I love all the characters on CM, JJ and Prentiss included (although it took me a little while to warm up to both of them). I've always loved the entire cast on CM - I love both Gideon and Rossi, and both Elle and Emily (I kind of hate some of the secondary cast, Kevin, Tamara, and that chick that replaced JJ temporarily included). But CM is the first show I've ever watched where I seriously love all the main cast, and I will still keep watching the show. There's very little that they could do to get me to stop watching...I'd definitely think about stopping if Kristen or Shemar were dropped, because Garcia's my favorite character and I love them together.
However, I do think this was incredibly sexist and I'm really revolted by the way CBS handled it. They just up and handed AJ the pink slip and cut Paget without any warning, and then they made up some bullshit to make it sound okay. I am absolutely -not- okay with that. I also think they're making a mistake, dropping two well-loved characters to bring in an unknown, and I have a feeling that they might lose more money than they save with this move. I'm really wary of new characters. I started watching CM this past season but went back and watched all the old episodes first, so I wasn't around when Gideon and Elle left the show originally - I just saw the episodes they were in after the fact. So I'm sure tensions were high then as well. But if they bring on a flat female character with no personality, like that girl who replaced JJ, I will not be a happy camper. Nor if they pull the "stay at home mom" character with JJ - I really hope they do something worthwhile with her leaving, something that contributes to the show's storyline. I'm also hoping for more eps centered around characters -other- than Rossi and Hotch - I love both Rossi and Hotch, but we've had one Garcia-centered ep and one Morgan-centered ep and so many Rossi, Hotch, and Reid-centered eps. We've also had very few Prentiss and JJ-centered eps. I would really, really, really like to see that change.
I'm not sure if I'll be watching the spinoff. I love Forest Whitaker but I wasn't impressed by the rest of the spinoff cast and I think the hype is mostly BS. But everyone was iffy about NCIS:LA at the beginning, too, and I love it almost as much as NCIS, so I might give the CM spinoff a chance.
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However, I do think this was incredibly sexist and I'm really revolted by the way CBS handled it. They just up and handed AJ the pink slip and cut Paget without any warning, and then they made up some bullshit to make it sound okay. I am absolutely -not- okay with that. I also think they're making a mistake, dropping two well-loved characters to bring in an unknown, and I have a feeling that they might lose more money than they save with this move. I'm really wary of new characters. I started watching CM this past season but went back and watched all the old episodes first, so I wasn't around when Gideon and Elle left the show originally - I just saw the episodes they were in after the fact. So I'm sure tensions were high then as well. But if they bring on a flat female character with no personality, like that girl who replaced JJ, I will not be a happy camper. Nor if they pull the "stay at home mom" character with JJ - I really hope they do something worthwhile with her leaving, something that contributes to the show's storyline. I'm also hoping for more eps centered around characters -other- than Rossi and Hotch - I love both Rossi and Hotch, but we've had one Garcia-centered ep and one Morgan-centered ep and so many Rossi, Hotch, and Reid-centered eps. We've also had very few Prentiss and JJ-centered eps. I would really, really, really like to see that change.
I'm not sure if I'll be watching the spinoff. I love Forest Whitaker but I wasn't impressed by the rest of the spinoff cast and I think the hype is mostly BS. But everyone was iffy about NCIS:LA at the beginning, too, and I love it almost as much as NCIS, so I might give the CM spinoff a chance.