TV Squad

• Rory Cochrane coming back to CSI: Miami
  

  Filed under: CSI: Miami, Celebrities, Casting

  I know, I know, you're thinking, "but Rory Cochrane was killed off the show!" Hey, this is television. Anything can happen.

  Of course, it would help if CSI: Miami was a science fiction show. They could explain why Detective Speedle could come back from the dead by...oh, I don't know, some rejuvenation serum or time travel or robot double. But this is CSI: Miami, and it has to be realistic (even though we have David Caruso wearing suits in the humid Florida sun and never sweating). Cochrane asked to be written out of the show because he didn't want to do a...
  




• CBS' Tassler on Jericho, Minds' Patinkin and CSI's Dourdan - TCA report
  

  Filed under: CSI, CSI: Miami, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, Jericho, TCA Press Tour, Casting

  CSI: Miami's Horatio Cane is getting a son, those kids on How I Met Your Mother are getting a Mom and Jericho fans are getting seven more episodes -- for now.

  CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler offered up some news and story tidbits and fielded inquiries from the press about the off-screen lives of Eye network stars as Wednesday morning's press session got underway.

  First up: the story tidbits and other show-related news. "Viewers will get hints about the identity of the...
  




• CBS goes green with Emmy campaign
  

  Filed under: Industry, The Amazing Race, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, Medium, Everybody Hates Chris, Criminal Minds, America's Next Top Model, Jericho, NCIS, Awards

  Each year, television production studios send out oodles (that's the word I use when I don't have an exact figure) of DVDs to voters for Emmy awards. This year, CBS Paramount Television went green with its Emmy campaign. It's all explained on this website, but CBS has essentially decided to save the planet by not creating a bunch of DVDs that will just...
  



• The Upfronts: CBS
  

  Filed under: Industry, Programming, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, Jericho, Shark, Upfronts

  CBS is on a good run, being the most watched network for the last five years, but they have taken a bit of heat for the formulaic way they have gone about doing it. Not arguing with success, the whole family of CSIs, and their crime based cousins, will be back, but the network is trying to branch out with some edgier programming. Most notably, Swingtown, Viva Laughlin, and Moonlight.
  
  Returning:The...
  



• CSI: Miami - Born to Kill (season finale)
  

  Filed under: OpEd, CSI: Miami, Episode Reviews

  

  (S05E24) This was a bit of a departure in terms of what we've come to expect from a season finale in the world of CSI, be it Vegas, New York, or Miami. I'm not complaining though. This episode felt much more like a wrap up of the fifth season of CSI: Miamiand rather than leave us hanging with a ton of questions (there were a few), it left me feeling far more satisfied than I expected. Especially since we can look forward to plenty of new developments in the fall....
  




• CSI: Miami: Kill Switch
  

  Filed under: OpEd, CSI: Miami, Episode Reviews

  (S05E23) "I wear make-up now." -Wolfe

  Great episode! Solid case, plenty of tense moments, and what turned out to be a really good (slightly cheesy) performance from Jonathan Togo.

  The big question on everyone's mind? Wolfe ain't going anywhere. Looks like we're only getting one episode revolving around his brief flirtation with being a TV news "special correspondent," and one was more than enough. It was thoroughly enjoyable but man, was it weird to see him doing something so different or what? It definitely felt like he was selling out his former colleagues by busting out some of the...
  




• CSI: Mistake - Getting rid of Wolfe smart?
  

  Filed under: OpEd, CSI: Miami, Watercooler Talk

  Well the weekend is here and since I never had a chance to see this past Monday's installment of CSI: Miami (S05E22, "Burned"), I figured I'd sit down and watch the crappy feed on the CBS website. For whatever reason, my TiVo tweaked out last week and never recorded the show. So to those who were expecting my weekly post, I apologize. That being said, it seems foolish to write up a normal review this late in the game especially since there's really only one thing that people are talking about: the firing of Ryan Wolfe.

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• CSI: Miami: Just Murdered
  

  Filed under: OpEd, CSI: Miami, Episode Reviews

  

  (S05E21) I really enjoyed this episode a lot, but I have to ask. Why did the preview from last week's episode make it seem like some real serious fireworks were going to go off between Calleigh and Delko? I recall something along the lines of, "the moment we've all waited for." What moment? She gave him a peck on the cheek to say thanks! That was it! Realistically, this will lead to something further in the coming final episodes (Delko seemed a bit smitten), but why blow the exciting preview on this instance? It wasn't a big deal at all. The rest...
  




• CSI: Miami: Rush
  

  Filed under: OpEd, CSI: Miami, Episode Reviews

  (S05E20) This was kind of an interesting episode if you think about it. It was a good concept. Essentially, they took something that was glitzy and over-the-top to begin with and layered it with a storyline about Hollywood, drugs, rehab, and murder. Doesn't get much better than that. Throw in some nods to actual celebrities (similar to Dirt) and we got one of the better CSI: Miami episodes this season.

  However, since I love this show, I still have to gripe because there were plenty of things that could have been a little better.

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  OpEd, CSI: Miami, Episode Reviews

  (S05E19) Something about this show... I just can't get enough of it. Despite the tirade of complaints every episode tends to generate week in and week out, there's one thing you can't argue. It's always good. Of course, degrees of "what's good" can vary when you address a show like this. So I suppose I'm just making the same argument I always make. Enjoy CSI: Miami for what it is. Over the top television at it's finest.

  Continuing with that trend, the show has gone ahead and developed Scott O'Shay (played to the sleaziest by Ed Begley Jr.) into Horatio's latest nemesis. H's...