In the wake of the departures of co-stars Gary Dourdan and Jorja Fox, Lauren Lee Smith (The L Word) has joined the cast of CSI as a series regular. She’ll play Bryce Adams, a character that CBS describes as a flirty and smart CSI who entered law enforcement to rebel against a controlling father. She’ll join Gil Grissom’s night-shift team next season. An insider close to the show also says other new cast members may be added in the near future.
Dourdan appeared in his final episode on May 15 (the season finale) as CSI Warrick Brown. It was mutually decided last month that he leave the drama, which he has appeared on since its inception in 2000. Fox decided earlier this season to walk away from her role as Sara Sidle, though she left open the possibility of returning for guest appearances.
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“nest season”???….does anybody at EW actually check what they write?
Boooooooo
Miss Daisy-My computer says “next season”, so either they fixed the problem or you need to look more closely before you criticize others for not looking closely.
Excuse me..”MsDaisy”…before you jump all over me in uppity exasperation too!
Adios Warrick. And we all saw it coming. One last meal with your co-workers, parking in a dark alley, the undersheriff knocking on your window.
As for the new chick, whatever happened to the young Latina they featured in the first few episodes? They going all honky now?
How about sticking to the topic, guys? LLS is a great actress, I loved her work on ‘the L word’! It’s great to see her in a more mainstream arena. She did what she could with ‘Mutant X,’ still good. Congrats to LLS!
Hey Portia you spelled your name wrong too it’s suposed to be Porche. Duh.
Hey guys, all this fighting makes me uncomfortable. Please stop. Stick to the rules or we might get in trouble.
Please don’t fire me. I’ll stop hanging out with crack-ho’s, I promise. Just gimme one more chance. I’ll do anything, I’ll wear a dress and be “Warrick’s long-lost sister” – you name it. C’mon!
DanOregon – I thought the “young Latina” was incredibly bland and I’m glad they’re not giving her a full-time role. Personally, I wanted them to promote Wendy the Lab Rat – I love how she handles Hodges.
So, the only African American in the entire cast gets killed off. Typical of CBS to find a way to do the most racist thing possible to a non-white character on one of their shows.Why have only member of a minority group on the show in the first place? What does it prove? That you’re being inclusive? Give me a break! Be brave enough to say that’s not the direction the show will be going in, instead of including minorities only to bash them in some way–like Dourdan’s character was handled throughout his time on the show. Pitiful. Why is that C.S.I. New York is the only C.S.I. program that gets it right, most of the time? I’ve loved this show since its inception but I have to take my leave of it. Gary Dourdan may have been a handful off camera but his character deserved better. It’s a sad state of affairs when our society believes that bashing minority groups is still the preferred way to do anything. Very sad.
So sad to see Warrick leave. But it was expected. Plus his personal life is in the trash. This show has become a bunch of bland co-workers. Vegas is hotter than this show makes it. Get Crime novelist Patricia Cornwell to write some of the scripts. They need to bring Alex who left CSI Miami to this CSI show and make her a regular CSI (back story…she can be a relative of Warrick’s who wants to figure out what happened and she stays on) We need some life in this show.
I found it hard that Warrick leaves CSI and Alex leaves CSI MIami. I like to see diversity of culture as well as acting styles on these shows. Makes it interesting. The character Warrick never was handled well. He never got to grow up. When he got married, there was great opportunity for him…Catherine was floored. Most of us thought she had the hots for Warrick. I was wondering if Hawkes was on his way out on CSI NY since he is the african american on that show. Bring Alex back to one of the CSI shows, she gave the show heart in how she handled the dead. There are some great black actors out there who can bring depth to the show along with diversity. Lure a movie star like some of the shows on FOX have. Only CSI NY is ripping it from the headlines and hosting an inclusive cast. CSI set the standard. A&E is doing a better job with the real headlines. Bring it back to the story and the evidence guys. Stop trying to compete with the McDreamy show…your show is better!
Angel your so wrong Warrick was not the only black character on the show, what about Ice-T? He’s black you know, even though he kinda looks white. So don’t be racist yourself!
Ice-T is in Law & Order SVU not CSI
I’m not really a huge CSI fan or anything but I also didn’t really like how the Warrick character was portrayed. The lone minority character on the show happens to suffer from basically every moral vice you can think of. But aside from that his backstory was just so typical. Why does every minority character come from the socially accepted, stereotypical background? What, he’s black so he grew up in the ghetto, give me a break. I mean I just find it humourous with these shows that even the intelligent and successful minorities always come from the “ghetto” or the “hood” like no minorities can come from typical suburban backgrounds.
I have watched every episode of CSI at least once. Warrick Brown is my favorite CSI. He has brought a “real life” person to this show. I will truly miss his character.
“Flirty and smart?”
Such a good character description.
For a Muppet baby.
why would muppet characters be flirty…gross
Honestly, without Sarah or Warrick, I doubt I’ll be watching. And this character looks extremely bland and boring. I’ve seen a million look like her and sound like her. There’s nothing original there; you’d think CSI could do better.
When CSI first came on, my friends and I were very excited because the show featured two of our favorite men. Gary Dourdan is someone we had watched in other things when he still had dreads. We waited in vain for someone in management to realize he just oozes sex appeal. Here in Chicago, we all know William Peterson as someone with one of the best buts and greatest legs of a white guy ever. So they dress him in long smocks and baggy jumpsuits and ignore his sex appeal. I don’t want to even get into the Jorja Fox area because that was just creapy. This show takes plase in VEGAS, one of the sexiest towns on the planet and no one seems to be having any fun. Everyone is depressed. This show is never boring but it is not fun.
What happened to the young girl they had on a few episodes (Ronnie?). Last time I saw her, she was the party planning girlfriend in “Cloverfield”.
It’s really become creepy how WHITE CSI has become. The only time we’re ever going to see a minority on this show is if their dead on a slab or convicted for a crime. Typical. And by the way, I don’t care if they got Meryl Streep guest starring on this show, without Sara Sidle, I can barely keep a passing interest in this show. Now, if they were to get Samuel L Jackson on the show…(HOT)
a real horizontal let it go. he got
Please…all af you people complaining about the ‘whiteness’ of the shows should do some research. Dourdan and Alexander WANTED to leave the shows. They were not forced out, they asked to be let out of their contracts and the producers let them. This was THIER choice, not some percieved racism you all want to try and find.
Also, as far as Fox goes, good riddance. She was uninteresting during her entire run on the show. Besides, if you look at her history this is par for the course. She asked out of her contract at ER because of screen time, she asked out her contract with The West Wings because she wanted more screen time. It is in her blood to bail from the shows that made her famous.
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Regardless of whether they wanted to leave the shows, it doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be replaced with minority actors. In general, the number of minority parts on television are SHRINKING instead of increasing. It’s a shame there are still shows out there with no minority characters. How can people live and work in NYC, LA and Miami and NOT come in contact with any minorities? It’s bullshit.
While I have nothing…Nothing…Against Ms. Smith…I’ve liked her since in time on “Mutant X”…HOWEVER; this role originally was suppose to go to actress Katee(Battlestar Galactica)Sackhoff; the show’s producer’s original choice. But, the mindless, and apparently, sightless, execs of Jerry Weintraub productions; thought that Sackhoff couldn’t pull of the role…
This is a very sad day for “CSI”. I believe it hasn’t got much longer to exist…And, I won’t be too sorry about that…
So Gary Dourdan is “let go,” Khandi Alexander is suffering from “creative differences” and the best they can do to fill the holes is add ANOTHER boring, blonde white chick to the program?
I’m sorry, but is the casting director for CSI the Imperial Wizard of the KKK as well?
Chris! Let me guess? I’ll be willing to bet on you your Emo glasses your a WHITE undergrad from the burbs! Don’t cry. Just hop into your Honda Civic to your nearest Starbucks, write some lame poety on your MySpace blogg with your Mac computer and drown your sorrows into a Mocachino Frappe while listening to My Chemical Romance. Oh yeah! Don’t forget to cut yourself too!