Season 7 Spoiler Discussion part 2 - Fighting Crime In Gotham

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You know what I'll probably sit at my computer, open CSI files and close my eyes tight and refuse to look.

"Hey mum come tell me whether I can expect good news or bad news!" :lol:
 
They should seriously move CSI:NY back to Wednesdays. In almost every way, watching TV shows is the last thing I do on Friday nights, even when I don't go out.
 
Looking forward to the S7 finale (and hoping for news of a season 8 next week :p).

Sarah said:
From Deadline
Last year, CBS went for a bloodbath, canceling seven series, including some decent performers like The Ghost Whisperer and The New Adventures of Old Christine. The network, which is yet to find a series that does as well as Ghost Whisperer in the Friday 8 PM slot, is not expected to go for such a dramatic overhaul this year. I hear a deal is almost done for RULES OF ENGAGEMENT to be renewed as CBS seems to be summoning all of its veteran comedies as flagship Two and a Half Men faces an uncertain future. There is even talk about possibly bringing $#*! MY DAD SAYS sans star Jonathan Sadowski. Even long-forgotten legal dramedy THE DEFENDERS is not completely dead. As one insider noted, the show starring Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell did better than any other CBS series in the Friday 8 PM season this season. Things don't look good for midseason comedy MAD LOVE, though CBS brass loooove Jason Biggs, while CBS' other midseason entry, crime drama spinoff CRIMINAL MINDS: SUSPECT BEHAVIOR, is at 50/50 as its performances has been largely disappointing given its pedigree. As for CSI: MIAMI and CSI: NY, word is that the entire CSI franchise, a big off-network and international seller, is safe for next season.
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Keeping my fingers crossed
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Keeping mine crossed as well. I'd like to think the franchise is still worth enough to keep it going for another round. Even Miami, if it means the network could go at it perhaps milking promoting the franchise wrapping itself up, as opposed to ending by piecemeal by series, scattered over the next season or two. NY has been reliably consistent for CBS despite the death slot. If its budgets can be made palatable for what it returns, perhaps it does have a shot at coming back as part of a franchise that CBS has coasted on for a decade.

As for the other buzz, with Kutcher signed for 2.5 Men, I'm thinking Sh*t is probably dead. I'd also be very very surprised if the network kept the Defenders, with several of their pilots reportedly testing favorably.

I'm not certain that CM:SB has a future; it's already a half season behind Blue Bloods in ep count, and if BB is selling well, it may have an edge. Personally, I don't find Selleck and his mustache a draw, and I never saw Magnum, so I've no nostalgia built in - but the fact that both CBS and some viewers do, might also help it out. If some of the new dramas look more promising than trying to coax series longevity out of CMSB, which people haven't taken to like CBS likely hoped they would, well, it may be quietly shuffled out the same back door it came in thru. TGW looks reasonably solid to return as well, despite its numbers. So, basically, I'm at a loss :lol:, I've no idea what's gonna stay and what's gonna go to make room for which new series.

CBS may be conservative, but it's also all business. Well, aside from Tom Selleck, that is :p. I'm just hoping CBS still thinks NY and its budgets are workable enough to remain good business.

Other networks have already surprised me with some of their pick ups and definitely with some of their renewals. The general fact that both Chuck and Fringe have been renewed has me throwing up my hands in terms of guessing anymore :lol:. I'm reduced to holding onto the above nugget from Nellie Andreeva and co., if only to deludedly ease some of the fretting about NY's future :p.

Anyhoo.

No matter what's to happen with the series, ...c'mon y'all, help the show pull some solid numbers for the finale, of what I think has been one of NY's better seasons in recent years :)
 
Elwood, I agree with you. The Season 7 was one of the best.
:)

Hopefully there will be Season 8. Unfortunately, it looks not good. Gary will also do a film.
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CSI: NY Finale: Will Mac's Last Case Also Be the Show's?
May 13, 2011 02:00 PM ET
by Adam Bryant2 Comments


Gary Sinise
For shows in danger of being canceled, crafting a season finale can be tricky. Do you end with a cliff-hanger and hope for the best or do you tie things up for the fans?

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In the case of CSI: NY, which airs its Season 7 finale Friday at 9/8c, the producers tried to do both. "We looked at it and said, 'If this should not come back, can we be satisfied with what we left behind?'" executive producer Pam Veasey tells TVGuide.com. "And if it does, does [the finale] provide us with a lot of story to come back to? We believe we found the best scenario for all of that."

The final episode, fittingly titled "Exit Strategy," focuses on Mac (Gary Sinise), who, after suffering a near-death experience, becomes more focused than ever on solving a cold case involving a missing girl. "In the very first season, we mentioned that there's a stack of folders on Mac's desk, [cases] that he was passionate about," Veasey says. "In this last episode, he picks up the very last one."

But if Mac is able to close that last case, then what? Sinise says his character is most certainly at a crossroads. "He's a very steady character, a very solid guy who doesn't really question a lot," Sinise says. "He knows the way he feels about things and knows who he is and what he wants. And I think here, we really get to see him as somebody who's not so sure. He's been doing this a long time. At a certain point, you have seen a lot of death and wonder just how much more you want to deal with that."

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Helping him through the decision is Sela Ward's Jo, who Sinise says has grown close enough to Mac to know when something's eating at him. "She's keying in that something's happened to him, something's going on with him," he says. " It's been fun to watch them get to know each other and learn how to work together. She respects him as a leader, and has tried to look out for him I think."

Adds Veasey: "She comes to the rescue and really is a shoulder for him to lean on, because there's a great deal of satisfaction in pursuing this case, but there is also a question: What's the next step in my life? That's sort of our small cliff-hanger. Mac has completed something in these seven years. So what does he start next?"

CSI: NY: Who does Jo turn to in crisis? Her ex or Mac?

Mac isn't the only character looking at new possibilities. "Danny's [Carmine Giovinazzo] passed the sergeant's test, so what does that mean for him next year?" Veasey says. "For Hawkes [Hill Harper], you see him deeply involved in a relationship. So we wanted to end the season where people could go, 'Wow, that's going to be a different dynamic next year if all these things happen to these people.'"

Until CBS makes an official decision about the show's future next week, both Sinise and Veasey remain optimistic. "I feel that we've got more to do with the show," Sinise says. "We've had a great season this year, and I think the writers and the cast have more in us to give. I hope our audience gets to keep watching."

And if not, Veasey says she's proud of what the show has accomplished. "We got to expand our characters' worlds," she says. "We got to play with a lot of things, and I think we had a really tremendous season emotionally. We told some really great stories and got to learn things about our characters that I feel the audience appreciated. And though we're absolutely, completely optimistic about our return... if it were to end, I think we would be completely satisfied. We'd certainly pat ourselves on the back and say that we did [the show] justice."

CSI: NY's Season 7 finale airs Friday at 9/8c on CBS. Do you hope it comes back next year?
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source: http://www.tvguide.com/News/CSINY-Finale-Gary-Sinise-1033044.aspx
 
nel2h said:
Elwood, I agree with you. The Season 7 was one of the best.
:)

Hopefully there will be Season 8. Unfortunately, it looks not good. Gary will also do a film.
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nel2h, that Gary's reps may be talking to people about other possible projects is not a surprise. There series was originally only optioned for 7 seasons, after all (I think?). No doubt there would be feelers out, from Gary considering things, and from outside parties curious about Gary's potential availability, and no doubt that of others in the cast as well. I would think it would be exceedingly unlikely that any committments have been made at this point, and so I personally would not consider this info on the film as determinitive of the series' future ;).

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Thanks for the article :).

I like that Mac is in a place of questioning things, instead of always being adamantly certain of everything. I also like that Jo is someone Mac now will turn to, as she had previously turned to him about her daughter.

I guess I'm also happy that the production team are happy with what the S7 finale has accomplished, no matter what the network decides.
 
This Friday at 9/8c, CSI: NY presents what might turn out to be its series finale. But Gary Sinise tells TVLine that long-time fans of the CBS procedural need not worry — if this is in fact the end.

“There are questions left open,” Sinise shares. “But it’s not a cliffhanger like we’ve had the past couple of seasons. This one stands on its own.”

The CSI: NY season-ender “puts Mac to the test,” Sinise previews, allowing the lead detective to tie up some loose ends after a lengthy career hunting down bad guys.

A near-death event “at the beginning of the episode makes Mac question a lot of things,” Sinise says. “He tries to revisit an old case to bring closure to something that’s been sitting open on his desk for nearly 10 years.”

Ironically, not knowing whether the series will return for an eighth season didn’t afford the fine folks who work on NY the same sense of closure.

“Wrapping Season 7 was different, if only because in previous years we’ve always felt fairly certain that we were coming back,” the actor explains. “You do want to know one way or another [if this is it], so you can have a sense of closure.”

“It has been a wonderful working atmosphere,” Sinise emphasizes. “We’ve done good work together, and people like working on this show — I do — and I’d like to come back.

“But if it’s over,” the actor continues, “I’m grateful for the seven years I had on the show, and I’ll be grateful that I was able to do it, because it’s been a really great run.”

Should this be the end for Mac Taylor & Co., you can always catch the immensely charitable star on the road with his philanthropic musical group, Lt. Dan Band — though, Sinise sincerely hopes that’s not the case. “We have a very loyal audience that’s watching CSI: NY around the world,” he notes. “I’d like to keep giving them good shows.”
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source: http://www.tvline.com/2011/05/csiny-finale-preview-gary-sinise/
 
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