I Have to Find a New Thursday Night Show This Fall

First, Gary Dourdan's character gets shot in the season finale. I was willing to watch it, just for the slim chance he survived (probably not since his contract wasn't renewed) but I can dream right?

I was truly depressed after that episode. I could not even watch the show following it because it was just so traumatic to me. The guy just shot him right there - okay, let me continue because I am reliving it.

Yesterday, I see this:

LOS ANGELES - William Petersen is leaving "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," a move that might have fans of his brainy crimebuster Gil Grissom screaming bloody murder.

Petersen has agreed to return for occasional guest appearances and will remain a "CSI" executive producer but his run as an original cast member will end this coming season, executive producers Carol Mendelsohn and Naren Shankar said Tuesday.

The air date for his final episode, the season's 10th, has yet to be determined but probably will be at the beginning of 2009, the producers said. The series debuted in fall 2000.

Can you say depressed all over again? Grissom would have been the only reason I stayed with the show, now after episode 10, I won't even have him. It is a travesty!

I understand actors do not want to get typecast into roles, but seeing someone else at the helm of the show - it will be hard to watch at first. One name that I heard kicked around was Kurt Russell. I have to admit, I could handle that. I remember the Disney movies growing up and Kurt Russell was the star, those dimples....very watchable.

I digress...William Petersen has been my favorite for a long time, and no matter who fills his shoes - will have some large ones to fill.

Television Shows

This week has been up and down in TV Land. I read online that Gary Dourdan (my sole reason for watching CSI) will be leaving the show at the end of the season. I sure hope that is wrong. Then, on Law and Order, Jesse Martin is leaving. He will be shooting a movie where he will play Marvin Gaye - I probably won't see the movie, since Marvin was NOT a favorite of mine. There was no reason to leave the show (they have shot around him filming a movie before) - dang, first Sam Waterson goes to a smaller role, and now this - I am giving up on it now.

Back to Gorgeous Gary, I was only watching CSI because of him, now there is no reason. His story lines lately have not been very good so that could be the reason he decided to jump ship. It seems like they are spending a lot of time on everyone except Warrick. Oh well, that will free up my Thursday nights at 9pm now.

If you missed the Law and Order: SVU on this past Tuesday, you missed a treat. That was one of the BEST episodes of the season. It was up there with the episode that Liv and Kathy (Stabler's wife) were in the car accident and everything was cutting them out of the car was done in real time. Well, I digress. This episode, Liv went undercover in a women's prison where the prisoners were being sexually harassed by the guards and one ended up dead. Mariska Hargitay has already won an Emmy for a previous season, she should win another one - she is absolutely AWESOME. The only thing I would have changed would have been for Stabler to have gotten a hold of the guard attacking her, because he would STILL be whipping on him.

Ugly Betty starts this week! Woo hoo!! Desperate Housewives started last week, but it was pretty uneventful - they really need to get better. I was hoping that it would be as good as Season 1, but it has been very disappointing.

I better get back to my writing, I have procrastinated enough. Chapter 7 is not going to write itself.