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Brent Lang Executive Editor William Petersen was a theater actor from Chicago when William Friedkin changed the course of his life. In 1984, the Oscar-winning director tapped the then-unknown performer to play Richard Chance, a Secret Service agent willing to bend rules and break laws in order to capture a shadowy counterfeiter (Willem Dafoe) in “To Live and Die in L.A.” The crime thriller was a return to form for Friedkin, who had summited the heights of the movie business with “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” only to suffer a string of disappointments. Petersen and Friedkin would later collaborate on a Showtime remake of “12 Angry Men” and two episodes of “CSI.” Friedkin died on Aug.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Peacock is developing a series inspired by the 1996 film “Fear,” Variety has learned exclusively. Jessica Goldberg is set to write and executive produce the adaptation. Brian Grazer, who produced the film, is executive producing along with Ron Howard, Lilly Burns and Kristen Zolner, all via Imagine Television, which is also listed as an executive producer. Imagine Entertainment produced the original film. Universal Television is the studio behind the series, with Universal Pictures having distributed the film. Goldberg is currently under an overall deal at UTV. The official series logline states, “This modern series reinvention finds two young lovers in a psychological game of cat and mouse—but who’s the cat, and who’s the mouse? When David and Nicole first meet in Seattle, it feels like an epic, once-in-a-lifetime romance – but soon it becomes clear that the seemingly perfect couple is anything but. Told from conflicting points of view, the series wrestles with personal demons, hidden agendas and reframes the “he said she said” convention into a twist-filled suspense story about toxic relationships.”

Marg Helgenberger steps back into the shoes of Catherine Willows on , and only ET was on location in Las Vegas, Nevada, while they filmed Thursday's season 2 premiere to welcome the veteran actress back to the franchise — and find out just how she fits into the new normal.«Marg Helgenberger is a legend and Catherine Willows is a character that I could not wait to write,» showrunner and executive producer Jason Tracey told ET's Will Marfuggi in June. «That voice is indelible.

EXCLUSIVE: CSI: Vegas has set its medical examiner team. Sara Amini (Future Man) and Joel Johnstone (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) are set for recurring roles in the second season of CBS’ sequel to the groundbreaking 2000 series.

William Petersen's Gil Grissom and Jorja Fox's Sara Sidle, for its first season and when the sophomore installment rolls around, it will be bringing Marg Helgenberger's beloved  character, Catherine Willows, into the fray. The CBS update, which brings the action back to where it all started, follows a new Crime Lab team, headed by Maxine Roby (Paula Newsome), as they solve cases using forensic science.«We're really lucky to have her back and personally, I'm overjoyed,» star Matt Lauria, who plays investigator Josh Folsom, told ET while promoting the series' season 1 DVD/Blu-ray release, out Tuesday. «I would've been deeply enthused, even if I didn't have any experience with Marg personally.

Marg Helgenberger has signed on to return to the CSI franchise. She is set to star in Season 2 of CBS’ CSI: Vegas, reprising her role as Catherine Willows from the original CSI. I hear Helgenberger will be a series regular with a one-year deal.

Could another familiar face from the world of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” be returning for the new revival?

Catherine Willows might be returning to the CSI world!

Marg Helgenberger is eyeing a possible return to the CSI franchise with a reprisal of her role as Catherine Willows, sources tell Deadline. Helgenberg would appear in the upcoming second season of CSI: Vegas, the sequel to the groundbreaking 2000 series, in which Helgenberger starred for the first 12 seasons.

pickups and cancellations continue to roll out over the next weeks and months, we'll continue to update this master list. So bookmark this page and check back here often to learn whether your favorite shows will be back for another season!  Season 19 — Season 4 Season 6 TBA Season 4 — Season 2 (without William Petersen and Jorja Fox)  — Season 2 — Season 5  - Season 4 through Season 7 (after Michael Weatherly intended to leave) TBA — Season 9  — Season 9 — Season 3 TBA TBA Season 13 — Season 3 — Season 3 — Season 2 — Season 3 — Season 12 TBA TBA  - through Season 11  - through Season 8 .

The “CSI” revival is losing another star.

Mel Rodriguez is exiting CBS’ CSI: Vegas as a series regular ahead of Season 2, Deadline has confirmed. He is the latest star to announce his departure following Jorja Fox and William Petersen.

.Jorja Fox will not be returning for season 2 of CBS' update, the actress revealed in a series of tweets on Tuesday morning.Fox's decision to leave ahead of the new season comes one month after CBS picked up the series for a sophomore installment and acknowledged that fellow original cast member William Petersen, who returned to reprise his role as Gil Grissom, only had a one-season deal and was not expected to return. The actress cited Petersen's absence as a large reason why she opted not to come back.«After much deliberating, I have decided not to 'Sidle up' for » Fox wrote. «For me has always been a love story.

Jorja Fox is exiting CSI: Vegas ahead of season two.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterJorja Fox is leaving CBS’ “CSI: Vegas” ahead of the show’s second season of the “CSI” spinoff series.“Hey all you #CSI fans! After much deliberating, I have decided not to ‘Sidle up’ for CSI Vegas. For me CSI has always been a love story.

CBS has renewed freshman drama CSI: Vegas, a sequel to the groundbreaking 2000 series, for a second season to premiere during the 2022-2023 broadcast season. Season 1 of CSI: Vegas was led by the original series’ stars William Petersen and Jorja Fox.

is back for another round of crime-solving, but may be without one of its stars.CBS officially renewed the revival of its blockbuster franchise for a second season to air during the 2022-23 broadcast season on Wednesday, but original cast member William Petersen, who returned alongside Jorja Fox, is not expected to be back as Gil Grissom.

Some good news and bad news today from CBS: CSI: Vegas has been renewed for a second season!

William Petersen) and Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox).

William Petersen and Jorja Fox for a follow-up series has been surreal.CBS' latest entry, which premiered 21 years to the day after the flagship series launched, follows Petersen's Gil Grissom and Fox's Sara Sidle as they use forensics to solve crimes and find out who framed their former Crime Lab boss, Jim Brass (Paul Guilfoyle), putting years of their work and the future of the Lab in jeopardy. «So fun,» creator and executive producer Zuiker told ET when asked what it's been like to revisit

After six years without any CSI show on television, CBS has brought back the franchise, and CSI: Vegas will be making its debut tonight, October 6.

 returns to the scene of the crime with original stars William Petersen and Jorja Fox reprising their characters, Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle respectively, after more than six years following the end of the show's initial run.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticOne of the 21st century’s most venerable franchises is back. “CSI,” which in its first run lasted 15 seasons and generated three spinoffs, returns as “CSI: Vegas,” reuniting William Petersen and Jorja Fox.

Like the Tokyo Olympics and Euro 2020 soccer championships, CSI’s revival tied to the series’ 20th anniversary was delayed by a year amid the pandemic.

NEW YORK -- Some familiar faces will join the investigation into gruesome murders when “ CSI: Vegas ” premieres Wednesday on CBS.Wallace Langham's David Hodges, William Petersen as Gil Grissom and Jorja Fox's Sara Sidle reprise their roles for the 10-episode limited series, described as “an epilogue” to the original “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."New cast members include Matt Lauria, Paula Newsome and Mel Rodriguez.The original “CSI,” which aired its series finale in 2015 after 15 seasons,

CBS’ CSI revival, CSI: Vegas, features a cast mixing original stars William Petersen, Jorja Fox and Wallace Langham, joined by several newcomers, Paula Newsome, Mandeep Dhillon, Matt Lauria and Mel Rodriguez.

LOS ANGELES -- William Petersen and Jorja Fox are reunited and, yes, it feels so good.The actors who first starred together on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” in the early aughts are back together for “CSI: Vegas,” premiering Oct. 6 on CBS.“It is at once just this sort of familiar thing in my mind and also brand new,” Fox told a virtual Television Critics gathering on Thursday.

clients include many accomplished talents, from “CSI” actor William Petersen to actor-director Ben Falcone to directors like Mimi Leder and Ava DuVernay to producers Eric Roth and Scott Frank. The senior-most woman in CAA’s Television department joined the company in 1986, just two days after she graduated from UCLA.

'CSI: Vegas' Goes Back to Where It All Began in Official Trailer 'CSI: Vegas's William Petersen Hospitalized Due to Exhaustion on Set 'CSI' Revival Starring William Petersen and Jorja Fox Coming to CBS

The “CSI” team is going back to where it all began.

, features the return of original stars William Petersen and Jorja Fox, who reprise their roles as Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle, respectively.In the full official trailer, premiering exclusively on ET (watch above), the squad's legacy is called into question when new developments surface about the Crime Lab that jeopardize the years and years of work they did.

Ellise Shafer administrator“CSI: Vegas” star William Petersen was briefly hospitalized on Friday after feeling unwell on the set of the sequel series, Variety has confirmed.However, a representative for Petersen says the 68-year-old actor was taken to the hospital “as a precautionary measure,” as he has been exhausted from working long hours on the set of the show for the past 12 weeks. As TMZ first reported, Petersen is now out of the hospital and is recovering.

“Truth Lies Here.” CBS has dropped a first-look teaser for CSI: Vegas, sequel to the mothership CSI series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

original cast members William Petersen and Jorja Fox as Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle, premieres Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 10 p.m.

TV is coming back in a big way this fall.

Everything old is new again on network television, and without apology.As the TV industry rushes into the future with streaming services, traditional broadcasters unveiled 2021-22 schedules that rely heavily on familiar series brands and reboots of decades-old shows.There’s even a two-fer based on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” the Las Vegas-set forensics drama that dazzled viewers when it arrived in 2000.