Be glad this isn’t NCIS otherwise Beckett would take a bullet between the eyes.

It’s not stupidity , it’s about $$$$. If a program can’t produce the Benjamins, it gets cancelled , like it or not. Like Jame said the studios are not charitable organizations .

ABC let her come back because looking for a new host is a pain in the ass. But had she stayed out 1 or 2 days more she would’ve been out of her $20 mil a year job, and I’m sure she was reminded of that fact.

Thank you, finally someone with some brains who understands how this stuff works. Networks are still businesses, not charities. It’s an expensive, aging show with steep ratings drops from S7 to S8.

It’s ridiculous that ABC even apologized to Kelly Ripa in the first place. She threw a temper tantrum, just because she wasn’t informed. News flash, when these kinds of deals are being worked out, they can’t say anything until the announcement is made. If I walked out of my job and refused to show up for work, simply because I wasn’t told my co-worker was leaving, I’d be fired. Anyone would, and she makes $20M per show. She acted like a toddler. And, people have blown the whole Stana thing out of proportion as well. It’s not the end of the world, it’s a tv show. Start living in the real world, people. There are more important things to be angry about than this.

I was glad to see Castle go up .1, most of the fans watched to see Beckett one more time . And this time see had more than 5 minutes, why the show runners could not do that from the first episode God only knows. Now for episode 20 ( Castle and the fireflies) we do not even know if she is with Rick at all. I hope she shows up as a guest, that way she and Rick can spend more time together. I see today ABC Corp gave Kelly Ripa an apology for not telling her about Strahan, isn’t that the same problem Stana had with ABC no one told her until , Your not needed your fired and don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out. The big difference Stana was a producer of Castle. Do you think she will get a apology. Has anybody heard anything from the two show runners since 4/18? Must still be hiding in the tall grass. In the list that Buddy has 6 fits the best.