News Bullets

By Michelle
September 8, 2003 - 6:33 PM

Gary Dourdan appears in a commercial for the newly redesigned TV Guide, featuring the tag-line, "With over 300 dedicated reporters at TV Guide, you miss nothing because we see everything."
And speaking of ads, executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer will appear in JVC Electronics' national campaign this fall, featuring celebrities from film, television, music and sports.
The University of Buffalo reports a surge in high school graduates interested in studying forensic science, "due mostly to the popularity of CBS' hit show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
The New York Post drew parallels between the recent necklace bomb case in Erie, Pennsylvania and the CSI: Miami episode "Losing Face."
A Boston.com article on the spate of new fall shows focused on the characters' domestic lives notes the change from the formula of the highly successful CSI shows, which "have not given their detectives much family back story."
The Akron Beacon-Journal puts the CSI series on a list of shows that aim to soothe viewers in the wake of international terror by portraying "a world where problems are relatively minor and the system works."

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