C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Genre	Mystery fiction
Created by	Anthony E. Zuiker
Starring	William Petersen Marg Helgenberger Gary Dourdan George Eads Paul Guilfoyle Jorja Fox Eric Szmanda Robert David Hall Louise Lombard Wallace Langham Lauren Lee Smith Laurence Fishburne Liz Vassey David Berman Ted Danson Elisabeth Harnois Elisabeth Shue Jon Wellner
Opening theme	"Who Are You" by The Who
Composer(s)	John M. Keane (2000–15) Kyle Kenneth Batter (2009) Jamie Shields ("Coming of Rage")
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	15
No. of episodes	337 (including Immortality) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Anthony E. Zuiker William Petersen Jerry Bruckheimer Ann Donahue Kenneth Fink Naren Shankar Danny Cannon
Running time	40–64 minutes
Production company(s)	Jerry Bruckheimer Television Alliance Atlantis (2000–08) (Seasons 1-8) CBS Productions (2000–06, 2015-16) (Seasons 1-6, spin-off) CBS Paramount Television (2006–09) (Seasons 7-9) CBS Television Studios (2009–15) (Seasons 10-15)
Distributor	King World Productions (2004–07) CBS Television Distribution (2007-15)
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	October 6, 2000 (2000-10-06) – September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27)
Chronology
Related shows	CSI: Miami CSI: NY CSI: Cyber
External links
Website	www.cbs.com/primetime/csi/

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also referred to as CSI and CSI: Las Vegas) is a procedural forensics crime drama television series that premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The series, starring William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Laurence Fishburne, Ted Danson, and Elisabeth Shue, is the first in the CSI franchise. The series concluded on September 27, 2015, after 15 seasons, with a feature-length finale titled Immortality.

Mixing deduction and character-driven drama, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation follows a team of Crime Scene Investigators, employed by the Las Vegas Police Department, as they use physical evidence to solve murders. The team is originally led by Gil Grissom (William Petersen), a socially-awkward forensic entomologist and career criminalist who is promoted to CSI Supervisor following the death of a trainee investigator. Grissom's second-in-command, Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger), is a single mother with a cop's instinct. Born and raised in Vegas, Catherine was a stripper before being recruited into law enforcement and training as a blood spatter specialist. Following Grissom's departure during the ninth season of the series, Catherine is promoted to Supervisor. After overseeing the training of new investigator Raymond Langston (Laurence Fishburne), Willows is replaced by D.B. Russell (Ted Danson), and recruited to the FBI shortly thereafter. Russell is a family man, a keen forensic botanist and a veteran of the Seattle Crime Lab. In the series' twelfth season, Russell is reunited with his former partner Julie Finlay (Elisabeth Shue), who like Catherine, is a blood-spatter expert with an extensive knowledge of criminal psychology. Together with the rest of the team, they work together to tackle Las Vegas' growing crime rate and are on the case 24/7, scouring the scene, collecting the evidence, and finding the missing pieces that will solve the mystery.

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