'CSI: Vegas' Star Paula Newsome Breaks Silence on CBS Cancelling the Series After 3 Seasons

Paula Newsome is speaking out.

The 62-year-old CSI: Vegas actress, who plays Maxine Roby, addressed the decision made by CBS in April to cancel the CSI spinoff after three seasons.

During a conversation with TVLine ahead of the Season 3 series finale, she spoke about the news.

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“I got the news from my showrunner [Jason Tracey], and I was very surprised,” she admitted, adding, “because our ratings are so good.”

“Our numbers were much higher than a lot of shows on other networks that had been picked up, so that was very surprising, but I know the business is tough,” she continued.

“The truth about part of what we do as actors is we sometimes have to ‘wait in the hallway’” between roles, “and it’s about enjoying the time in the hallway. Before I got CSI: Vegas, two minutes before that call I didn’t know a thing about it! Before I got the call for Spider-Man [No Way Home, where she played an MIT bigwig], I didn’t know anything about it! There’s always time in the hallway, and the most important thing is is to enjoy that time, because something is always coming. So just make sure when you have the time off, enjoy it. Travel, relax, work out more.”

“[In the past] a show with our numbers would be on for a couple more seasons, no question,” she continued. “But yeah, it’s a good run. It should be more. I’m very proud of what we did.”

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