Back to Work
The National Ledger has a little story about Joe Mantegna’s thoughts about going back to work after the writers’ strike. Here’s an excerpt from the story (for the rest, click here):
Joe Mantegna reports that since his “Criminal Minds” series returned from its strike-induced production break, the team has been putting in extra hours, including Saturdays, “to put us back on track. We’re under the gun, but it’s a good thing. To tell you the truth, I don’t mind it. I like this pace. There’s a saying that we work for free and they pay us to wait. For every minute you’re on camera, you spend 59 waiting. That’s not the case here. There’s not a lot of waiting, which I appreciate, especially coming from theater.”
The show returns with seven new episodes beginning April 2. And, according to Mantegna, the show has “been picked up already for the next season. That’s the game plan, let’s say. We’ll take a short hiatus and do extra episodes to catch up.”
Criminal Minds is on tonight at nine on CBS. “In Birth and Death,” has the team in disarray and trying to catch a serial killer who uses his son as bait.
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