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LisaM

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On 12/15/2022 at 12:18 PM, SnazzyDaisy said:

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CSI: Vegas: Another Original Cast Member Set to Return in Season 2

TVLine has learned that original CSI cast member Eric Szmanda is set to reprise his role as Greg Sanders during the latter half of CSI: Vegas‘ current second season. His multi-episode guest stint will reunite him with his aforementioned former co-star Marg Helgenberger.

I think that this is great! 

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Snazzy Daisy

Snazzy Daisy

CSI: Vegas: Jay Lee Previews Chris’s Side Hustle & Praises Legacy Actors


Can you give us any hints on when Greg Sanders is coming back?

I probably can't say, but I will say that when Eric and I first worked together, it felt like a reunion from my past life, knowing that he and Jorja Fox have remained pals and are good friends.

Jorja and I go surfing together, and she speaks so highly of him, so it's good to meet him in person finally. But aside from that, I probably shouldn't reveal his return date.

 

How many more episodes of CSI: Vegas do we have?

We're going to have 21 episodes total for the season. So, this Thursday is episode 10. So we've got 11 episodes for the rest of this season.

 

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slowpoked

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On 12/15/2022 at 9:18 AM, SnazzyDaisy said:

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CSI: Vegas: Another Original Cast Member Set to Return in Season 2

TVLine has learned that original CSI cast member Eric Szmanda is set to reprise his role as Greg Sanders during the latter half of CSI: Vegas‘ current second season. His multi-episode guest stint will reunite him with his aforementioned former co-star Marg Helgenberger.

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This is great! I just caught up on the last two episodes, and Greg's name was dropped by CSI Chris. It seems Chris is a fan, so it's nice to see they will meet. I wonder what Greg is doing now.

Greg is one of the CSIs I liked from the original series. 

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Snazzy Daisy

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‘CSI: Vegas’ Boss Teases Season 2 Finale ‘Couldn’t Be More Personal’

Will this spring’s finale (airing May 18) similarly set up a multi-episode case for next year?

“It’s a little different,” Tracey said. “We’re going to ramp to a very personal place at the end of this season. It’s a little bit less a puzzle box and a lot of moody speculation about a big case and it’s a lot more with our characters. What you’ll find with the finale is it couldn’t be more personal.”

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Snazzy Daisy

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CSI: Vegas Season 2 Report Card: Best and Worst Storyline, Best New Addition, and More

Best Storyline - The Search for Grace

Worst Storyline - The Josh, Allie, and Serena Love Triangle

Best Episode - Tied between Koala (S02E04) and The Promise (S02E17)

Weirdest Case - Burned (S02E07)

Best Character Development - Josh Folsom

Character Who Deserved Better - Beau Finado

Best Return - Catherine Willows

Wasted Return - Greg Sanders

Best New Addition - Dr. Milton Hudson

Best Performance - Paula Newsome

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Snazzy Daisy

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CBS ‘Spoils’ 15 Premieres, Including Final Runs of Blue Bloods, Bob Hearts Abishola, S.W.A.T. and Young Sheldon

Premiere Date: Sunday, Feb. 18 at 10 pm

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“The Reaper” – With their respected colleague Josh Folsom under arrest for the death of Kahn Schefter – the man responsible for killing Folsom’s mother – the CSI team combs through every crumb of forensic evidence to determine his innocence or guilt.

 

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Snazzy Daisy

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15+ Broadcast-TV Series Have Yet to Be Renewed — Which Do You Most Want Saved? Vote Here!

CSI: Vegas (CBS)

The Case to Keep: For the first two seasons, we tuned in to catch up with a few old CSI pals. Now we’re actively watching because we care about Max, Josh, Aly and the gang.

The Case to Cut: Though the move to Sunday means its audience has never been bigger, it is still the least-watched drama on America’s Most-Watched Network.

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Bookworm13

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Officially cancelled ☹️ I’m not surprised, but I was holding out hope that maybe they’d get another half season in the fall. Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like we haven’t really gone anywhere this season and getting things wrapped up in 3-4 episodes doesn’t seem like it will be satisfying 🤷‍♀️

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Ceindreadh

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I'm sorry it's been cancelled, but so far season 3 has been such a disappointment, I'm not as sorry as I would have been a year ago.  I just hope they haven't left it on another cliffhanger.

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rr2911

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I haven't watched this iteration of CSI at all.  I stopped warching when Ted Danson came on board.  Like most of CBS shows, they're following the "new rules" and not surprised that this show has been axed. 

 

 

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Snazzy Daisy

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Marg Helgenberger reacts to the cancellation and shares message for fans.

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I’m gonna miss my partners in crime solving. CSI:VEGAS, unfortunately, has been cancelled.

Each & every person involved with the making of this series brought their A game each & every day. It was truly a pleasure & honor to work/play alongside such a fun & talented company of story tellers. Immeasurable thanks & gratitude to all for making this experience such a memorable ride. 

And to all the fans; we did it all for you. ❤️

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Source - IG

 

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slowpoked

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Aww, this is too bad. I have the feeling it’s on the bubble after it was moved to Sundays, and with so many procedurals right now, it just didn’t stand out, even for nostalgia purposes.
 

Sad we didn’t even get to see what Nick Stokes is up to now. I know there was a throwaway line in S1 that he’s in LA(?), but at least make up a story that will bring him to Vegas.

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illdoc

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On 4/20/2024 at 2:21 PM, Ceindreadh said:

I just hope they haven't left it on another cliffhanger.

I think they did. CBS released synopses of final episodes for all their series. Here's the one for CSI: Vegas (under the spoiler tag). May 19th. 

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After an explosion in a bio lab, the CSI team races to determine which nerve agent left one of their own unconscious, while the others explore a dangerous underground tunnel to find another CSI who got kidnapped during the blast.

Certainly sounds like it can't be finished in the hour to me.

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On 4/22/2024 at 11:40 PM, Snazzy Daisy said:

 

Ugh, out of all the things to “wrap up” before its finale, I have zero interest in the Josh/Allie storyline. They tried to recreate the Sarah-Grissom storyline and it just sucked! Allie was annoying, and Josh was too brooding. 
 

I’d rather see Penny and Jack’s wedding.

One of the previously unsolved cases, that I personally would like to see revisited, was that of Catherine’s ex-husband’s homicide. I thought that case would have been nice to actually get its own episode, rather than stashed with another Lady Heather case. The ending where Sara just sorts of throws her hands in the air and gives up seemed abrupt, and highly unusual to me.

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GiandujaPie

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Well that's disappointing. Seems like a lot of the shows that I watch on regular broadcast TV are getting cancelled despite decent ratings. I know the networks complain that viewership overall is down, but when they keep cancelling shows that do decently in the ratings, it makes it hard to invest in new shows. It's like they are pushing us to streaming platforms or to just not watch at all. 

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Bookworm13

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I’m not sure why they couldn’t transition this show into being more COTW instead of creating an entire new show or where they think could be more interesting than Vegas. I’ll give it a chance, though. Nothing could be worse than Miami. 

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milkyaqua

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Agree, why not just leave this CSI and go over to COTW stories.  Heck, most of the time when shows do these long drawn out storylines, TPTB don't bother keeping track of the plot points and consistently retcon and assume the audience is as dumb as a box of rocks.  COTW makes it a lot easier for folks to follow in general and TPTB don't have to look like complete idiots trying to juggle multiple threads.

And yes, nothing could be as comical as CSI Miami.

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slowpoked

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On 5/6/2024 at 1:07 PM, Bookworm13 said:

I’m not sure why they couldn’t transition this show into being more COTW instead of creating an entire new show or where they think could be more interesting than Vegas. I’ll give it a chance, though. Nothing could be worse than Miami. 

My guess, they probably want to reset the budget. I imagine Marg commands $$$, and they probably just can’t fire her and continue in this current iteration. This cast coming into S4 may also probably want a raise.

I like COTW formats. I don’t have to worry about missing episodes and then feel like I have to go back 2-3 eps just to get current. Two-part season finales work, or even in-season, like the original CSI did sometimes. But I can always catch episodes in my own time because it won’t affect the upcoming episode.

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shapeshifter

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I totally agree with both of these👆 points. 

Also, regarding:

47 minutes ago, slowpoked said:

My guess, they probably want to reset the budget. I imagine Marg commands $$$, and they probably just can’t fire her and continue in this current iteration. This cast coming into S4 may also probably want a raise.

I can't help assuming there was at least some unspoken ageism, mitigated by respect. 

 

47 minutes ago, slowpoked said:

I like COTW formats. I don’t have to worry about missing episodes and then feel like I have to go back 2-3 eps just to get current. Two-part season finales work, or even in-season, like the original CSI did sometimes. But I can always catch episodes in my own time because it won’t affect the upcoming episode.

Also, regarding COTW v. Season-Long Arc, the OTT Big Bads of the long Arcs tend to have near-supernatural abilities and to be 100% evil, which can cause the audience to eye-roll so much that they are no longer watching the TV.

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slowpoked

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45 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

 

Also, regarding COTW v. Season-Long Arc, the OTT Big Bads of the long Arcs tend to have near-supernatural abilities and to be 100% evil, which can cause the audience to eye-roll so much that they are no longer watching the TV.

The original CSI did “arcs” pretty well, IMO. They didn’t beat you up with it in each episode, but once every now and then they revisit their storylines - Paul Milander, Lady Heather, Tammy Felton, Kelly Gordon, to name a few. The only one that sort of tired me out was the miniature killer, I probably ended up checking out of that storyline by the third miniature model.

And yes, I am deliberately not counting the abomination of Ray Langston and Nate Haskell. To me, that was just a nightmare and not real CSI.

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Bookworm13

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On 5/13/2024 at 8:36 PM, slowpoked said:

I like COTW formats. I don’t have to worry about missing episodes and then feel like I have to go back 2-3 eps just to get current. Two-part season finales work, or even in-season, like the original CSI did sometimes. But I can always catch episodes in my own time because it won’t affect the upcoming episode.

I like both for different reasons, but for me, the writers of this version of CSI cannot do multi-episode arcs well. They’re great at build-up, but IMO, the conclusions always fall flat. OG CSI had some great arcs that flowed well, and were able to weave into episodes easily. 

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Bookworm13

Bookworm13

Of fucking course it ends with a cliffhanger. I’m 2 for 2 this week with series finales ending with cliffhangers. I’m not sure in this case, if like with So Help Me Todd, the writers were told to leave it on a cliffhanger or it’s just what happened given how late they cancelled the show that there was no way to alter/edit the ending and re-shoot a few scenes. 

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