Paget tweet

[mzkitteh.livejournal.com]

I know they say that's how the business goes... But it's still a bit unsettling... I want her to be on the show because she wants to, not because she HAS to. Thoughts?

Comments

[blue-sunflowers.livejournal.com]

Sorry, once again not buying the CBS-as-bad-guys here. While CBS sucked ass last year, they turned around and offered her a new contract in February - pointed out in the very same article you linked. So she's known since then CBS was on its hands and knees wanting her back. Paget's NOT returning to the same crap she was given when she left.

Also, Paget had Free Will when she signed her contract last year agreeing to the pilot-fails-CBS-can-pull-her-back option. She also wasn't limited to NBC. Fox (again, in the article you linked) offered her at least 3 pilots. So it's not like she was hurting for potential work just because ABC and CBS Studios wanted to put pressure on her to agree to the new shiny return-to-full-time contract they'd *just* offered her.

IMO, this does have all the earmarks of CBS correcting their mistakes. I'd feel more sorry for Paget if they'd "forced" her back to that same crappy contract they made for her last year, but she's not. Or y'know, Paget actually had other prospects (like Pierce Brosnan did when Remington Steele forced him back from James Bond). But neither's the case.