The search for Mandy Patinkin’s replacement on Criminal Minds may be over. At CBS’ press-tour soiree this evening,Shemar Moore who plays Derek Morgan confirmed to TV Guide Online that Geena Davis has emerged as the front-runner to succeed Patinkin. Moore also dropped Michael Keaton as a possible successor, but sources say that Keaton has officially passed.
Mandy Patinkin is leaving CBS’ Criminal Minds, saying his departure is the result of creative differences, according to The Associated Press. Patinkin, 54, asked to be released from his role as FBI profiler Jason Gideon last week, CBS Paramount Network Television and series producer ABC Studios said Monday in a statement. His exit will be explained in an early episode this fall and wasn’t related to a contract renegotiation or salary issues, the statement said. A new character will be added to the show, which debuted in 2005. In a separate statement, Patinkin said his departure was the result of “creative differences” but didn’t elaborate.
CBS’ Criminal Minds could return for a third season without Mandy Patinkin. This week the star didn’t show up for the drama’s table read (an initial run-through of the script), which first was reported by E!. Sources said that the episode had been written featuring few scenes with Patinkin, an indication that the show is preparing for a possible future without him. Rumblings about friction between Patinkin and “Minds” producers first surfaced last summer. It is customary after the second season of a hit show for the stars to renegotiate their deals and get sizable salary bumps. CBS has been tough when it comes to negotiating with stars on its crime procedural dramas and briefly fired “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’s” George Eads and Jorja Fox in 2004.
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Welcome to the Spoiler Roundup, the most comprehensive weekly spoiler wrapup on the internet. We scour the web for all the best spoilers on some of the most popular shows on the air. Catch it here every Wednesday at The TV Remote.
This week: Bones, Brothers and Sisters, Criminal Minds, Desperate Housewives, Gilmore Girls, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes, Lost, Medium, The Riches, The Office, Ugly Betty and Veronica Mars.
Welcome to the Spoiler Roundup, the most comprehensive weekly spoiler wrapup on the internet. We scour the web for all the best spoilers on some of the most popular shows on the air. Catch it here every Wednesday at The TV Remote.
This week: 24, 30 Rock, Battlestar Galactica, Brothers and Sisters, Criminal Minds CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, Desperate Housewives, ER, Ghost Whisperer, Gilmore Girls, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes, House, Jericho, Law & Order: SVU, Lost, Men In Trees, Numbers, October Road, One Tree Hill, Prison Break, Shark, Standoff, The Dead Zone, The Office, The Sopranos and Ugly Betty.
Kevin McKidd (HBO’s Rome) has joined the cast of NBC’s Journeyman, the 20th Century Fox TV SF drama pilot about a man who travels back in time to fix events, including those in his own life. McKidd will next be seen in Hannibal Rising. Meanwhile, Jane Lynch (A Mighty Wind) has been hired for NBC’s Area 52, the NBC Universal TV-produced office comedy pilot from Dean Parisot, about workers who must watch over a manipulative alien. Lynch, one of the regulars in Christopher Guest’s ensemble films, recently had a multi-episode arc on Criminal Minds.
