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Each week, buzz-o-meter reports, in handy, condensed form, what's being said about a single hot topic. This week's vital issue: what will happen to Det. Bobby Simone, the character Jimmy Smits plays on "NYPD Blue." Smits is leaving. Secrecy around the Smits-removing episodes has boosted ratings--and speculation:
BASIC BUZZ: He's gonna die. He looks like he's dying. (Last week, Simone came down with what seemed to be a heart infection). If he dies, it's easy to keep his wife (played by Kim Delaney) on the show.
BASIC COUNTERBUZZ: He can't die. What if they want to bring him back? They didn't kill David Caruso's character when he quit, and the producers hated Caruso. …
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