Ted Danson? What do you think?

I quit watching CSI when Gary Dourdan, who played Warrick, left the show. I didn't ever even like Gil Grissom, which is the character they seem to be trying to hard to replace. I think Ted Danson is a good fit. He got nominated for his work on the drama Damages, so apparently he does drama well.

I haven't watched much of CSI since Grisom left. I have seen a few episodes with Laurence Fishburne and I thought he did good. I think he just didn't have the charisma that Grisom did. I like Ted Danson, but I don't know how he will do on the show. He has played a lot of joking characters and I don't know that he will fit in with the cast.

I think of Ted Danson as a comedic actor so it will be interesting to see how he fits in a drama series. I have this vision of him coming in and being the big, bad boss that none of the team members like. That's what worries me. I don't want to see that happen. Maybe they are going to have him be a bumbling idiot, which would be good as long as it's not overdone because the show still needs to be a drama (though I've always loved the comic relief they provide with the lab guys). If they approached Robin Williams then I would say they are looking for someone to add some comedy to the show. He can't be a Grissom or Langston, so what other character traits can they give him to make him different?

I have been away from TV for so long,it is Dr. Langson that replaced Grisom? I think maybe Ted might do a good job, who knows, because I think of him as more comedy like Cheers, but I have seen other actors do well in a different genre...

For some reason after the few guest appearances and references that William Peterson made recently, I thought that he was going to be written back into the show. I am pretty sure that my mom read something about it in one of her magazines as well, but I guess that it could have just been rumors ... or maybe they were trying to come to some sort of an agreement and it fell through. The best thing, in my opinion, would be for William Peterson to return, because I really think that his character helped to enhance all the other characters. I liked Laurence Fishburne, but I didn't like him as well in his character on CSI as I have in other roles that he has played. I believe that I have seen Ted Danson in something that was not a comedy, but I can't remember what it was now, which suggests that it was not all that memorable. I just don't see him bringing to the show what it will need to survive, but I could be wrong.

Never watched Cheers, only have a very vague idea what it was about :-) Somehow, it would have been nice to have someone that's not too high-profile, at least if they're going to be in the series for some time. I'll watch it whoever replaces Langston though. One of my problems with him was that they somehow tried to replace the most senior member of the team with a newbie, so they tried to turn him into some CSI wonderchild. Not that the science in CSI is very realistic (too perfect, too fast etc) but rushing through learning it made it even less realistic.

maybe just its time to retire the show??!

I can't imagine Ted Danson on CSI. At least not if I'm gonna watch it.

I just can't see Ted Danson as a CSI. I guess in my mind he is type-cast as a not so serious person. I would have like to see Al Pachino in this role.

I think this is going to be very interesting. I would have thought him more like Tony on NCIS not the head of CSI. Can't wait to watch him.

Wow! Danson has alot of years of experience under his belt. He has played the goofy bartender on Cheers, a smart allec doctor on Becker, a highly unlikable character on the legal drama Damages and now on CSI. I wonder how it will go? I don't think they will be able to replace Grissom and Danson character might draw a crowd at first but we shall see.... Grissom was Grissom and he helped to mold the show. I look forward to seeing the first episode. On the other hand, I do feel sorry for Fishburne. I don't see it as being his fault that his character Langston could not fill the shoes of Grissom!

He has done some serious roles, most recently Damages on the FX Network but the problem is that no one ever thinks of that. For a lot of people he will always be Sam Malone. Which will make it hard to not see him that way on CSI.

I think it's like Law & Order--none of the replacements ever brought the same "something" to the roles, but sometimes they ended up being better--only time will tell!