Pamela Reed Not Offered Contract by CBS
I would be filing this post under the “WHAT are they thinking?!?!?!” category…
SyFy Portal is reporting that Pamela Reed, the rock of the town of Jericho as Gail Green, will not be returning to the show after the short, seven - episode season due to the fact that she was never offered a new contract by CBS. Why are they not offering her a new contract? Because of ageism, Pamela said at a recent panel on ageism at the Los Angeles Femme Film Festival.
“The average age of actors on that show is under 40, and those of us over 40 are gone,” the 58-year-old actress said, according to Film Stew.
SyFy Portal does go on to say that this doesn’t mean that she won’t be in the upcoming seven – episode short season, because those were shot before her contract expired, which makes me feel a little better about this, but only by a slim margin. I’m extremely disturbed that they decided not to extend her a contract because the character of Gail Green really is a cornerstone for the town of Jericho, and I’m trying to figure out how they will be able to not completely change the show and everything to do with the general feel since the characters will have lost both Johnston and now Gail. I’m also upset at this news because Gail, while occasionally a bit irritating, was one of those characters that I really loved and thought always moved the plot along for this atmosphere, and I think that the show will suffer from “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdomeâ€? disease if they only show the under - 40 crowd and how they deal with what has happened. (Disclaimer: I am part of that under – 40 crowd.)
Read the whole article here.
Jericho, Pamela Reed, Gail+Green, ageism, TV, television, CBS
October 26th, 2007 at 11:55 am
That’s such a crap move on CBS’s part….she’s a huge part of the show.
Hey Amber, sent you an email….need to hear back from you when you have a chance.
April 20th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
I watched to show for the older, if you can call them that, actors. If the over-40 crowds go, then there’s no reason for its return. Again I say, the gatekeepers of our airwaves are suppose to adhere to rules, tha dictate they produce programming for the entire audience, which over half are over 50.
April 20th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I must admit, though, I was more interested in seeing how Johnston handled the death of his wife than the other way around.