Two weeks ago it was a rumor. This week it’s a fact. Laurence Fishburne is replacing William Petersen’s character, Gil Grissom, on CBS’ crime drama CSI in its 9th season:
Oscar nominee and Emmy and Tony Award winner Laurence Fishburne (”What’s Love Got To Do With It,” “The Matrix,” “Miss Evers’ Boys”) will join [...]

It looks like CBS has found a replacement for the void about to be left in CSI by Gil Grissom’s (played by William Petersen) mid-season departure. Laurence Fishburne is now in talks with the long-running crime drama to fill the new role of scientist.
Fishburne’s character would of course be complicated and dark, much like [...]