CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | |
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Genre | Mystery fiction |
Created by | Anthony E. Zuiker |
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Opening theme | "Who Are You" by The Who |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 15 + Finale |
No. of episodes | 337 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 40–64 minutes |
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Original network | CBS |
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480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
Original release | October 6, 2000 | – September 27, 2015
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Website | www |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, also referred to as CSI and CSI: Las Vegas, is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series. It originally ran on CBS from 2000 to 2015, spanning fifteen seasons. The series, starring William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Laurence Fishburne, Ted Danson, Elisabeth Shue, and Jorja Fox is the first in the CSI franchise. The series concluded 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' 12th 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.