Keep AJ Cook and Paget Brewster Petition

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A petition was started to convince CBS to keep AJ Cook on the show and not to cut back Paget Brewster's involvement with Criminal Minds. Please take a stand against this outrageous decision by CBS and sign the petition.

http://www.petitiononline.com/cmwomen/petition.html

What is CBS thinking?

In the category of 'What is CBS thinking?'

From Deadline Hollywood:


EXCLUSIVE: CBS’ Season 7 of its successful crime drama Criminal Minds is trimming the female portion of its cast for what I hear are financial reasons. I'm told the option of series regular A.J. Cook has not been picked up and co-star Paget Brewster is being made an offer to stay for only a reduced number of episodes next season, leaving fan favorite Kristen Vangsness as the only remaining full-time female cast member. I hear negotiations are underway with Brewster for a new deal that would keep her on the show. If she agrees, she will continue to be formally a regular but won't appear in every episode. Talks are also ongoing with Cook to possibly appear in several episodes next season to wrap her character Jennifer Jereau’s storyline.

Among the broadcast networks, CBS has been one of the most vocal about trying to rein in series costs, especially on its longer-running, more expensive dramas with large ensemble casts. Criminal Minds, which is produced by ABC Studios, CBS Studios and the Mark Gordon Co., has had seven regulars as part of its core cast. Staying on are Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler and Vangsness. With the exception of Vangsness’ quirky nerd godess Penelope Garcia, which has developed a strong following, the series has largely been perceived as a male-centered ensemble, with the boys getting most of the action.

Cook has been on the show since the first episode, joining after the pilot in 2005. Paget Brewster came on board nine episodes into Season 2, replacing original cast member Lola Glaudini. But aside from the Glaudini-Brewster switch and the forced replacement of original lead Mandy Patinkin with Mantegna following Patinkin's abrupt exit after Season 2, the cast on Criminal Minds has been pretty stable, with Gibson, Moore and Vangness all onboard since the pilot.

This past season, Criminal Minds spawned a spinoff, which has been picked up to series for midseason by CBS. That series, starring Forest Whitaker, is adding a new female regular cast member.


http://www.deadline.com/2010/06/cbs-criminal-minds-trims-cast/


Why mess with a winning formula? Why would CBS even think of changing a cast that works so well together and that the fans love?

We at Criminal Minds Round Table are baffled, angry and VERY unhappy at this news!

Kirsten Vangsness Of Criminal Minds Set To Star In Webseries Vampire Mob

“Vampire Mob” An Original Web Series Comedy Premieres in Los Angeles and Online


LOS ANGELES (June 07, 2010) - “Vampire Mob” an original, episodic comedy web series, with cast members from “The Simpsons,” “Boardwalk Empire” and “Criminal Minds,” premieres June 30, 2010 on the web (http://www.vampiremob.com/), with a preview screening party June 27, 2010.

“Vampire Mob” follows Don Grigioni, a hitman and vampire, who just found out his mother-in-law is moving in, for eternity. Don became a vampire because “it was a good fit” for is nocturnal life of crime. He never planned on biting his wife, Annie, and making her immortal, “but then I got hungry.” Annie felt bad that her mom would die one day and bit her, never discussing it with Don, and now mom needs a place to stay and blood to drink. With Don’s hit business slowing down, the last thing he needs is more “grocery shopping” to do.

Actress and author, Marcia Wallace, the voice of Mrs. Krabappel on “The Simpsons” is the mother-in-law, Virginia Jones, and her daughter, Laura is played by Kirsten Vangsness, known for her role as Penelope Garcia on “Criminal Minds.” Chris Mulkey (Twin Peaks. Friday Night Lights) who will be seen in HBO’s upcoming “Boardwalk Empire” appears in ‘Vampire Mob” as the owner of Marty Five’s Castle & New Life Organic Dispensary.

The lead role of hitman and vampire, Don, is filled by John Colella (CSI: NY, The West Wing), a graduate of the Goodman School of Drama, who will also be seen in the upcoming Sebastian Guitierrez film “Girl Walks Into a Bar,” premiering on YouTube and Hulu, and starring Carla Gugino, Rosario Dawson, Danny DeVito, and Zach Quinto. Reamy Hall (General Hospital, Bowfinger) plays Don’s wife Annie Grigioni, who guest starred this past season on “Criminal Minds” and will also be on screen in Sebastian Guitierrez’s upcoming “Girl Walks Into a Bar.”

Also appearing in “Vampire Mob” are Elizabeth Beckwith (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Andrea Cansler (The Groundlings Sunday Company), Jim Roof (The Swear Police), & Cris D'Annunzio (As The World Turns).

“Vampire Mob” was written & directed by award-winning filmmaker and comedian, Joe Wilson, who was working as a private investigator when he got the idea for “Vampire Mob” during an investigation. Wilson’s “The Swear Police” won best short under five minutes at the 2009 LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival. He is also responsible for the celebrity sex tape of Tickle Me Elmo “Tickle Me Harder,” which has over a half million views on YouTube and for selling “a jar of celebrity air,” air captured within proximity to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, on Ebay.

The first season of “Vampire Mob” includes six episodes that will be distributed via http://www.VampireMob.com on a view count-basis, rather than the traditional calendar release. Subsequent episodes will be posted as previous episodes reach their predetermined view-count, with updates sent to viewers via Twitter(http://www.twitter.com/VampireMob) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=370100209495).

A premiere screening will take place on June 27, 2010 (arrivals 7:30-8, screening at 8:00) at the Ruskin Group Theatre - 3000 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405 and will include stand up performances by Elizabeth Beckwith, Betsy Salkind and Murray Valeriano. Cast members attending (subject to change): John Colella, Reamy Hall, Marcia Wallace, Kirsten Vangsness, Chris Mulkey, Jim Roof, Andrea Cansler, Cris DAnnunzio, Elizabeth Beckwith.

A password protected online premiere will also take place that day, allowing those who can’t attend to see the first episode prior to the official launch date.


Vampire Mob
An original comedy web series
Created, written & directed by Joe Wilson
Assistant director - John Vargas
Editor - Joe Wilson
Produced by Joe Wilson & John Colella

Contact: info (at) VampireMob.com

Here is the trailer:

Criminal Minds New Sociopath?

Click here to read the article from Movieline about Tim Curry on Criminal Minds! It turns out that not only did he stalk Kirsten Vangsness at their gym, his manager knows one of CM's former writers and he always used to ask him to put him on the show, too!

http://www.movieline.com/2010/06/movieline-checks-in-with-criminal-mindss-new-sociopath-tim-curry.php

Thomas Gibson Interview

Thomas Gibson talks about Criminal Minds and his character Aaron Hotchner in this latest interview.

Joe Mantegna at the 50th Monte Carlo TV Festival

Joe attended the different events for the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Monte Carlo TV Festival in Monaco.


(Photo by Marco Piovanotto)

Joe at the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Monte Carlo TV Festival at Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel on June 9, 2010 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. Among the other guests were Dana Delany, Julie Benz, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Charlene Wittstock, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Paula Trickey and many more.

(Photo by Marco Piovanotto)

He also attended a cocktail party in the courtyard of the Monaco Palace on June 9, 2010 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. He is seen here with Prince Albert II of Monaco and Princess Caroline of Hanover, also present at the cocktail party, part of this year’s festival.

CRIMINAL MINDS - CBS Schedule for June 2010

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 9:00 PM ET/PT

"Public Enemy" - A serial killer who targets random victims in highly visible places to create a sense of public fear is the subject of a BAU investigation, on a rebroadcast of CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, June 9 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Originally broadcast 2/10/10)

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 10:00 PM ET/PT

"Solitary Man" - To stop a truck driver who is kidnapping women and disposing of them in random locations, the BAU must find out his motive in order to catch him, on a rebroadcast of CRIMINAL MINDS, at a special time, Wednesday, June 16 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Gabrielle Carteris ("Beverly Hills 90210") guest stars as a mother who is abducted by the truck driver. (Originally broadcast 3/10/10; previously scheduled at an earlier time)

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 9:00 PM ET/PT

"A Rite of Passage" - The BAU team heads to Texas to track a serial killer who is targeting illegal immigrants attempting to make safe passage into the U.S., on a rebroadcast of CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, June 30 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Originally broadcast 4/14/10)

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