itself out very quickly." [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica] Meanwhile, CSI creator Anthony Zuiker said he was "saddened by the news," but "it is show business, and the show must go on." [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica] Not so fast though. Production on the series has been delayed while the season premiere is retooled and the network considers recasting the roles. [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica] It's been suggested that cast members Eric Szmanda and Paul Guilfoyle might take on bigger roles. Already, the show's scheduled for an infusion of fresh blood when former 24 star Reiko Aylesworth joins the cast as a new lab technician--an arrangement in place before the firings. Aylesworth could become a recurring character. [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica] While he played a TV tough guy this year, Moonves was hard pressed to explain why the same tactic worked at the network last year to get Brad Garrett a salary increase. [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica] The Everybody Loves Raymond star missed three weeks of work before returning to a substantial pay hike. [/font]

[font=verdana,helvetica] "We did a negotiation, we brought him [Garrett] back into the fold," Moonves said. "We're very happy we did." [/font]

 

I like both the characters, but in honesty, they both could be replaced.I would hate to see the 2 leads go though.

 

I hope they end up bringing them back. You would think the number one show on TV would give the actors a little more clout.