Re: CBS nixes "CSI"s Katee Sackhoff casting

Anim8rFSK wrote:
> In article <VvWdnZXRloXGkYHVnZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  "Mac Breck" <macthevorlon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> Garondo Marondo wrote:
>>> On May 2, 3:29 pm, David <dimla...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>
>>
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello...
>>>>
>>>> + Ausiello Re****t
>>>> Exclusive: Inside CSI's Battle for Katee Sackhoff
>>>>
>>>> This is seriously frakked up.
>>>>
>>>> Sources confirm to me exclusively that Battlestar Galactica's
>>>> ass-kicking Katee Sackhoff was thisclose to becoming Jorja Fox's
>>>> pseudo-replacement next season on CSI. In fact, she was considered
>>>> to be such a lock for the new series-regular role of Bryce Adams
>>>> that exec producers Carol Mendelsohn and Naren Shankar, both huge
>>>> fans of the actress, were practically rolling a red carpet all the
>>>> way to her trailer.
>>>>
>>>> But...
>>>>
>>>> Oh, come on, you knew there was a "but" coming. After seeing
>>>> Sackhoff read for the part of the ***y new CSI on the graveyard
>>>> ****ft, executives at both CBS (who declined to comment for this
>>>> story) and Jerry Bruckheimer Television remained unconvinced that
>>>> they had found their Bryce. And, unfortunately, their opinion won
>>>> out.
>>>>
>>>> Told you it was a frakked-up story.
>>>>
>>>> Now, the role is once again up for grabs, I'm once again bummed,
>>>> and so once again I'm turning to you for opinions. Who do you
>>>> think was right  the creative folks or the suits? Weigh in below.
>>>> And then watch my super-fun interview with Ms. Sackhoff from last
>>>> night's TV Guide's 2008 ***iest Stars soiree  a ****tion of which
>>>> I'm saving for next week's vodcast because, well, it's just that
>>>> good.
>>>
>>> This is the show's lose.
>>
>> The pseudo-replacement for Jorja Fox is a ***y new CSI?  Why? Jorja
>> never was.
>
> I don't watch CSI, but she was on The West Wing.
>>
>> Ms. Sackhoff, ***y?  In what universe?  Compared to whom, Ruth
>> Buzzi's character (the one with wrenches in her purse) on Laugh In?
>
> Buzzi's old woman might have been ***ier if you got the gear off her.
> Sackoff, not so much.

Remember the hair net with the spiderweb hub in the center of her
forehead?

>> *IF* the replacement is to be a ***y new CSI on the graveyard ****ft,
>> Sackhoff would be an example of miscasting.  For once, the suits were
>> right.  Certainly not the show's loss.
>
> Well, if Sackoff is going to be on a show, I'd rather it was a show I
> didn't watch.

Same here.  However, *I watch CSI*.  BTW, on CSI, Liz Vassey's gorgeous
(and smart, and has a sense of fun), and so is Louise Lombard most of
the time.  Marg's middle aged, but she still looks damned fine to me.
All three are have some depth, and are not the typical "looks and
nothing else" type of character.

-- 
Mac Breck (KoshN)
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Harry Dresden: [re. Bianca] What is it about bad girls?  They lie,
cheat, won't suck your blood even when you beg them to, and for some
reason, no matter how badly they treat us, we still can't walk away.