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William Petersen attends the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.Us Magazine
"I won't miss Grissom," the actor, 55, tells Entertainment Weekly of the show, which averages 21.3 million viewers per week. "It was a complete life for me that's reached its end, and it's reached it in the right way, I think. So I wont miss Grissom. And I hope that the audience wont miss him either."
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What will he miss?
"Hair fibers," says Petersen. "I used to bitch about it a lot the first few years, but I became very adept at having the camera see the fiber, and using the tweezers to pick the fiber up, and then having the camera follow the tweezers to my face so the audience can say, 'Oh, Grissom sees it. He knows what it is.' I'll miss that."
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His costars aren't handling his exit so well.
"It was traumatic," Marg Helgenberger says of his final show, which taped last October. "I couldn't stop crying. It was hard. I'm having a hard time now, because, you know, we had a great nine years together. It's just over. It's the end of an era."
But Petersen insists he had to go.
"The reason I'm leaving is because I'm afraid I'm becoming too comfortable," says Petersen. "It's CSI they pay me a lot of money, and I don't have to work very hard anymore.
"I didn't want to be on the show because they were paying me money and I liked the money," says the star, who earned more than $500,000 an episode. "I didn't want to be on the show because it saved me from having to go look for other jobs. Just didn't want it. It was too safe for me at this point. So I needed to try and break that, and the way to do that, for me, is the theater."
Petersen, a theater actor who lives in Chicago, now plays to audiences of only 300 people.
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mandiI love CSI. I do miss seeing William Peterson on the show but he did what he needed to do. I still watch the show but not has much.report abuseposted March 26, 2009 12:00 PM PDT
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griscI have lost interest since finding out Grissom and Warric where both leaving the show, in their own ways but both off the show, it just does not seem the same to me..... I used to be able to watch 24/7 I Loved it, used to watch reruns all the time, I guess I will just buy the old seasons and watch those!report abuseposted March 25, 2009 8:18 PM PDT
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MaddieGrissom will be missed in the utmost way, and Lawrence Fishburn can only hope to be a part of the CSI family that William Peterson was to the cast and to the shows fans.report abuseposted January 14, 2009 1:27 PM PST
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qt8625I can't believe William Peterson is leaving. CSI will not be the same.report abuseposted January 12, 2009 4:12 PM PST
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qt8625Bill Peterson is not well -that is why he is leaving. Couple of seasons back he had health problems. I hate to disappoint him but I will be sad to see him go. CSI won't last with him gone. It's his show.report abuseposted January 12, 2009 4:07 PM PST
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MATTY KGrissom was a great character, but nothing compared to Peterson in Manhunter and To Live and Die in LA.report abuseposted January 11, 2009 3:57 PM PST
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500 grand a show, ahhhhh i would have stayed, duh, who care about the cash, or it is safe, it is hell out there. wow. family and money, oh well, have a good time. but sometimes you got too say what the Hellreport abuseposted January 11, 2009 12:22 AM PST
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TymetI'll miss Gil and Warrick, but the show will continue being the great show it is. One or even two people, do not carry the show. I'll continue watching C.S.I. The writers do a great job, but cliche's must go. Can't wait for the new scripts. Gary Dourdan has the same walk as when he was much younger. Always enjoyed Petersen's characters, no matter the role.report abuseposted January 10, 2009 11:29 PM PST
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melissaI know I will no longer be watching the show. Show's are never the same when the best cast is gone. It was a great run! So much for the ratings now.report abuseposted January 10, 2009 8:03 PM PST
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melissaI know I will no longer be watching the show. Show's are never the same when the best cast is gone. It was a great run! So much for the ratings now.report abuseposted January 10, 2009 8:03 PM PST
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