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Mandy Patinkin: TV Guide News

New Face, Same Old Minds | Roush Dispatch | 10/31/2007
Say this for Joe Mantegna: He doesn’t make Criminal Minds any worse. Like that’s even possible. This inexplicably popular crime drama remains the most pretentious, the most simplistic and the most dehumanizing of CBS’ current glut of procedurals. Replacing Mandy Patinkin, who quit between seasons — I’m guessing he finally watched an episode — Mantegna makes a valiant effort at creating an actual character, but he invariably gets lost amid the wood (his supporting... read more
The New Season: Wednesday Heats Up | Roush Dispatch | 9/26/2007
First, an important public-service announcement: Tonight on The War, we relive D-Day, a momentous turning point in military history brought to vivid life by those who lived through it, courtesy of Ken Burns' masterful way with documentary narrative. I know this is premiere week, and Wednesday is the most competitive night for new shows this season, but I wouldn't be doing my duty if I didn't remind everyone that this is TV you not only shouldn't miss, but it's an experience you'll never forget.... read more
How Mandy's Departure Brought People Together | Inside the Criminal Minds | 9/24/2007
Criminal Minds is back! Well, at least in the homes of America it is. It's been back for us since the start of June. While you guys were busy watching shows that judged whether people could dance, sing, spell and lose weight, we've been coming up with new ways to terrify America and rescue those in fictional peril. Currently we're shooting our eighth episode and have writers working on up to the 12th episode. So, in our minds it's the middle of the season. I had to think back a little to... read more
The New TV Season: Burning Questions Answered! | The Biz | 9/5/2007
The 2007-08 season is starting soon and there are many questions looming. After consulting a few network insiders, The Biz is going to try to answer a few of the big ones.Will Private Practice be the next Joey?Ah, the much maligned spin-off. The answer is no. The audience still has a lot of goodwill towards Grey's Anatomy. ABC has surrounded it on Wednesday with two of its strongest pilots, Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money. It has a solid night, with Private Practice as a presold tent pole... read more
Exclusive: Mandy Patinkin Returns to Criminal Minds! | Ausiello Report | 8/14/2007
Mandygate just gets weirder and weirder. My moles at Criminal Minds have just confirmed for me exclusively that disgraced cranky-pants Mandy Patinkin will be returning to the show this fall after all — but only for one episode (airing Oct. 3), so as to provide some closure for his Gideon character. Strange as that may sound, though, that isn't the really odd part: He'll only be in one scene, and he'll essentially be the only one in it.Why? Well, duh! My spies tell me that no one in the... read more
Criminal Minds Trades Inigo Montoya for Joe Mantegna | Today's News: Our Take | 8/11/2007
Prior to the recording of this week's podcast, Ausiello said Joe Mantegna was Criminal Minds' new front-runner, and this time the front-runner actually crossed the finish line. Joan of Arcadia's pop has been called upon to fill the vacancy left when Mandy Patinkin... well, we're still not 100 percent sure what he did. "We are very excited to tell you all that Joe Mantegna is officially joining the cast," Bernero shares at the Criminal Minds Fanatic blog. "Thanks for hanging with us,... read more
Harvey Keitel Out of Running for Criminal Minds Lead | TV Guide News Report | 8/9/2007
Harvey, we hardly knew ya. Just hours after word broke that Harvey Keitel was thisclose to signing a contract with Criminal Minds for the spot left vacant by the disappearing Mandy Patinkin, sources say the deal is no longer on the table. This makes Keitel the latest big name to be stricken from the show’s most-wanted list. Others include Geena Davis, Michael Keaton and Bob Hoskins. Despite the suspense surrounding the search, we hear the show is still chugging along fine without the... read more
Harvey Keitel Emerges as Front-runner for Criminal Minds Top Spot | TV Guide News Report | 8/8/2007
Looks like the mystery surrounding who will replace Mandy Patinkin on Criminal Minds is closer to being solved. Sources tell TV Guide that the producers and the network are in serious negotiations with Harvey Keitel.While not a done deal yet, this is the closest they’ve come to filling the role. This would mark the Oscar-nominated actor's first series-lead role. —Reporting by Jonathan Small read more
Ask Ausiello | 8/8/2007
Any news on Mandy Patinkin's sudden departure from Criminal Minds? read more
Thelma, Batman Not Criminal-Minded: Who's Left to Replace Mandy? | Ausiello Report | 8/7/2007
It's official. Doris Roberts and I are the only two remaining showbiz "names" that haven't been approached about replacing Mandy Patinkin on Criminal Minds.Early on, you'll recall, Oscar winner Geena Davis was considered to be the front-runner to get the job. But she took a pass, according to my spy, because she wasn't keen on "the nature of the show." (Funny — she didn't seem to have a problem with "the nature" of the Geena Davis Show, and that was god-awful.) Michael Keaton nixed the... read more
Scoop! Patinkin's Minds Successor Found? | Ausiello Report | 7/20/2007
The search for Mandy Patinkin's replacement on Criminal Minds may be over.At CBS' press-tour soiree this evening, Minds man Shemar Moore essentially confirmed what I've been hearing all day: Geena Davis has emerged as the front-runner to succeed Patinkin. Moore, who was in a very chatty mood, also name-dropped Michael Keaton as a possible successor, but sources tell me that Keaton has officially passed. What else did Moore have to say? Loads. • On Patinkin's abrupt exit: "I don't like... read more
Criminal Minds, Mandy Patinkin Confirm Parting of Ways | Today's News: Our Take | 7/16/2007
As first teased in Michael Ausiello's TCA press tour diary, CBS and Criminal Minds lead Mandy Patinkin have agreed to disagree and thus part ways effective immediately, meaning that fans of the hit crime drama have seen the last of Jason Gideon. "Mandy Patinkin asked to be released from his role on Criminal Minds. We have honored this request, which was not in any way connected to contract renegotiations or salary issues," says a statement from CBS Paramount Network Television and ABC Studios... read more
Exclusive: Mandy Patinkin (Sort Of) Returning to Criminal Minds | Ausiello Report | 7/15/2007
This just in: Sources confirm that Mandy Patinkin has agreed to return to Criminal Minds for one episode this fall to wrap up his story.The news comes just hours after Minds exec producer Ed Bernero posted this blistering message on the show's No. 1 fansite regarding Patinkin's vanishing act:"There have been several reports recently in the media about the Mandy Patinkin situation on Criminal Minds. Firstly, they are true — Mr. Patinkin has left the show. What's troubling to us, though, is... read more
On Your Mark, Get Set, Press Tour! | Ausiello Report | 7/14/2007
Greetings from the loverly Beverly Hills Hilton, site of the 2007 Television Critics Assoc. Press Tour! My annual two-week orgy of scoop, swag and snacks got off to a inauspicious start yesterday when our 737 was forced to return to the gate at JFK not once, but twice. The first time to let two passengers off the plane, and the second time – this one coming just seconds before liftoff – to fix a mechanical problem. We finally made it to LAX, only to find another jet parked at our gate... read more
Criminal Minds Cuts Patinkin from Premiere | Ausiello Report | 7/12/2007
Another summer, another CBS actor forgets to set his/her alarm. Multiple sources confirm that Mandy Patinkin is being written out of the season premiere of Criminal Minds after he failed to report to work. Reps for the show declined comment, but it's safe to assume that the actor/chanteuse is embroiled in some kind of nasty contract standoff with the network. (The work stoppage was first reported by the sleuths over at E! Online.)Coincidentally, Minds just put out a casting call for a character... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 5/16/2007
In the pantheon of Criminal Minds madmen, Frank (Keith Carradine) deserves a special spot in hell. The twisted sexual sa read more
Super Bowl Sunday: Après le Déluge | Roush Dispatch | 2/5/2007
The best thing I saw on Super Bowl Sunday? Pan’s Labyrinth. But that’s a different story (or a different column). Anything to get out of doors (even in the frigid cold) to skip the first few hours of pre-Super Bowl hype.The worst thing I saw on Super Bowl Sunday? A typically unpleasant, thoroughly predictable episode of Criminal Minds that followed the big game. More on that later.In between, we had a game played in torrential rain that had plenty of reversals (how slippery was that... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 12/20/2006
As Gideon's squad of serial crime fighters adds sexy Paget Brewster to their ranks, TV Guide debriefs the former Mrs. Hu read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 10/25/2006
Call it Stealth Television. Last season, CBS' Criminal Minds (Wednesdays at 9 pm/ET) simmered just below pop culture's b read more
Ask Ausiello | 4/12/2006
For two weeks you said you would have some Criminal Minds scoop, but I have yet to see it. What gives? Sorry for read more