Adam Lenhardt
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I realize it's way early for a Season 7 thread, but the news is starting to come in on the seventh and likely last season of network television's best drama and I wanted a place to collect it.
As we all know, Archie Panjabi left the show amid apparently bitter acrimony with Julianna Margulies at the end of last season. However it has since been announced that Makenzie Vega and Matthew Goode will no longer be series regulars next season. Goode is committed to the final season of Downton Abbey. At 21, Vega's adult acting career is starting to take off, and she didn't want to commit to another full season playing a teenager. Still, she has signed a multi-episode deal similar to Chris Noth's to continue with the show in a recurring capacity.
Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski and Matt Czuchry signed a two-year extension back in April. I've heard nothing either way about Alan Cumming and Zach Grenier's status.
On the incoming side, Watchmen star Jeffrey Dean Morgan is joining the show as a series regular. His character will be the investigator at Alicia's new firm. "Torchwood: Children of Earth" star Cush Jumbo has also joined the show in a major recurring role, but negotiations are ongoing as to whether she's be credited as a series regular or not.
In sadder news, Sabrina Wright, the show's long-time property master, passed away from cancer last month. She'd been with the show since the start of the third season.
I realize it's way early for a Season 7 thread, but the news is starting to come in on the seventh and likely last season of network television's best drama and I wanted a place to collect it.
As we all know, Archie Panjabi left the show amid apparently bitter acrimony with Julianna Margulies at the end of last season. However it has since been announced that Makenzie Vega and Matthew Goode will no longer be series regulars next season. Goode is committed to the final season of Downton Abbey. At 21, Vega's adult acting career is starting to take off, and she didn't want to commit to another full season playing a teenager. Still, she has signed a multi-episode deal similar to Chris Noth's to continue with the show in a recurring capacity.
Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski and Matt Czuchry signed a two-year extension back in April. I've heard nothing either way about Alan Cumming and Zach Grenier's status.
On the incoming side, Watchmen star Jeffrey Dean Morgan is joining the show as a series regular. His character will be the investigator at Alicia's new firm. "Torchwood: Children of Earth" star Cush Jumbo has also joined the show in a major recurring role, but negotiations are ongoing as to whether she's be credited as a series regular or not.
In sadder news, Sabrina Wright, the show's long-time property master, passed away from cancer last month. She'd been with the show since the start of the third season.