令人昏倒的消息--下一季的TP至少有六個主角괠…
Verdict's in on 'Practice': Six Won't Return
Tue May 20, 2:42 AM ET Add Entertainment - Reuters to My Yahoo!
By Nellie Andreeva
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) -
The Boston law firm of Donnell, Young, Dole & Flutt
is undergoing a dramatic downsizing.
Dylan McDermott (news), Lara Flynn Boyle (news) and four
other cast members of "The Practice" are exiting David E.
Kelley's ABC legal drama next season after their options
were not picked up by David E. Kelley Prods. and 20th
Century Fox TV.
The slimming of "Practice's" actor payroll comes as the
Emmy-winning series faces at least a 50% reduction in the
license fee paid by ABC.
The show endured a rocky seventh season -- ratings took
a dive after a midseason time-slot shift to Monday --
and secured an eleventh-hour pickup for 2003-04 on condition
that the estimated $6.5 million license fee be halved --
though ABC committed to returning the show to its longtime
10 p.m. Sunday home.
McDermott will guest-star in at least four episodes next
season, and it is unclear if the other exiting cast members
will make any appearances. In addition to McDermott and
Boyle, the departures include original cast members Kelli
Williams and Lisa Gay Hamilton. Marla Sokoloff (news),
who joined "Practice" during its second season, and Chyler
Leigh (news), who signed on this season, also are gone.
"Due to economic and creative realities, many key people
will not be returning, including Dylan," Kelley said Monday.
"It hurts, professionally and personally. This is perhaps
the finest group of actors and people one could ever hope
to work with; I hope for all of them to recur if possible,
and if I'm lucky, I'll get to work with them on future
projects as well. I'm indebted to each and every one of them."
While budget cuts were expected given such a substantial
license-fee cut for an old show, the exodus came as a surprise
because five of the six actors whose options have not been
picked up -- McDermott, Williams, Hamilton, Sokoloff and
Leigh -- were flown to New York last week to appear at
ABC's fall schedule-unveiling presentation and party.
"For the past seven seasons, we've successfully relied
on David E. Kelley's creative vision for 'The Practice,'
and we'll continue to rely on his vision for the future
of this series," the network said. "While we're sorry to
see these talented cast members leave the show, we're
excited to discover what David has in store for 'The
Practice' this fall."
Sources said the cast reduction was Kelley's idea and
is part of his plan to rejuvenate the veteran show,
which won the outstanding drama series Emmy in 1999.
It is understood that Kelley's camp has taken note of
how other long-running dramas, including NBC's "Law &
Order" and "ER," have used cast changes as a creative
spark to keep a show fresh and even bring in new viewers.
Several new regulars are expected to join remaining
"Practice" cast members Camryn Manheim (news) and
Michael Badalucco (news) -- both Emmy winners for
their roles -- Steve Harris (news) and Jessica
Capshaw (news).
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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OMG~~~
沒有Bobby的 The Practice，不就等於是沒有 Mulder 的X檔案、沒有總統的白宮風雲、
沒有Grissom的CSI，etc.
再少掉 Lindsey, Helen, Lucy, Rebecca, (還有一個Chyler Leigh不知道是演誰）
差不多都沒了嘛！！！
好啦，還有 Ellenor、Eugene、Jimmy，那個Jessica Capshaw該不會是造成 B/L 分手的
唉唷，乾脆收收算了啦，長壽影集到最後好像都沒有好下場，換角換得不成原形，
連TP都逃不過這種命運....
economic realities? I can understand.
but creative realities? Who are you kidding? What do cast members have to do
with "creativity"?
What the hell were you thinking, DEK??!!
TP 又不是ER！
雖然我沒在看ER，不知道人家到底換角換得一塌糊塗之後還是一堆粉絲收看的成功
秘訣為何，可是人家好歹也是慢慢替換的好嗎？拜託一下，腦袋清醒一點！變不出
新把戲，就收一收了啦，反正少了六個要角也跟收攤差不多了....@@
Buffy 看到後來沒什麼興趣的原因就是角色增加也變得太多了，
新一季的Angel也有這種傾向，
不用提難看的Ally第五季...自己家製作的前車之鑑還不遠....
看看 TXF 裡面的第八季第九季慘況...
唉唷唉唷唉唷，為什麼要這樣惡搞啦，還不如讓它善終! :~~~~
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這是今年五月二十我在我自己個版哀嚎的文章，大家看一下吧，
那時就已經知道一下子會少六名大將，粉絲都已經哭到沒眼淚、吼到沒聲音了...@@
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Grissom: I'm not playin'.
I got a gal named Sara and she would love that scarf.
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