One member of the original cast of "Martial Law" who's no longer around is Tammy Lauren, who played detective Dana Doyle when the show premiered last fall. And there have been widespread reports that her departure was not exactly amicable.

"All I want to say about that really is it just was not a situation that worked out on a number of different levels, and we decided to go in another direction," said executive producer Carlton Cuse.The fact is that Lauren, previously best known for her roles on "Homefront" and "Sisters," was always a rather odd fit on "Martial Law." Her character never quite seemed defined -- and there were reports that she was decidedly unhappy when Kelly Wu, who began as a guest star, was made a regular member of the cast.

However, Cuse insisted that the addition of Arsenio Hall did not result in the subtraction of Lauren.

"Oh, no, no," Cuse said. "The decision to move on without Tammy had been made before Arsenio ever came up. We really, at that point, were looking around, trying to see if there was someone else that we could add to the cast. There was no real specific idea who that might be."

According to Hall, he was completely out of the loop as far as Lauren was concerned.

"I thought I was actually going to be working with Tammy," he said. "And then (Cuse) said, 'Would you like to play a white woman?' And that's when I knew she was gone."

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NO MORE TUTORS: Hung did have an English teacher on the set when "Martial Law" began filming, but no more.

"He got fired," Hung said. And after only five days on the set. "He got fired because there's no time for him."

Still, Hung's English has improved remarkably. Six months after appearing before TV critics and having to have everything translated for him, he's carrying on a conversation in his new language.

"I think maybe I'm smart, I don't know," he joked.

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