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

[dhae_knight_1]

I'm... pretty sure it was CBS who wanted her to leave. Then they realized that they'd made a huge mistake and pulled out her contract to force her to come back after they'd basically forced her out.

With that kind of treatment I can't blame her for not wanting to renew.

Yeah, MGG occasionally worries me as well. I think he wants to direct more than to act (pity, because he is a damn good actor), and if he got a good offer I think he'd bail on CM with nary a look back. And I would miss him like whoa. :-(

[thecowboycliche.livejournal.com]

In a way I can't blame her either because they have treated her like shit, but it's still so irritating to me. It's like a tease to have her for one season only.

I feel like MGG's flaky. Now that Paget has taken the plunge (and Paget is a good friend of his) he might be thinking about it too. I agree that it seems like he'd rather direct and work on random things.

Seriously though, if he leaves I will cry and mourn my show and then never watch again. I just pray they don't kill Reid off or anything like that.

[dhae_knight_1]

I think the only thing that could get me to stop watching was a show without Hotch, Reid and Rossi. Those three are the lynchpins. That's not to say that it couldn't suck mightily even with those three, but them leaving would definitely hAve me rethinking my relationship with CM

[citjara.livejournal.com]

Same here. Without Rossi, Hotch and Reid, I'd have to quit. I also think that if someone else decides to leave this year, they should think about calling it quits before it breaks apart. One more reason to hope Paget is the only one leaving.

[citjara.livejournal.com]

This talk is making me hugely uncomfy. I'd rather sit in a pink room and pretend I don't have to worry about him coming back.

I hope CBS dishes him everything he wants so this will go down well. *fingers crossed*