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Not returning to Shark

posted 18 years ago by PatrickJane
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Question: Quick question about Shark: Will Jeri Ryan be back next season? Theresa
Ausiello: Yes, Jeri will be back, but another series regular won't. Sources confirm to me exclusively that Samuel Page will not be returning to the show. Not sure of the exact circumstances surrounding his exit, but I'm told that he was not fired. Meanwhile, the search for his replacement is on. A casting call has gone out for a "sexy, good-looking actor in his twenties." Producers want someone who can go toe-to-toe with James Woods. Hazard pay is negotiable.

(source http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx?columndate=06-Jun-2007)

[–] Jjanejayne 18 years ago

I don't know what is going on but I am definitely curious. Kevin Alejandro who they've hired to play a new young lawyer(I won't say he's replacing Sam because I don't think he could) is going to be a recurring rather than a contract player according to Hollywood Reporter. I'm wondering if, with the increase in Jeri Ryan's airtime that is sure to come when she moves in the office, the addition of a new DA, and bringing back Shark's wife, they possibly wanted to cut Sam's role, or maybe even bump him down to recurring and that's why he left. I wouldn't blame him at all if that was the case and I think it would make me so mad I probably wouldn't even watch Shark next year if I knew that were true. I'm still hoping we're going to hear he has a part in a movie or a new show but if we don't I'm thinking something like what I speculated happened and that's why he chose to leave.

Either way, I'm not too worried about him. I'm sure he'll turn up on something else soon.