@Cakers3 Agree it was not all Carusos fault. Kim Delaney's problems with alcohol also supposedly affected her tenure on "Army Wives". I too hope she has gotten it under control now. I always liked her as an actress.
If you are interested, this is all I could find online about their problems.
SOURCE: Star Magazine
Like two rival siblings, sources say CSI: Miami stars David Caruso and Kim Delaney constantly bickered while making the smash-hit CBS series. The bickering can stop. Delaney was canned after just 10 episodes – and she blames it on her fellow NYPD Blue alum. "Kim thinks David went to the producers and had them choose between them," a Confidential source close to Delaney says. "David obviously is the one the producers are sticking with." With about 20 million people tuning in each week, what could there be to bicker about? Think of this set as a high school for rich grown-ups where infighting is as common as bad grades.
The source says Delaney, 40, who plays DNA specialist Megan Donner, objected to her dwindling camera time and blamed it on Caruso's unwillingness to share credit for the show's success.
Does Caruso have that kind of pull?
You betcha. On the set, a production snitch adds, it's well-known that Caruso, 46, can get any actor's lines cut or changed.
"He tells everyone that (CBS President) Les Moonves loves him," the L.A. set snitch says. "That gets your attention."
Delaney's relationship with Caruso – they've known each other since the early '90s – was poisoned even further when Delaney, two sources report, started opposing Caruso's attempts to move filming permanently to Miami next season. Delaney lives and raises a 13-year-old son in Malibu and has no desire to move. Caruso, who plays hard-boiled forensic investigator Horatio Caine, has a condo on Miami Beach and can't wait to high-tail it to the tropics.
Money also became an issue. The Delaney source tells me, Caruso hit the roof when he heard that Delaney was making $75,000 an episode – close to what, I'm told, Caruso makes. "That didn't sit too well with him," Delaney's friend says. "He thinks he's the big star and no one else should be paid nearly as well as him."
CBS mouthpiece Chris Ender defended the red-headed thespian.
"David Caruso had nothing to do with this," Ender says of Delaney's last
episode, airing Nov. 25. "This was a creative decision."
Delaney, however, may have hurt herself, too. Someone who worked day to day with the cast says Delaney's performance often was pale in comparison to her breakthrough role as alcoholic detective Diane Russell on NYPD Blue.
"Her head wasn't in it," that source says.
Meanwhile, several friends of the actress are worried that the setback will
send her life into a tailspin again.
"After Kim's last show, Philly, bombed, she was so happy to get on CSI: Miami," a former lover of hers says.
Allegations of boozing have dogged Delaney recently. Earlier this year, she pleaded no contest to reckless driving after cops arrested her on suspicion of driving drunk. She was never charged with DUI.
As for Caruso, he made one of TV history's biggest blunders by leaving the hot NYPD Blue after just a season and a half to fail miserably in the movies. "This may be his last chance," a TV insider says.
"But he's letting this new success get to his head and that's what happened the last time."
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