CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 

An elite team of police forensic evidence investigation experts work their cases in Las Vegas.

Creator:

Anthony E. Zuiker

Stars:

Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads

Nominated for 6 Golden Globes. Another 65 wins & 120 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
George Eads	...	Nick Stokes 335 episodes, 2000-2015
Eric Szmanda	...	Greg Sanders 333 episodes, 2000-2015
Robert David Hall	...	Al Robbins 328 episodes, 2000-2015
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Jim Brass 317 episodes, 2000-2014
Jorja Fox	...	Sara Sidle 296 episodes, 2000-2015
David Berman	...	David Phillips 288 episodes, 2000-2015
Marg Helgenberger	...	Catherine Willows 265 episodes, 2000-2015
Wallace Langham	...	David Hodges 247 episodes, 2003-2015
William Petersen	...	Gil Grissom 199 episodes, 2000-2015
Gary Dourdan	...	Warrick Brown 185 episodes, 2000-2015

Storyline

This show follows the nights of the detectives working at the Las Vegas Police Department Crime Scene Investigations bureau. Being the second busiest crime lab in America, CSI officers use the best scientific and technical methods to solve puzzles and catch criminals.

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Plot Keywords:

crime lab | police | evidence | crime scene investigation | las vegas nevada | 

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Taglines:

Sin Never Sleeps

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

CBS CBS - Official CSI Wiki

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English Spanish American Sign Language

Release Date:

6 October 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

C.S.I.

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alliance Atlantis Communications, CBS Paramount Network Television, CBS Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital DTS (DTS 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Real-life prosecutors have complained about something known as the "CSI Effect", where juries have unrealistic expectations about forensic science, either expecting copious amounts of forensic evidence, in even routine cases, or expecting an unrealistic level of accuracy and specificity from the tests presented.

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Goofs

Every time the investigators deal with IP-addresses, the addresses on display are impossible. Each of the four parts of an IP-address has to be between 0 and 255. As they do have to use IP-addresses some time, they could use addresses starting with 10. Those would be real addresses although not used as an official IP-address. This isn't the same as phone numbers using 555 - any IP address over 255 just wouldn't work. It would be like mentioning a phone number which uses the symbol for pi.

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Quotes

Warrick Brown: You just don't let up, do you?
Sara Sidle: It's a flaw.

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Alternate Versions

Due to rights issues at the time of release, the R2 (Europe/UK) and R4 (Australia) DVD releases of Season 1 have The Who music replaced by an original theme from John M. Keane. The Who are still credited in the closing credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Spaceballs: The Animated Series: Watch Your Assic Park (2008)

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Soundtracks

Who Are You
(uncredited)
Written by Pete Townshend
Performed by The Who

User Reviews

Spectacular!

I love it! I took a course on forensic chemistry in college and found it to be a whole lot of fun, and this show just took me back. In addition to seeing all the cool ways the crime scene unit can place you at the scene and ultimately prove you did the crime, it has gallows humor/sarcasm and edge. I hope they don't cancel it.