Paget Brewster will not renew her contract

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/66586834.html

Potentially unpopular opinion, now that Brewster is gone too, I kinda wish the entire CM cast would quit CM, and then meet up again in a comedy show. I just don't know what. Bunnies anyone?

ETA: What happened:
- CBS kicked Paget out
- Fans revolt
- CBS forced Paget to come back, because of the contract...
- Now that Paget's contract is up, she will leave.


...and wow, 121 comments, I thought this was unshocking news, ouch my inbox. I wish Paget the best.

ETA:



ETA: On the subject of awesome female characters and actresses, but terrible terrible bosses...any of you Star Trek TNG fans here? Remember when Dr.Crusher all of a sudden got replaced before the collective outrage of fans and Patrick Stewart speaking on Gates McFadden's behalf got her back? The rumoured cause of her leaving was that she refused to sleep with one of the producers - a rumor given merit since Grace Lee Whitney (Janice Rand, TOS), was assaulted by two producters she didn't feel comfortable naming, before HER character was given the sudden-off. Ditto for the career of the actress in The Birds, Tippi Hedren, she signed a 7 contract with Hitchcock, who used it to keep her from working after she refused him. The BS that actresses have to put up with and all the things thrown at them is deplorable. If I stopped watching Criminal Minds after Paget leaves, it will less because of No Emily (though I will miss her so), but because of WHY she left. It's a sour taste in my mouth accented by the last weekk's episode, where Garcia thought something sexual happened between her and Morgan even though she was so drunk she couldn't remember any of it, and the writer is unaware of the unfortunate implication of.

Comments

[philstar22.livejournal.com]

Really? After all the crap CBS pulled on her, after they basically had her blackballed to force her to come back, and after now they weren't letting her do another pilot, I don't blame her at all. Yes, it makes me sad, but I don't think this is something she'd do again. It is just that after being treated so badly, she understandably doesn't trust them.

[teenagewitch.livejournal.com]

I understand that shes frustrated but I think that if she really didn't want to come back then she should have said so and made it clear. I love the show, I love the characters and I really wanted them all back together but I also believed that they all wanted to be together too.

[philstar22.livejournal.com]

She didn't actually have a choice but to come back, though. She was still on contract. She made it pretty clear she was unhappy with what they did even though she was happy to be back with all the friends she had made. This time, she simply isn't going to sign a new contract since the old one is now up.

[blue-sunflowers.livejournal.com]

She did have a choice, she didn't have to sign the contract with the "can be pulled back if pilot fails" clause to begin with.

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

Do you know how many contracts I end up signing each year with unfavourable terms because the alternative is unemployment or being without phone services etc etc?

[blue-sunflowers.livejournal.com]

Your argument is nonlinear and has nothing to do with my point. Paget signed a contract that actually gave her more than what CBS wanted: 3/5 of Season 6 episodes. So: employment. The crux here is employment for season 7. They actually gave Paget what she asked for: the ability to do pilots. If Paget didn't want to come back for that second year, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have been an issue to only get her to sign a one-year contract for season six only. CBS certainly didn't want her for anymore at the time.