Oh no, not Grissom too!

That's for sure. Hopefully they will begin to introduce his replacement during the first 10 episodes, while he is still there and not spring the "surprise" on us suddenly. I hate that, give me a chance to get to know a character before you just drop him into the story and take my favorite one out.

It might be one of the existing people, they might get promoted and take his place.

Yes, they need to wean us off of his character gradually. I, for one, am totally addicted to Grisson. lol

I hope they transition us into the replacement gradually instead of a sudden surprise after the 10th episode so we have a chance to get used to the new guy.
I worry, too, that the show will suffer with Grissom gone. That role was made for him and I can't imagine who will be able to fill those shoes.

I know what you mean, William Peterson will be very hard to replace, and I don't know if I can accept anyone else in his place. I don't think it will be Catherine because, although she is good and so is Nick, they could not carry the show by themselves. Yes, Warrick is dead; his contract was not renewed by the show due to personal problems with drugs, etc. They had just redeemed his character too. Well sort of. It will be interesting to see what happens. I miss Sara too.

I hope you are right. William Peterson will remain an executive producer, so maybe he will maintain some control over the show. He is just so perfect for the character that it is hard to see anyone else in his role. Of course, I have liked Peterson for many years in other films so I could be biased.

Prime Time television never brings in replacement actors to play the role of an existing character when the previous actor leaves. They only do that on soap operas. If they replace him, they will replace his role as the head of the unit, but not the character himself. And if he is making guest appearances throughout the year(s) then obviously they will not be able to bring in another actor to play Grissom. But they just don't do that in television except in soaps.... and even then it's annoying. It's hard to get used to another actor playing the same role, but I guess you get used to it after awhile. But they won't do that in Prime Time, EVER. They're much classier than that.

Hi roni, I understand what you mean. I have been a huge fan of his for many years in his former movie roles. I don't know that he is going to focus on stage plays, although he does them on occascion. I would not get the chance to see those either. But he will still be involved in the CSI show as he remains an executive producer and will do some guest appearances. But the role of Grissom was just made for him in my opinion. I will miss him in that role very much. Don't know who they are going to replace him with yet, but it surely will be hard to do.

i read in one of the topic here at mylot about gil grissom/william petersen, that the actor of scream is the one who will take his place. i dont know if this is true or what but i would rather not see anybody taking his place. leave the role blank just like sarah.

Yes, I'm sure you're right. I have admired him for many years in his earlier movie roles. At least he will still be an executive producer on CSI so he will keep his hands in the mix.

Right now the TV industry is on it's annual hiatus for the summer in the U.S. so all are reruns now, until September when the new season begins. Grissom (William Peterson) was replaced in January with Laurence Fishburn. He is a good actor, but still not Grissom.

I think I've heard about that actor too. He is quite cool but I think you are right. It's not Grissom and he has this trademark voice in CSI which I really like. I think he's retiring for good.

Ah, so September than all the new programs will be released. It's a few months more, not quite that long way to go.