Fans of "CSI: Cyber" will have to say goodbye to Ted Danson, as it has been confirmed this week that the series star is about to exit the show. According to Entertainment Weekly, the actor is joining a new NBC sitcom called "Good Place" along with "Veronica Mars" star Kristen Bell.
NBC ordered 13 episodes of the series from writer-producer Mike Schur. The show is about a New Jersey woman named Eleanor (Bell) who realizes that she has not been a very good person. She then tries to change her ways by learning what it means to be good or bad, and Danson will be playing Michael, who will act as Eleanor's guide as she tries to be a better person.
While these appears to be good news for Danson's fans who have been waiting for the actor's return to lighter fare, it appears that "CSI: Cyber," which is currently in the middle of its second season, is now in danger of being cancelled as the "Cheers" vet's exit is the second time that the show has lost a major character. Last season, Peter MacNicol left and did not return for season 2.
Apart from Danson's exit, schedule changes for the show also appeared to spell the end for the series. Earlier this month, it was announced that the show will leave its usual Sunday time slot, airing two episodes on Wednesdays in March before it vanishes from the schedule. A return date or time slot for the remaining season 2 episodes have not yet been announced.
When asked whether this is the end of the series, executive producer and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigator" creator Anthony Zuiker told The Hollywood Reporter that he didn't think that this will be the final run for the series.
"We're going to go ahead and do 22 [episodes] as ordered, and then you sit tight in May and see how the schedule shuffles around and you hope to continue," Zuiker explained. "Because the future of crime is cyber, there's no reason why it shouldn't continue."
