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Who will take the fall on ‘CSI: Miami’?
Maybe “CSI: Miami” is jealous of all the attention “CSI” has gotten this summer. Never mind that the attention hasn’t exactly been positive. Any press is good press, as the saying goes.
The Miami offshoot has let it slip that it will kill off a cast member in the season opener on Sept. 20.
You’ll recall that last month George Eads and Jorja Fox boycotted the “CSI” back-to-work day in an ill-fated salary dispute. They were summarily fired and then, after eating a hefty portion of crow, returned to their supporting roles. At the same salary.
“CSI: Miami” executive producer Ann Donahue was coy with the Hollywood trade papers about the pending departure, saying only that one of the regulars will “die in the line of duty.”
It won’t be scene-chewing David Caruso, whose Horatio Caine is the show’s unabashed hero. (Actually, his sunglasses get more screen time, but that’s quibbling.) Besides, Caruso has already experienced the embarrassment of ditching a popular series (“NYPD Blue”).
Nor is it likely to be Sofia Milos, whose character, Detective Yelina Salas, has become increasingly prominent and could become a romantic entanglement for Horatio. Never mind that she’s his brother’s widow.
That leaves just about everybody else as likely victims. Emily Procter, who plays Calleigh Duquesne, has left a hit show before — “The West Wing” — but probably won’t leave “Miami,” where she’s had more of a starring role.
So, by process of elimination, the speculation falls on Rory Cochrane (investigator Tim Speedle) and Adam Rodriguez (investigator Eric Delko). Since a Miami-based show with only one Latino character (Yelina) would be a no-no, my money is on Cochrane to take the fall.
Here she comes again …
Shannen Doherty has more lives than a cat.
The former malcontent on “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Charmed” will join the cast of Fox’s summer-to-fall sudser “North Shore” as a really bad girl.
She’ll play the illegitimate daughter of hotel big-wig Walter Booth (Christopher McDonald) and the new sister of Nicole (Brooke Burns).
Doherty’s bad-girl image in Hollywood precedes her, which may be why the producers are referring to her role as “a multiepisode story arc” rather than a regular gig. Known for partying in her spare time and being difficult on the set, she could be something of a risk.
But Fox is hoping the accompanying publicity will give “North Shore” the boost it needs. (In season-to-date rankings, it’s 170th out of 200-plus series.) The network must be optimistic about its future, though, because another dozen episodes have been ordered.
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