Marg: It’s Time to Move On

Express.co.uk published an article titled Marg Helgenberger Quits CSI Crime Lab After Finding New Love with a few quotes from Marg. It talks about Marg’s decision to leave CSI and how art imitates life as both Marg and her character Catherine Willows find new love.

Marg Helgenberger Quits CSI Crime Lab After Finding New Love

Saturday August 28,2010
By Mike Parker

MARG Helgenberger is to leave the hit Channel Five show after 11 years as the crime lab’s leading lady.

Viewers will see feisty crime scene sleuth Catherine Willows fall head over heels for Detective Vartann, played by Alex Carter, before disappearing into the sunset.

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Marg to Attend the Pageant of the Masters VIP Gala

By Erica • Filed in: News

Marg is expected to attend the 2010 Pageant Celebrity Gala Benefit by Pageant of the Masters in Los Angeles in the evening of Saturday, August 28, 2010. The gala will be hosted by Dancing with the Stars finalist Mario Lopez. Expected guests include Drew Tyler Bell, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler, Gregory Itzin, Joe Mantegna and more. Here is what the gala’s guest list says about Marg:

Marg Helgenberger- She is most famous for her role as “Catherine Willows” on the series CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION. She has also numerous times on ER, CHINA BEACH, SHELL GAME and RYAN’S HOPE. Recently she was seen on RACHAEL RAY and will be seen next in CONAN: RED NAILS.

Source: Pageant of the Masters

For more information on the benifit, please visit the 2010 Pageant Celebrity Gala Benefit Info page. We will keep an eye for you and see if there’s any photo from the event.

Marg Joins the 2010 “Stand Up to Cancer” Special

By Erica • Filed in: News

After the success in 2008, Stand Up to Cancer will hold another TV special on Friday, September 10, 2010 to raise funds for cancer research. Hosted by evening news anchors of CBS, ABC and NBC, Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer, and Brian Williams, the show will be broadcast live at 8pm/7c on various networks, and Marg is among the talents confirmed to take part in it. Other participants include Christina Applegate, Lance Armstrong, Delta Goodrem, Michael C. Hall, Laura Linney, Ray Liotta, Martina McBride, Mandy Moore, Sharon Osbourne, Jim Parsons, Reese Witherspoon, Fran Drescher, Cindy Crawford and more.

SEPTEMBER 10th LANDMARK ONE-HOUR FUNDRAISING BROADCAST TO FEATURE LUMINARIES FROM FILM, TV, MUSIC, NEWS & SPORTS

AUGUST 19, 2010 / LA & NYC – An extraordinary line-up of actors, musicians, athletes and journalists have banded together for Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), the groundbreaking initiative aimed at raising funds to accelerate innovative cancer research bringing new therapies to patients quickly that will saves lives now. Stand Up To Cancer will return to primetime TV on September 10, 2010, at 8PM EST & PST / 7PM CT. The one-hour fundraising event will be simulcast live and commercial-free on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Bio, Discovery Health, E!, G4, HBO, HBO Latino, MLB Network, mun2, Showtime, Smithsonian Channel, The Style Network, TV One, and VH1.

Source: SU2C | Read full press release

Marg also attended the 2008 SU2C special. You can view photos from the night by browsing our SU2C 2008 photo album.

Carol Mendelsohn Plans to Beg Marg to Stay

By Erica • Filed in: Career, Media, News

TV Guide’s William Keck who was at CBS’ TCA Summer Press Tour Party on July 28 posted scoops he got there. Here’s the part about CSI. Contains mild spoilers:

CSI show runner Carol Mendelsohn tells me Bill Irwin will be reprising his role as inmate Nathan Haskell in the show’s 11th season premiere, then return for three additional episodes in a story arc that will finally introduce the wife of Laurence Fishburne’s Dr. Raymond Langston. “Toward the end of the season, Mrs. Langston will play a pivotal role,” says Mendelsohn. Plus, hearing that Marg Helgenberger has decided to end her long run as Catherine Willows this season, Mendelsohn says she plans to “start begging on my knees as the season progresses. No one ever leaves the CSI family, so we’ll see.” Finally, Mendelsohn has been speaking with Jorja Fox (Sara) about how to explain to the audience why Sara has been apart from her husband Grissom for so long. Unfortunately, she has so far been unsuccessful in her repeated attempts to sway William Petersen back for a guest spot to explain the divide.

Source: Keck’s Exclusives @ TV Guide

Season 11 Will Be Marg’s Last Season of CSI

By Erica • Filed in: Career, News

Marg has confirmed to TV Guide’s William Keck that she will only be in 19 episodes in CSI’s 11th season and that she thinks they will be her last CSI episodes. Apart from the reason behind her upcoming departure and the possible way for Catherine to exit the show, she also talked about both her and Catherine’s love lives.

TV Guide Magazine: With a pay raise, you were in line to top Law & Order: SVU’s Mariska Hargitay as TV’s highest-paid actress, right?

Helgenberger: I did not get a pay raise this year. I asked to do less episodes, so I am doing only 19. CBS was also using the poor economy as a way to pull in the reins, so honestly all of us took pay cuts this year. Because I’m doing [fewer episodes], I won’t be making as much. Plus, I negotiated to do a few episodes in which I’m only working three days, so the salary was adjusted. Apart from the money, I wasn’t quite ready to let go of the character and the people I work with.

For full interview, please go to Keck’s Exclusives @ TV Guide:

Keck’s Exclusives: Marg Helgenberger Prepares to Leave CSI