Billy Petersen says farewell to CSI

I really wish I was just exaggerating, but I'm not. I'm SUPER bummed that tonight is Billy Petersen's final night (at least full-time) as Gil Grissom on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The show has been on for about 10 years and he's been on from the start...he's been the leader. It's just going to be weird to not see him on all the time. I'd hate to say it, but it might be the beginning of the end for the show. With Jorga Fox (Sara Sidle) and Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown) gone, I can't see it lasting too much longer. The good news out of all of this is that the show gets a kickass actor to fill Billy's shoes, with Laurence Fishburne joining the cast. But it may not be enough.

Billy will be making appearances on the show here and there from what I understand, but it still won't be the same. Thanks for 10 years of total awesomeness, Billy!!

CSI fans: Say goodbye to Gil Grissom

As much as it pains me to say it, there's really no way around it. CSI is screwed and will probably start sucking.

In last season's finale of CSI, Warrick Brown (played by Gary Dourdan) was shot and killed, obviously meaning he won't be on the show anymore. At the end of this season, prepare to say goodbye to Gil Grissom. William (Billy) Petersen, the actor who plays Grissom, said that next season will be his final full-time season, but he'll stay on as an executive producer for the show and make occasional appearances.

He didn't opt out of his contract or get busted for crack like Gary, but Billy P just decided it was time to leave and declined further comment. To set it all up, a bunch of characters will return, including his on-again/off-again girlfriend Sara Sidle (played by Jorja Fox), the Miniature Killer, and Lady Heather. A new male cast member is going to be brought on.

I don't know, kids. CSI is easily my favorite show (next to the Girls Gone Wild promos on Spike TV), but I think this is going to spell the end of the show. You're talking about losing half of the cast in a year's time. On the show, Sara moved away, Warrick's dead, and now Grissom is leaving? New cast member or not, me thinks it's the beginning of the end for CSI. I'm so pissed I might go all Amy Winehouse and headbutt some biznatches.