Harper Exits 'CSI: NY'

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  1. CSI Files

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    After nine seasons of playing Dr Sheldon Hawkes,*Hill Harper is exiting CSI: NY. Once again on the bubble for renewal, Harper’s contract was up at the end of the current season and the actor is moving on to USA Network’s Covert Affairs as a series regular. Harper first appeared in the backdoor pilot back in [...]

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  2. Mac&Adam Fan

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    I wonder if everyone's contract is up this season and not just Hill's.

    I hope they told him before they shot the final episode.
     
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    They've never given Hawkes much to do, even this season when it was supposed to focus on characters' personal lives. So I'm not surprised that Hill would go to a different series, regardless of whether CSI: NY is back next year.

    I don't know if this is a sign of the show's future or not (Eva La Rue signed on to a new series pilot before Miami got the axe), but it doesn't seem to bode well for the series' future either way - still, I can't help but dare to hope for another mini-miracle renewal. :p

    Good luck to Hill, in any case! I wish him all the success in the world, whatever he's doing. :)
     
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    Reading this, I hate to say but I now believe that this is it for CSI:NY. If it is, I just wanted to say thank you Gary Sinise for nine years of the greatest leading male character on the entire CSI franchise. Mac Taylor, all of his sanctimonious, self-righteous faults, ranks alongside Gil Grissom as among my favorite male characters on any cop/forensice/crime drama series in the last 15 years. He held his own and had a human side and all of the normal flaws of living just like Gil Grissom. Mac has had to deal with the decade-plus long grieving of his wife on 9/11/01, and Grissom has been a hardcore loner in nature. Horatio Caine always struck me as moronic, foolish, and very unpleasant from almost every angle. I don't know how they allowed Caine to be written out so poorly for so long.

    And I thank the whole crew for giving us a wonderful ensemble cast, even MK who I've long forgiven. :) And this also goes for Sela Ward. :)

    I'm not saying it's certain that this is the end but reading Hill Harper leaving has convinced me that this is it. I don't necessarily wish it as much now like before but if it's so, CSI:NY, for being a third spin-off, had a marvelous run and one that has left a great legacy on many audiences, both past and present.

    197 episodes for a second spin-off is something that most other spin-offs, even original shows, can only envy and dream of. :) All the cast and crew I hope are able to enjoy their careers beyond just this one particular show. :)

    If we see a season 10, which I'm not holding my breath, wonderful. :) If this is it, well, it's been a long, occasionally rough but fun era and I hope another great show of this calibre will come along before long. :)
     
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    He's getting out now before they beat the horse to death. [​IMG] At least he's got a job already, and its a show I watch--Covert Affairs! I can't wait to see Hill on this show. [​IMG]
     
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    I have to confess, CBS/writers to CSI:NY haven't been fair to him since he hasn't really gotten a lot of airtime. But then other than EC, GS and SW, the rest of the cast hasn't gotten much airtime either.
     

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