Re: Angela Bassett joins "ER," Noah Wyle to return

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> On Apr 28, 5:07 pm, "sharon" <nob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Sean Walsh" <seanoc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >I wonder if they'll manage to get any other originals back for the
>> > final season. There was talk they were hoping to do a "flashback"
type
>> > of episode (which meant Anthony Edwards' deceased Mark Greene would
be
>> > able to show up)
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>> However, if we're losing both Pratt and Dubenko after the first eppy, I
>> guess that's how TPTB are going to pay for AB's contract.
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> I thought it was quite interesting that the article I read about this
> news in outright stated that since Clooney wasn't coming back, Angela
> Bassett would have to do.
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> Methinks all the Clooney/Margulies/Edwards/Kingston/Fill-In-The-Blank
> money is going to be used instead to pay for The Angela Bassett Show.
> Wells was pretty quick to shut down those Clooney rumors. I'm not sure
> what their intention is: dignity is obviously far behind them, but the
> money would probably be better utilized for a few nostalgia purposes
> instead of bringing in more characters the audience doesn't care
> about. It's not at a all unusual for shows that have been on too long
> to build their final years around new characters that are quickly
> forgotten and not ever considered a real part of the show, and this is
> exactly what's going on.
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> Too bad. I was actually half-excited about some nostalgia stuff.

I think perhaps AB is going to play a character that Welles can try to
spin 
off into another series when ER ends.  And, yeah, it's kinda sad that 
there's no indication that she show is going to really do anything to 
celebrate its glory years before it fades out so ignominiously.

Sharon