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[*]A repeat of CSI: Miami's <A class="link" HREF=http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/miami/season3/lost_son.shtml>"Lost Son"</a> garnered 10.8% of the American audience, which equates to 16% of those households watching TV that night (compared to 14.2/24 last week). The show netted 14.41 million viewers and was top of the hour, despite it being a repeat. A full report is available at <A class="link" HREF=http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/columns/column_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000697475>Mediaweek's Programming Insider</a>.

[*]A review of the original show's latest episode <A class="link" HREF=http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season5/swap_meet.shtml>"Swap Meet"</a> is now up with the usual snark-filled style at . The review of the previous week's episode, <A class="link" HREF=http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season5/crows_feet.shtml>"Crow's Feet" is also up "Crow's Feet", <A class="link" HREF=http://www.pestcontrolmag.com/pestcontrol/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=131299>Pest Control magazine</a> notes that there was some relief after pest controllers were not flooded with a torrent of calls after the show depicted a man being fumigated to death by a bogus pest controller.

[*]The <A class="link" HREF=http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31536.htm>New York Post</a> has an inteview with <font color=yellow>Aisha Tyler</font> (Mia Dickerson) about her various TV appearances, including CSI and Fox's 24. Thanks to <font color=yellow>Al Forno</font> for this!

[*]<A class="link" HREF=http://www.thejanepauleyshow.com/aboutshow/thisweek.html>The Jane Pauley Show</a> tonight will feature an interview with <font color=yellow>Melina Kanakaraedes</font> (Stella Bonasera). According to NBC, "With the influx of shows like "CSI: New York," more and more viewers are becoming fascinated by the inner workings of law enforcement and crime scene investigations. No one is more interested than Melina Kanakaredes herself - the star of this new show - who spent weeks training under the careful eye of real-life investigators. On today's Jane Pauley Show, Melina takes us inside her training, and we meet the real women of CSI who take what we see on TV to a whole new level.". Thanks to <font color=yellow>Lisa Barnes</font> and <font color=yellow>Vicky</font> for this!

[*]And <A class="link" HREF=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,750067_3_0_,00.html>Entertainment Weekly</a> columnist <font color=yellow>Ann Hodgman</font> has also uploaded her weekly review of CSI shows on TV. Thanks to <font color=yellow>Al Forno</font> for this!

[*]<A class="link" HREF=http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041104/en_nm/leisure_late_dc_1>Yahoo! News</a> reports that four potential successors have been lined up to replace <font color=yellow>Craig Kilborn</font> on CSI network CBS's The Late Late Show.

[*]Fan site <A class="link" HREF=http://www.geocities.com/george_eads/frames.html>All You Can Eads has on-set photos available of <font color=yellow>George Eads</font> (Nick Stokes) and <font color=yellow>Paul Guilfoyle</font> (Jim Brass).

[*]<A class="link" HREF=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/breaking_news/10089783.htm?1c>The Miami Herald</a> reports that <font color=yellow>Robert David Hall</font> (Dr. Al Robbins) will celebrate his 56th birthday next week, on Tuesday November 9th.

[*]<A class="link" HREF=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/peterson/20041101-9999-mz1c1karla.html>SignOnSanDiego.com</a> columnist <font color=yellow>Karla Peterson</font> has written an article about ethnic minorities in TV, including CSI's <font color=yellow>Gary Dourdan</font> (Warrick Brown) and CSI:NY's <font color=yellow>Hill Harper</font> (Sheldon Hawkes). She notes that "the rising actors-of-color profile brings the television we watch one step closer to looking like the lives we live," and also praises Dourdan, adding that she hopes to see more character development for Harper.

[*]Speaking of CBS, <A class="link" HREF=http://www.wga.org/index.html>Writer's Guild of America</a> columnist <font color=yellow>Susan Littwin</font> has an article about women running shows on the network, including none other than CSI staff members <font color=yellow>Carol Mendelsohn</font> and <font color=yellow>Ann Donahue</font>. The article includes a brief history on the meteoric rise of the two in the television word. Thanks to <font color=yellow>Al Forno</font> for this!

[*]And finally, <A class="link" HREF=http://gallery.jorjafox.net/giving/index.php?showgp=7>JorjaFox.net</a> has new pictures of <font color=yellow>Jorja</font> (Sara Sidle) at the Voices of Our Children benefit.[/list]<center></center>
 
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