In the last issue of Entertainment Weekly (September 17, 2010), there is a short preview of CSI‘s 11th season with show runner Carol Mendelsohn’s comment on how this season might turn out for Marg’s character, Catherine Willows. Thanks KayLyne for the article (contains mild spoilers)!
CSI
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Season 11 picks up where the show left off last spring, with Dr. Ray Langston (Laurence Fishburne) in a pool of blood after being stabbed by “Dick & Jane” serial killer Nate Haskell (Bill Irwin). We’re guessing he’s fine, so let’s move on to bigger news: Justin Bieber makes his acting debut in the season premiere! He will play a kid who belongs to “a group who believe that our country has been co-opted by profiteers,” says exec producer Carol Mendelsohn. (Bieber will also make an appearance during February sweeps.) Also look for a new love interest for Catherine (Marg Helgenberger, who maintains this will be her final year on the hit). “It is a transitional year for Catherine,” says Mendelsohn, holding out hope that her star will reconsider. “It could be a way to end things for her—or to begin things.”
Source: Entertainment Weekly, September 17, 2010