IKE TURNER joins the cast of CSI!!! (Well, if by "Ike Turner" you mean "Laurence Fishburne"...)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" has solved the mystery of who will replace departing CBS series star William Petersen: It's Laurence Fishburne.

Fishburne, an Emmy and Tony winner, will be introduced in the ninth episode of the upcoming 10th season, the network told The Associated Press on Monday. He'll play a forensics scientist with a secret.

"I am elated and delighted to be joining the cast of 'CSI,' " Fishburne said in a statement, adding that he looked forward to a "wonderful collaboration" with those involved in the series.

Fishburne plays a college lecturer and former pathologist who is focused on why people commit acts of violence.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/18/csi.fishburne.ap/index.html

[Bake]

1. Why is Petersen leaving????

Bake

[SeattleGirl]

2. I've been trying to find out too. I do know that he is staying on as an

executive producer, which he has been for most of the run of the show.

I hate it that he's leaving, but I think picking LF up is a good move.

[SurfingAtWork]

3. "Fishburne plays a college lecturer and former pathologist who is focused on why people commit acts"

Awww :-( I was hoping that he'd be reprising his Morpheus role.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. I think that Fishburne appearing as IKE would out-Lynch David Lynch...

...Twin Peaks?

Fuggedaboudit!

:rofl: