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With George Eads, Eric Szmanda, Robert David Hall, Paul Guilfoyle. Follows a group of Crime Scene Investigators (CSI's) who work with the Las Vegas Police Department (LVPD) to solve crimes by meticulously examining evidence by using advanced scientific methods and technology in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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- 2000-10-06
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 60
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, also referred to as CSI and CSI: Las Vegas, is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series that originally ran on CBS from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015, spanning 15 seasons. It is the first series in the CSI franchise.
AwardYear[a]CategoryNominee(s)Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest ...Justin EllingsBest Performance in a TV Series - Guest ...Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - ...Anthony E. Zuiker, Carol Mendelsohn, ...- Police Procedural Mystery Drama
The CSI team is summoned to investigate the death of the first-class passenger Tony Candlewell in twelve hours because of a jurisdiction problem. Candlewell has contradictory evidences of aggression and defense, and the first class passengers are secluded in the airport and interviewed.
- What CSI Is About?
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- U.S. Broadcasting History
- Awards and Nominations
- Multi-Media
- Trivia
The show follows the cases of the Crime Scene Investigation division of the Las Vegas Police Department, usually referred to by officers as the "Las Vegas Crime Lab". Anthony E. Zuiker chose to set the series in Las Vegas because—as mentioned in the pilot episode—that city's crime lab is the second most active in the United States, after the FBI la...
Stylistically, the show has drawn favorable comparisons to Quincy and The X-Files. The show's gadgets and occasional usage of yet-to-be-invented technology have moved the show nominally into the genre of science fiction and garnered it a Saturn Award nomination for best network television series. The series also occasionally lapses into the realm o...
The opening credits feature clips for every main cast from previous seasons. Since the start, CSI's theme song has been "Who Are You", written by Pete Townshend with vocals by lead singer Roger Daltrey of The Who. Daltrey made a special appearance in a season seven episode, "Living Legend".
Overview
The series can be split into three distinct eras: the first, starring William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger, the second starring Laurence Fishburne and Helgenberger, and the third starring Ted Danson and Elisabeth Shue. Helgenberger briefly starred alongside Danson, while Petersen, Helgenberger and Danson all starred in the shows sixteenth season. No actor has appeared as a regular in every season of the show, though Fox, Szmanda, Hall, and Berman have all featured in some capacity throughou...
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, along with CBS' hit franchise Survivor, was instrumental in CBS instantly becoming a major competitor on Thursday nights, as well as becoming the most-watched network on U.S. television. It was announced on that CBS was going to move CSI (from Fridays) and Survivor (from Wednesdays) to Thursday nights starting in Feb...
CSI has often been criticized for the level and gratuitousness of graphic violence, images, and sexual content. The CSI series (along with its spinoff shows) have pushed the boundary of what is con...
First Run: October 6, 2000 – September 27, 2015 -- Friday and Thursday 9:00pm/8:00pm central (Season 1); Thursday's 10:00pm/9:00pm central (Season 2-11); Wednesday's 10:00pm/9:00pm central (season...Repeats: "CSI" was rerun on USA Network in 2011 replaced from JAG. It is also airs on Syfy since 2014, also they aired the reruns from Oxygen Network of the show.Awards
Emmy 1. Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-camera Series - 2006 2. Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series - 2003 3. Outstanding Makeup For A Series (Non-Prosthetic) - 2002
Nominations
Emmy: 1. Outstanding Drama Series -2002, 2003,2004 2. Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series - 2005: Quentin Tarantino- 3. Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series - 2003: Marg Helgenberger 4. Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series – 2001 5. Outstanding Makeup For A Series (Non-Prosthetic) – 2003, 2004, 2005 6. Outstanding Makeup For A Series (Prosthetic) - 2002, 2003 7. Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series -2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 8. Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Se...
The expanded universe of CSI: Crime Scene Investigationwas expanded in a series of multiple non-television media projects. These included books, board games, video games, and a soundtrack (the soundtrack features a track called "Grissom's Overture").
This had the most main cast members leave the series, with a total of 11 (although Jorja Fox later returned as a main cast member).This was the penultimate CSI series to end.This was the only CSI to lose both of it's original lead actors (William Petersen in One to Go, Marg Helgenberger in Willows in the Wind).This was the only CSI series to lose one or more replacement lead actors (Laurence Fishburne in "A Dark, Dark House" and Elisabeth Shue in "The End Game")Welcome to the OFFICIAL YouTube channel for The CSIs. The Real CSI: Miami is streaming on Paramount+!
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American procedural crime drama TV series that premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. Since then, fifteen seasons have been broadcast. The first season consisted of 23 episodes, including a two-part pilot episode written by series creator Anthony E. Zuiker.
A dedicated group of forensic investigators at the Las Vegas Crime Lab works to solve often-grisly crimes in Sin City. Heading up the graveyard shift (an appropriate term in this...
