“…and over there is the donut station.”
As you probably know, Laurence Fishburne replaced That Guy With The Beard as the star of the original “CSI” franchise this season. What you probably didn’t know is that CBS is paying him more than FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLARS to do so. Nikki Finke says:
Fishburne is being paid “north of $14 million” for his CSI gig. And here the world thinks Les Moonves’ CBS Inc is flat broke. His debut on the show, which was also William Petersen’s finale, logged its best ratings since its season premiere, averaging 20.9 million viewers and a 5.8 rating/15 share among adults 18-49, easily winning its hour. Since then, it’s still a Top 5 show.
Excellent call by CBS. You really need a big star like Fishburne to replace a big star like That Guy With The Beard. I mean, That Guy With The Beard was in Fear! He practically MADE Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon!
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I like how you refer to “that guy with the beard” ONLY as “That Guy With The Beard” and don’t even bother to use his real name.
I like that!
Don’t forget that
Wil PetersonThat Guy with The Beard” was also in Manhunter and the made for TV phenomenon The Beast.also he was in the movie The Skull’s.
[gay voice] you’re REACHIIINNNGGG [/gay voice]
Don’t forget “To Live and Die in LA.” One of the greatest ’80s movies starring the guy with the beard.