Now playing in this week's Mitovich Mega Minute:
• On the heels of Danny and Lindsay finding wedded bliss — and yes, Flack and Angell being hit with heartbreak — might CSI: NY's Stella and Mac be the next to turn their professional partnership into something more? Melina Kanakaredes weighs in on that hot topic.
• Saving Grace's Ham could find himself in a lather when a sexy soap opera alum guest-stars on the TNT series and sets her sights on Grace's guy. Find out who's entering the mix, and for how long. (Related: Read Kenneth Johnson's Saving Grace celebrity blog.)
Watch and discuss the new MMM after the jump.
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Lest anyone miss it, you are hereby reminded that CSI: NY's season finale airs this Thursday at 10 pm/ET, on CBS.
Series star Melina Kanakaredes came by TVGuide.com to preview the season-ender, in which one team member breathes his or her final breath.
"Listen, someone dies every episode," she says, "but it's not always that ...
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Some fresh blood is turning up on CSI: NY.Ex-Dawson's Creeker Kerr Smith and Shark's Bess Wohl are joining the cast as recurring players this season. Smith, last seen in Fox's short-lived Justice, will play Drew Becker, an expert in forged documents and a love interest for Stella (Melina Kanakaredes). "Well, he pretends to be an expert in forged documents," clarifies executive producer Pam Veasey. "He has a mysterious background that we are slowly developing. He's a love interest who has an ulterior motive."Meanwhile, Wohl, who, in addition to a two-episode stint on Shark has guest-starred on Cold Case and Ghost Whisperer, will play a new lab tech and a good friend of Adam's (A.J. Buckley). For more CSI: NY prattle — including some good news for Danny/Lindsay-shippers — check out the post-press-tour edition of Ask Ausiello on Aug. 1.
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Question: Do you have any new spoilers about CSI: NY?
Answer: The show has put out a casting call for a child actress who looks like Stella (Melina Kanakaredes) at 8 years old. Not so coincidentally, they're also looking for a thirtysomething female to play a woman from Stella's past who harbors a secret identity.
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Something remarkable happened while shooting this season's opening episode of CBS' CSI: NY (Wednesdays at 10 pm/ET). Instead of the usual nose-holding over the rotting corpse du jour, the actors huddling around the playback monitors were doing puppy-dog head tilts and whispering, "Awww."
"It was so sweet," says Melina Kanakaredes, who plays the normally tough-talking detective Stella Bonasera. "I mean, Mac and Peyton are adorable together."
Sweet? Adorable? Is this CSI: NY or 7th Heaven? After two seasons of by-the-book forensic gumshoeing, the crime drama's focus has suddenly shifted to topics that are decidedly more… cuddly. And it's not just the actors who are cooing. New, more personal story lines, including the burgeoning affair between hard-bitten Manhattan investigator Mac Tayl
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