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Even while the cast and crew are still enjoying a well-deserved vacation, syndicated news magazine Entertainment Tonight is planning to air a segment this evening on what life's really like behind the scenes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
"If there is some emotion, something that our characters respond to, something that affects Grissom or Catherine, that is a great script," executive producer <font color=yellow>Carol Mendelsohn</font> told ET in between running a story meeting in the writers' room. "If it has great science, that is a great script. If it is a whodunnit that twists and twists and twists, like the 'Weeping Willows' episode, that is a great episode. If we are on our game and it is done well, then it is fun for our audience."
Other writers present when ET filmed its segment were <font color=yellow>Naren Shankar</font>, <font color=yellow>Josh Berman</font>, <font color=yellow>Judith McCreary</font> and <Font color=yellow>Dustin Abraham</font>, as well as frequent CSI director <font color=yellow>Richard Lewis</font>. The latter also shared his thoughts on what makes a good story for the show: "The first thing that goes through my mind [when I hear a story pitch] is: what is the thematic underpinning? What are the characters like? What is the story like? I am mostly interested in the emotional content."
Moving on from the writers' room, ET also looked in on <font color=yellow>Jorja Fox</font> and <font color=yellow>Eric Szmanda</font> (Greg Sanders) rehearsing a scene, likely from "Iced." Fox indicated she really liked the show's creative team: "That whole team has a creative sense and a business to it. I think that is a really interesting mix and it has been successful for us."
But then the actress smiled. "And [they are] really twisted," she said. "I am exhausted from all the violence. I just have to be a crime-scene investigator. They have to get into the heads of all these characters, the villains and the victims. Frankly, they trouble me a little bit. I think they are weird."
The full segment contains more thoughts from Fox, as well as some insight from Carol Mendelsohn in how long it takes to create a CSI episode. To find out when Entertainment Tonight is scheduled to air in your area, as well as to read a few more excerpts, head over to the program's official web site.<center></center>
"If there is some emotion, something that our characters respond to, something that affects Grissom or Catherine, that is a great script," executive producer <font color=yellow>Carol Mendelsohn</font> told ET in between running a story meeting in the writers' room. "If it has great science, that is a great script. If it is a whodunnit that twists and twists and twists, like the 'Weeping Willows' episode, that is a great episode. If we are on our game and it is done well, then it is fun for our audience."
Other writers present when ET filmed its segment were <font color=yellow>Naren Shankar</font>, <font color=yellow>Josh Berman</font>, <font color=yellow>Judith McCreary</font> and <Font color=yellow>Dustin Abraham</font>, as well as frequent CSI director <font color=yellow>Richard Lewis</font>. The latter also shared his thoughts on what makes a good story for the show: "The first thing that goes through my mind [when I hear a story pitch] is: what is the thematic underpinning? What are the characters like? What is the story like? I am mostly interested in the emotional content."
Moving on from the writers' room, ET also looked in on <font color=yellow>Jorja Fox</font> and <font color=yellow>Eric Szmanda</font> (Greg Sanders) rehearsing a scene, likely from "Iced." Fox indicated she really liked the show's creative team: "That whole team has a creative sense and a business to it. I think that is a really interesting mix and it has been successful for us."
But then the actress smiled. "And [they are] really twisted," she said. "I am exhausted from all the violence. I just have to be a crime-scene investigator. They have to get into the heads of all these characters, the villains and the victims. Frankly, they trouble me a little bit. I think they are weird."
The full segment contains more thoughts from Fox, as well as some insight from Carol Mendelsohn in how long it takes to create a CSI episode. To find out when Entertainment Tonight is scheduled to air in your area, as well as to read a few more excerpts, head over to the program's official web site.<center></center>
