Rory Cochrane aka Tim Speedle who was on CSI: Miami Season 1 and 2 was perhaps the least character that impressed me.

However, after having watched CSI: Miami a few rounds, I started to like Tim Speedle. Too bad that he left the show after Season 2 and went to do movies.

You may have seen him in the movies like “A Scanner Darkly,” “Public Enemies” and “Right at Your Door.” “Passion Play” is his upcoming movie with Bill Murray, Mickey Rourke and Megan Fox.

He also played a Russian spy in “The Company,” a TNT miniseries about the CIA, and was on 24 for part of a season.

Why did Rory Cochrane leave the hit show CSI: Miami and his supportive viewers? Apparently, his interest in other roles and weariness with TV work were the reasons he left the series after two seasons.

According to him, “I felt the show was never-ending and the grind was a lot. It’s nice being on a hit show and the viewers are very supportive, but I couldn’t really take it anymore.”

I was quite sad and disappointed when Khandi Alexander aka Doctor Alexx Woods left the show shortly before the end of the 2007-2008 season. On February 2, 2009, she returned to the role of Alexx Woods for a guest appearance in the episode “Smoke Gets In Your CSI’s”.

Honestly, if it’s David Caruso, Emily Procter or Adam Rodriguez who was to be pulled out of the show in future, yes, I would be sad and mad.

Working full time also means there will be less time spent on watching free TV series online. Instead of watching online shows/series anytime I like, I will soon have to watch them on weekends.

But looking on the bright side, working full time brings me extra income in addition to my existing online income.

CSI: Miami Season 3 (24 episodes):

1. Episode 1 – Lost Son
2. Episode 2 – Pro Per
3. Episode 3 – Under the Influence
4. Episode 4 – Murder in a Flash
5. Episode 5 – Legal
6. Episode 6 – Hell Night
7. Episode 7 – Crime Wave
8. Episode 8 – Speed Kills
9. Episode 9 – Pirated
10. Episode 10 – After the Fall
11. Episode 11 – Addiction
12. Episode 12 Shootout
13. Episode 13 – Cop Killer
14. Episode 14 – One Night Stand
15. Episode 15 – Identity
16. Episode 16 – Nothing to Lose
17. Episode 17 – Money Plane
18. Episode 18 – Game Over
19. Episode 19 – Sex & Taxes
20. Episode 20 – Killer Date
21. Episode 21 – Recoil
22. Episode 22 – Vengeance
23. Episode 23 – Whacked
24. Episode 24 – 10-7

The CSI: Miami star recounts the story of how she finally found happiness in Los Angeles, and who helped her get there.

By Emily Procter, Los Angeles, California

As appeared in Guideposts.

I’ve lived in Los Angeles for 18 years, and for the past eight, I’ve been blessed with what actresses dream of – a starring role on a hit television show, playing Detective Calleigh Duquesne on CSI: Miami. I’m comfortable here now, content with being my down-to-earth southern self in a tough and glitzy business. But I wasn’t always.

There was a time when I was starting out that I was really struggling. Not so much with acting – I was getting enough work doing guest roles and TV pilots to pay the rent – but with how unmoored I felt. I’d moved to L.A. after college and I knew there’d be an adjustment. I just hadn’t counted on how hard it would be.

Life out here was nothing like back home in North Carolina, where all of my family was, where I’d had the same friends since kindergarten, people I could count on. Even after four years in L.A., I still didn’t know who I could trust. I felt lonely. And a little lost, as if something was missing from my life.

So far my closest relationship was with my cat, Kevin. He was rescued as a newborn from a hole in the wall – literally – of a friend’s old beach shack. From the get-go, he was gentle and sweet and had this calm about him that I only wished I could find. It was like his rough introduction to the world hadn’t closed him off but rather opened him up. He’d come when I called and flop onto his back so I could rub his belly. He’d even jump into the bathtub with me. Kevin was the picture of contentment. How could I help but fall in love?

Still, in the fall of 1996 it hit me that except for taking care of Kevin, my days were all about me. Was I thin enough? Did my hair look right? Did I prepare enough for my next audition? Where was my career going? I really need to take the focus off myself and do something for someone else, I thought.

I could almost hear my mom saying, “Go for it!” My parents were big on helping others – my dad was a doctor, my mom volunteered at a home for people with AIDS, and we were always signing up for service projects at church. When I heard about the soup kitchen at All Saints Episcopal a few blocks from my apartment, I decided to volunteer.

Monday lunch was my shift. Every Monday I’d put on my green corduroy overalls – for some reason, that became my serving-line outfit – and walk up Bedford Drive, cross Wilshire Boulevard, then turn right onto Santa Monica Boulevard to get to the soup kitchen.

I kept noticing the same guy at the corner on Wilshire. A homeless man in a wheelchair. He was in his fifties and sat quietly in his shorts and red windbreaker, reading. He didn’t hassle people, just said thanks when someone dropped money into his cup. I’d say hello, but that was it. He seemed reserved, and I wanted to respect his privacy.

But one Monday in December something made me stop and say, “I work at All Saints soup kitchen. Want to go with me and get lunch?” He looked up at me with these bright blue eyes and said, “Yeah!”

“I’m Emily.”

“Jim.”

I grabbed his wheelchair and started pushing, but I couldn’t maneuver it in my clunky clogs. “I’m sorry, Jim. I’m not going to be able to get you there today…not in these shoes.”

He didn’t say anything.

“I’m going home for Christmas, but I’ll be back. We’ll go the first Monday after New Year’s,” I promised.

“Okay,” he said, but it seemed like he didn’t believe me.

That Monday after New Year’s I put on tennis shoes and ran to Jim’s corner. There he was in his red windbreaker and wheelchair. His eyes got really twinkly when he saw me. “All right!” he exclaimed. “Let’s go.”

I wheeled him to the soup kitchen, got him settled with some food, then took my place in the serving line. After lunch we went back to his corner. “I’ll meet you here next week,” I said. (More >>)

Have you known that Emily Procter is pregnant now?

This means the cast has to come out with many creative ways for Emily Procter to hide her pregnant belly on CSI: Miami Season 9 besides the usual ways of standing behind open car doors, cardboard boxes, large pieces of furniture and the like.

Pauley Perrette was in San Diego for Comic-Con 2010 recently. She was with Barrett Foa of NCIS: Los Angeles and Kirsten Vangsness of Criminal Minds to talk about “Tech on TV.”

Pauley Perrette born March 27, 1969 is also a published poet, writer, photographer, and spoken-word artist, a lover of music of all kinds, and a passionate advocate for civil rights. Wow!

Playing the role of Abby Sciuto on NCIS, an eccentric forensic scientist, Pauley did study forensics when she attended Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia.

I am so looking forward to watching NCIS Season 8 which premieres on Tuesday, September 21 at 8 PM ET.

Watch 2010 FIFA World Cup Germany VS England Again!

After beating England 4-1, do you think the German team can beat the Argentina team? It’s going to be one of the most exciting matches of 2010 World Cup, isn’t it?

While Germany is all boosted up with the fresh and young players, Argentina rests upon Lionel Messi, the 2008-2009 Player of the Year, to bring them the success. Both sides are brilliant, so it will be tough time for both the teams.

Who do you think will advance? Argentina or Germany?

Honestly, I haven’t watched NCIS: Los Angeles before. This is the first time I have come to know this TV series. Guess that I will check it out later.

(The Associated Press) Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for June 14-20. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

1. NBA Finals: Boston vs. L.A. Lakers, Game 7, ABC, 28.2 million.

2. NBA Finals: Boston vs. L.A. Lakers, Game 6, ABC, 17.96 million.

3. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 11.65 million.

4. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 10.55 million.

5. “NCIS,” CBS, 9.64 million.

6. “Two and a Half Men,” CBS, 9.21 million.

7. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 9.11 million.

8. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 8.88 million.

9. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 8.41 million.

10. “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” CBS, 8.33 million.

11. “The Mentalist,” CBS, 8.23 million.

12. “NBA Countdown” (Thursday), ABC, 8 million.

13. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.67 million.

14. “CSI: Miami,” CBS, 7.54 million.

15. “NBA Countdown” (Tuesday), ABC, 7.14 million.

16. “Flashpoint,” CBS, 7 million.

17. “The Mentalist” (Thursday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 6.9 million.

18. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday, 8 p.m. rerun), NBC, 6.71 million.

19. “TV’s Greatest Surprises,” CBS, 6.58 million.

20. “The Good Wife,” CBS, 6.56 million.

ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is a division of CBS Corp.; Fox is a unit of News Corp.; NBC is owned by General Electric Co.

It’s also confirmed that the entire NCIS cast will be kept intact for years to come.

Sean Murray, who plays Special Agent Timothy McGee, was the final member to put his John Hancock on a multi-year contract with the show.

David McCallum, Rocky Carroll, Pauley Perrette and Michael Weatherly all agreed to terms this spring and Mark Harmon and Cote de Pablo already had long-term deals in place.

Feel like keeping a DVD collection of NCIS: Seasons 1-6? It’s of 26% off discount now.

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Since I began with NCIS Season 3 Episode 1, I decided to put up the links for all the 24 episodes here. Enjoy watching!

NCIS Season 3 (24 episodes):

Episode 1 – Kill Ari – Part 1 (2)
Episode 2 – Kill Ari – Part 2 (3)
Episode 3 – Mind Games
Episode 4 – Silver War
Episode 5 – Switch
Episode 6 – The Voyeur’s Web
Episode 7 – Honor Code
Episode 8 – Under Covers
Episode 9 – Frame-Up
Episode 10 – Probie
Episode 11 – Model Behavior
Episode 12 – Boxed In
Episode 13 – Deception
Episode 14 – Light Sleeper
Episode 15 – Head Case
Episode 16 – Family Secrets
Episode 17 – Ravenous
Episode 18 – Bait
Episode 19 – Iced
Episode 20 – Untouchable
Episode 21 – Bloodbath
Episode 22 – Jeopardy
Episode 23 – Hiatus (1)
Episode 24 – Hiatus (2)

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Urgh, don’t you hate it when you come across the latest promo clip for the 2010 Fall Preview available on CBS.com, you click on the link and what you see is this annoying message?

If you are NOT living within the US region, you know what I mean. Fortunately, you can still watch the latest videos/trailers/previews/promo clips on CBS.com online if you care to google and read how other viewers living outside the US get to watch the videos/previews they want.

So far, I have found a way to watch the latest previews on CBS.com without waiting for the Youtube version.

I wonder whether they are more safer and legitimate ways to watch the latest promo clips/previews online? Mind sharing?