http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/conten...60d77b1b8bad484

I was shocked and suprised and a little sad to read this. I wonder if this is true? Though I can also understand why Erbe, D'Onofrio wouldn't want to do this anymore. 9 years is a long to play the same characters.

Just got the alert on Googlealerts. It looks legit.

I am almost crying.

LOL

This is a mistake. It will be Criminal Intents last season.

I for one, will be leaving with Goren and Eames.

I had a feeling when it was taking so long for announcements to be made, but I didn't want to add to the paranoia.

I too will be leaving with them.

Bittersweet that Erbe, D'Onofrio and Bogosian are leaving together

IMO, TPTB have tanked the show.

*sob*

You are not the only one. Some svu fans on Twitter were also unhappy and pissed when they heard the
news. I saw Vdovault there. I've never seen her tweet so mad. Criminal Intent was the first show that
got me interested, and then SVU. Since then, I've been watching VDO's movies. If he leaves, I'm going
to miss him and his character.

Don't be sad alone. Let's be sad together. :Hugs:

I'm shocked...shocked. And then I'm sad, CI will be different. To compare this tragedy, Grimssom a prime CSI favorite left CSI in its ninth season midway, so I don't know when in the season Goren, Eames will depart.

I felt Eric's last season will be this one.

At least I'm glad, it will be the first season of the series to start off with a two parter and I wonder how that will play off. (ala In the Wee Small Hours--the only two parter in the show so far). Maybe we get to see Goren and Nichols together.

Please, please producers and writers of the show, let Goren leave the way Goren began. The way we loved him since the beginning.

I'm glad Jeff is staying and proabably if Rodgers stay on she after Goren and Eames leave will be the only character that has appeared every season.

I'm just wondering how is this going work out? Like Grissom left in CSI? Like Lex left in Smallville? I just wonder????

Who knows maybe Vincent might change his mind before the new season begins, March 2010 is a long time away.

I think we should deluge him with letters of love and support...and do the same to the network and the producers. Tell them not to ruin our show by turning it into fluff.

I totally agree with you!! I think they are nuts to make it fluffy, there are enought fluffy shows on the air now!! We don't need another one. I also agree with Outerbankschick that we should send letters of love and support to TPTB and the actors. Go for it, I feel sad now!! I also had a feeling that this was going to happen for some reason, like I thought it was weird that TV Guide didn't have the show listed in the returning favorites issue and they took so long to announce. I feel like crying. I think I am still in shock!! I was kind of hoping that it wasn't true. but its sounding like it is.

I also agree that the 9th Season will probably be the last season for the show when they leave, it will probably be cancelled. I'll bet money on it.

That does sound like a good idea. Svu producer Neal Baer gave me his office address, so I could mail him my compliment letter, and he did reply back. I’m sure the CI officials will be happy to read your letters of support.

Contact Farrah Hersh

Hope that cheers you up, my friend.

[quote name='SecretPhoenix' date='Sep 24 2009, 11:07 PM' post='1203668']
Just got the alert on Googlealerts. It looks legit.

I am almost crying.

LOL

This is a mistake. It will be Criminal Intents last season.

I for one, will be leaving with Goren and Eames.
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me too. My heart is being broken twice. No Logan. No Goren. No show!

Law And Order has survived Huge cast changes and has done just fine. This won't be the case with LOCI.

Criminal Intent was built around Vincent, it can't survive without him.

I hope to God it was Vincent's, Kate's and Eric's choice to leave. If this was USA's idea or Dick Wolfs.....What a bone head move.

This show will not survive without Vincent and Kathryn. They were and are, the heart of the show for me.

Once they are gone, so will i.

The show will not be renewed after their departure, no matter whom they cast.

It was fantastic while it lasted but without Vincent and Kathryn, they have nothing. 'The Practice' lasted a season without the principal characters (but spun off into Boston Legal if i'm lead to believe).

Thank you Kathryn and Vincent for your hard work, your dedication and the regular trips into the world of Eames and Goren, it was one hell of a ride!

I don't think this is his choice, or Kathryn's. It sounds like it's the result of money negotiations, they can't and don't want to afford them.

Everything I have read so far indicates that they are being dropped to make a lighter tone show.More in line with other USA shows;Pysch,Burn Notice,and most notable Monk.
Trying to center more on Goldblum's quirkyness.

I say piss on that,the only reason I watch this show is because of D'Onofrio and Erbe.You get rid of them USA and you lose ALOT of your viewers and kill the show.Me and my family will not be watching it after they are let go,Goldblum is ok but he is not D'Onofrio.

Good job USA you guys suck.....

They don't want to lose Monk's fanbase, so they are transferring it's quirkiness to our show because they are too Goddamn stupid to know that this show had fans too. I trusted USA to make good calls, now I realise that idea was as dumb as this idea of theirs. Since Eric Bogosian is gone, I suggest a chimp for a new boss who throws poo. That should create a fan base and I know you writers will love it. Hey, I live somewhere in Texas. Come find me, kill my parents and my cat and sodimise me, you're so damn good at destroying what I love.

I don't know why I bother with this whole "being alive" crap when it's just one big disappointment after another.

I am devastated by this news. Watching Goren was always a highlight for me, and I always delighted in new episodes. I don't guess I have to say this, but I will--when he leaves, so will I. Nichols is just not enough of a draw for me. As far as I am concerned, D'Onofrio is CI. This is a death knoll for the show, and that makes me sad because it is one of the few smart cop shows on television--and it was Goren that made it so. I feel like I'm going to a funeral :-(

But it doesn't have to be a smart show anymore. Smart shows are boring anyway, USA wants funny kooky shows so the people in the boondoks will watch it. Fluff and a lack of all reason are the name of the game for TPTB.

I'll add my disappointment and sadness. While I do like the character of Nichols, I do not feel that LOCI can survive without VDO and Erbe. As has already been stated, they ARE LOCI and I do not see the show surviving without them.

I'm inclined to believe that this a move by USA and the powers that be to save money since VDO has stated that he would stay with the show for the long run and for as long as 'they' wanted him. Well, we know that the fans want him to stay, so obviously 'they' are the inmates in charge of the asylum that is USA.

We do know that Mr. D'Onofrio is busy filming movies so at least his fans and supporters will be allowed to appreciate and enjoy his work post-LOCI. I wish all of them well in their future projects but will miss Goren, Eames and Ross.

This show has been my fav law and order and I just love D'onfrio and Erbe, if they leave I will def not watch the show again. I read they want to turn it into another MONK, just leave monk on and let law and order alone. D'Onfrio makes this show, he is awesome. Goldblum sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please stay on Vincent.

I'm going to play devil's advocate here. While I know that USA and TPTB are pretty much to blame for the current state of affairs. Does anyone wonder if VDO had his fill of crappy scripts and out of sequence airings? I'm not calling him down or saying anything bad about him. Because if I were in his shoes, with his talent, I'd be pretty disappointed with USA's treatment of LOCI last season. And color me not surprised that Erbe and Bogosian are going with him. Maybe the fact that they are all leaving proves it's a money and fluff issue. But I choose to believe that there is a loyalty between these actors and a commitment to the characters that is causing them to all go together.

I hated to see the announcement, but like many fans I had been expecting bad news. Lower ratings, scripts not really written for the G/E characters, delayed news concerning season 9, excessive and exclusive promotion of all things Goldblum, episodes shown in a random order-signaled that change was coming for the show - i will miss G/E and CI.
I don't think VDO or KE were interested enough to continue in those circumstances.

All we can hope for is that USA thinks a nice send-off for these long term characters will boost ratings in future airings.

Unfortunately, life isn't fluffy, and sometimes we need a reminder of that. CI shows us that life is serious, but it also shows, at least with Goren and Eames, that there are professionals out there who care about making things better. For me, just the pleasure of watching Goren was always enough. Sigh. This is just the cherry on top of a very bad cake for me. This last week...My oldest daughter was injured in a car accident. She was stopped and rearended by a guy doing 50--pushed the rear bumper up to the back seat where the baby was in his car seat; baby is fine--yay car seat. My middle daughter had to quit her job because her supervisor would not let her take her insulin on the job--how is the kid supposed to work a 10 hour shift without eating, and if she eats, she has to take her insulin. This is life sustaining; she isn't pretending to be diabetic. My sister informed us that she's leaving her controlling husband and then no one hears from her for a week. I was getting ready to take tonight off and drive up to NY to make sure she's ok, but she finally called my mother; it will be a very messy divorce if he has his way. My son's girlfriend's father went on a trip to Vegas, and he collapsed and died of a heart attack. He was 53. They just got back from his funeral in Toronto. And now this. I'm saying 'uncle' and throwing in the towel. No more bad news for awhile, okay, people?

They're calling this a fiscal decision. Well, you know, sometimes, if you want quality and staying power, you have to pay for it. Now, CI is losing both, so who's the winner here? No one. Vincent did not plan to leave CI. This decision came from TPTB. Well, no one said you had to be smart to be a boss...

I am saddened beyond tears. I new this day would come but I didn't think it would be for a while. According to one article I read, VDO might be returning as a guest star sometimes. At least they won't kill his character off. Maybe he and Eames will get married and run off together. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I really hope they don't kill any characters off, including Eames and Ross

InfinityStar, as I tear up reading about what I think is truly the end of LOCI, I want to send my sincere heartfelt regards to you and your family. As deeply deeply saddened as I am about this announcement, it really is just a fictional show. We have tragedies in life that we cannot turn off like we do the TV. I know for me, LOCI has been a wonderful escape from reality, and I mourn not being able to watch my favorite characters develop further.

Miss InfinityStar, I look forward to reading your fanfics to find out "what happened next" in the lives of our favorite detectives. Take care of yourself.

::HUGS::

And hugs and cheesecake to all my fellow LOCI board members, and D'Onofrio, Erbe, and Bogosian. Ugh--so incredily sad.

No this cannot be happening i cannot beleive what i have been reading what are we going to do without them i am almost in tears doing this message it will not be the same so yes by what some of you said if they are leaving then i will be leaving with them but at the moment i am only going through with this for all of you because we have only just finished S6 over here in the UK so you all do have my thoughts for you i am so sorry to hear this

LOL, this is like the smartest move ever. You kill the show Monk and transfer it to LOCI?! This is genius. Fastest way to kill 2 shows almost at once. Really, genius stuff going on at USA...

What the heck, lol, I loved LOCI because it wasn't a fluffy show! But maybe unsteady is right: smart shows are boring. Entertainment has to be dumb, especially on TV

By the way... scarlet, I agree the last season was quite disappointing compared to any of the previous ones. And I certainly don't blame it on the actors and their acting skills.

I do understand VDO et al. would have had to leave eventually, sooner or later, like it or not... But I don't think this is the best way to handle it.

If they wanted another Monk, they just had to keep Monk running. Period.
It's just as simple as that...
Monk fans would be happy, Monks ratings still doing strong.
LOCI fans would be happy, LOCI ratings still doing strong.

Heck, is it SO complicated??? You don't need a PhD in Psychology, ya know... It's just pure and simple logical reasoning combined with common sense. Two things no one teaches anyway. Either you have them or you don't

BYE BYE USA.... You just lost me as a viewer.

I hope Saffron Burrows didn't sign a long term lease on a New York apartment, because there is NO WAY CI is going to survive without Vincent and Kate.

If the choice to 'exit', as they so politely put it, was made by Vincent D'Onofrio - for whom LOCI was originally written!! - Kathryn Erbe, and Eric Bogosian, I'm fine with it. My (GIGANTIC) problem with the news is that it sounds like they've been pushed out, because USA don't want to pay for them, and they think the sun shines out of Jeff Goldblum's nether regions. If I wanted a 'fluff' cop show, I'd watch 'Monk'. Everyone I know watches LOCI now inspite of Jeff, not because of him.

I'd like to thank Vincent and Kate (and Eric) for the years they've put in on the show. USA don't deserve any of you - especially Vincent - so I wish you many years of continued success, but oh, I'm gonna miss you so much....

May I suggest the Bobby-lovers out there watch ONLY the shows he's in and ignores the Goldblum ones completely. Mostly we've watched both to keep the ratings up and the show there, so it's time we took the gloves off and let USA know exactly how p**sed off we all are. Shame on you USA, you're an absolute disgrace

Dick Wolf (so I hear) said that the L&O's are built around the stories not the cast. Well, for me that is not true of CI. Without VDO and KE it will be just another tv show. Nothing that I HAVE to see or look forward to seeing. I hope that VDO and KE make some movies so that we can still see them.

(Infinity Star-I'm sorry for your family's troubles and your daughter should sue her ignorant, discriminating employer)

The L&O mothership is having a way longer life because it's never been "personal". (I might be wrong, because I haven't followed the mothership in the last couple of years so I don't where they are going...)

If LOCI was only about the stories, not the cast/characters, then I think they shouldn't have given out so much info on Goren's (or other characters') private life, past, present issues etc... I mean, you want a show based on crime stories? Fine, stick to crime stories. Don't feed the spectators with the characters' personal stories too.
But then again, maybe I'm a too simple person...

And I just remembered that back in season 8 I had read that those infamous 'powers that be' wanted Chris Noth to come back for an episode or 2 in seson 9 as Logan to wind up his story line with Wheeler. Since Julianne is not coming back, I'm assuming Noth isn't coming back.

And if that's the case, even though the article indicates VDO may return on a recurring basis, how do we even begin to trust USA after pulling the rug out from under us like this?

[InfinityStar - my thoughts are with you and your family. I would think your daughter has a definite discrimination case against her boss. How can anyone deny an employ the right to their medication?]

Okay, okay, the news is ligitimate as far as I know. The worst has happened. Though we have every right to show our anger, we can begin the whole healing process.

In Dr. Olivet's words, "Acceptance, unsteady..."

Well, I guess I'll live too

Yes I will too. I wish them well and a decent send off that's all I really want.

So, so sorry for all your bad news, IS. You and your family will be in my prayers.






Very sad news to wake up to this morning! I agree that IF it were VDO, KE, and EB that wanted to leave, then this would be bearable. It does sound like it was not their choice, however, and so there's a lot of anger along with my sadness. I hope they know how much they have meant to so many people.

However, I am going to say something that is probably unpopular at the moment. I'm not leaving the show. I thoroughly enjoyed Zach Nichols this last season, and if they continue to produce episodes for him like they did this last season, I will be stick with the show. If I reach the point that I just can't stand the show, then I'll leave. But I remember that many people thought Goldblum got the best scripts this last season (I'm not one of them, I thought G/E had some awesome scripts), so if the show and the character continues to be intriguing why would I leave?

I remember when Logan left the mothership...there were rumors (and I have no idea if they were true) that Dick Wolf wanted to replace him with someone "younger". I was furious and thought I wouldn't watch it again. But I did (had to see my Lennie!) and discovered that Benjamin Bratt was growing on me. And then Jesse Martin and so on. There have been some seasons I wasn't crazy about, but the last two seasons of Law and Order have been great. So I did indeed survive the loss of Logan (TWICE now!) and I will survive this. It remains to be seen if the show will survive. But I will be sticking with it....I'm in this for long haul.

I too, am sorry for the sad news of VDO leaving, which I just read this morning as well. I have been online, just reading your posts, and quite surprised by some. Myself or ciaddict new nothing more than you guys did, I do want to make that perfectly clear. IMO, USA should have notified the moderators so we could have posted it first, to inform the members of the LOCI forum, but that's not how it happened. I'm not shocked at all by this, just by watching USA, and noticing no preview's at all for LOCI next season, when you're seeing all the other shows new season's beginning, like L&O, which premiere's tonight for it's 20th season, and L&OSVU's new season beginning last Wed., which was a great show. I think what's really sad is the way they just sort of swept LOCI under the rug, and putting all their, whomever they are, effort's into the other L&O shows. I guess that's what upset's me the most.

Wow, go back to work for three days and the whole place falls to crap.

I just heard the news...This sucks..It really does. But I wont give up on the show...I'm sure theres alot of things going on behind scene that us "fans" arent privy to. I know that VDO enjoys the show and said he'd stay as long as they wanted him, But I also know, that he really enjoys making movies better. He said he took this role because it gave him more time with his family, He liked the Goren character, but I sincerly feel, that he is happy with this outcome...Especially if he continues to make guest appearances.

As for Eames and Ross...well, they were also movie stars before they became tv stars. Perhaps its for the best. Last season, we all sensed a change in the show. From the bassackwards episode airings to the writers giving G/E less story time...(as far a meat goes)...N/W definatly had a better series of story lines. I think we all saw this coming. USA network wants more comedy, light and fun. I say lets give them that chance. I for one would like to see how they plan on fazing out the lead characters(hopefully not by death)..and making the very dark dramatic show that we love into a...comedy..? sheesh...it will definatly be worth a watch...for a while...

So, ok..heres the deal...the articles all say that VDO will be back for guest appearances...which is good right? that means they dont kill him off! Perhaps, Ross goes back to doing what he did before coming to major case...leave with wheeler or something...didnt they come in together? Eames..well I'm hoping she makes Captian after all...and maybe, justy maybe, Goren gets promoted to Senior partner, and goes to a different squad, or back to narcotics ...there are soooo many possibilities!

Lets think about these endless possibilities instead of worring over something we cant change....and look forward to all the movies and other tv shows that our favorite actors and actresses become part of. Logan...he's doing the Good wife..Cortney B Vance is in a new series called Flash Forward...so whos to say that the rest wont follow suit? I'm looking forward to it, rather then think of the negitive.

I am not there yet.

::: tries to comfort MaherJunkie with a freshly mixed Mimosa :::

gts, does that come with valium on the side?

hey krod, I don't usually mix valium with cocktails, lol... ok, how about some Valeriana?

Why not, right?

Ahhh....see...I had the right idea all along ...

I wrote before on the Criminal Intent US board that this would happen and I was shot down for it, but really what else could we expect when they bring goldbloom on to play a character virtually the same as Goren, it was obvious TPTB were plotting this ever since last season ended, and maybe before. USA has no class whatever, we firstget snippets from theA.. hole and now from The Hollywood Reporter, where is the respect for the viewers who watch their programs and give them the numbers that made them first in ranking among cable viewers. I can't get USA here in Canada so I rely on NBC and CTV I will no longer have to wait for them to play catch-up with the final show starring Mr. D'onofrio I can pretend those networks no longer exist and good riddance to them. Also as I did when I e-mailed with a request to renew the show and keep Vince and Kate, I will be e-mailing my opinions on this to USA and NBC and I no longer need to be polite.

I just clicked on that link again, did anyone else get a 5 minute Nielson ratings survey ad pop up?

I'm so blue I don't even feel like going over to the Chris thread.

I had no problem leaving a message, I went to the main page and accessed Feedback. They acknowleged it was received.

I just read it on jazzy's blog..WTF..I'm still in denile for what I just read..so USA thinkss they will still have a great show without Bobby..???..and Eames and Ross..YEA RIGHT!!USA folks are sooo stupid to think there show will be better without the 3 leading caraters,which make the show!!Well..is there own fault,I feel sooo sad and confused still!!Bye,bye LOCI..you are dead without Bobby,Eames and Ross!!
On the other hand they can have time to do movies or oders shows,especial VDO loves to do movies,sooo if he more happyer like that,I Wwill be soon OK with it!!