CBS announced today that CSI is ending it's 15 year run with a 2 hour TV movie on September 27th with William Petersen & Marg Helgenberger returning while Ted Denson is moving to CSI: Cyber.


I love this show I haved watched almost every episode in the past 15 years

Okay, someone has mentioned CSI so now I can ask my burning question... although I should say I don't watch it often, when I do I am mesmerised by a particular facet of this and many similar US shows that revolve around forensic science. The CSI guys have, allegedly, every technological gizmo known to man, they have translucent computer-based control screens to write on, they have laser beams, microscopes, and analytical tools previously seen only on Star Trek. And yet... when the scientists and/or detectives turn up at a crime scene they may pull on a pair of latex gloves but otherwise they walk right in, they move from room to room, they lift bodies, parts of bodies, and cats lying on the bodies. They take samples for later analysis and oh so many photographs, but why does nobody scream "you're contaminating the scene of the crime?!" In a UK drama, such as Silent Witness the forensic pathologists dress head to toe in sterile overalls, they wear masks, gloves, and overshoes and like the police they don't set foot in the house/on the towpath/in the garage where the dead body is until and unless they can't spread contamination - their own hair, DNA, etc. In a show where everyone's hair is sprayed stiff as a floorboard, why can't they follow procedures governing the rules of evidence? It bugs me. It makes it seem unrealistic. And it means I can't watch without screaming!

I am glad you said that. I was putting it down to the fact that the programmes we get here are so old they start from the time before all that scrupulousness. Is that it?
Anyway, I shall miss Mariska Hargitay. I like her.

Mariska Hargitay is in Law & Order SVU.

That's all we get.

I was confused at you mentioning her in a thread about a different Tv show.

I now have my new favourite CSI show it's CSI: Cyber I love this show Patricia Arquette is brilliant in this & I think this is James Van Der Beek's best acting role since Dawson's Creek

CSI Cyber is probably not going to last long, despite Ted Danson supposedly moving to that show since his series was cancelled this year. The show is predictable, slightly childish (or assumes YOU are when it comes to computers) and frankly, considering the other CSI shows, the people on Cyber probably aren't "pretty enough" for it to retain popularity in the US for the long run even if Patricia is in the good actress/ nice looking category. Danson isn't gonna fix it and that guy from the movie Fame I just find annoying in every scene he's in (but that's just me lol)

(Americans can send me all the hate mail that they want LOL).

I've been to morgues, twice not by choice. I've been on two tours with the RCMP in their forensics dept. Trust me, nobody there was movie star quality looks wise LOL.

On the other hand, some dr's I have had in the last two years should definitely have been on ER replacing Clooney (giggles)


While I was absolutely totally addicted to CSI (Vegas) when "Grissom" was there, I would actually prefer to watch reruns of NCIS or Criminal Minds instead of Cyber.

NCIS is back on with the new season. Currently it is the only show on television that is must see TV for me.

I never liked Mark Harmon when he was younger (prob not his fault, sometimes you just have to take the work offered to you lol), but he's perfect as Gibbs (and way more yummy now that he's older). The rest of the cast is great too, portraying characters with personalities you might actually care about. Can't decide on a favourite however as they're all good.

Character wise, and not being able to pick a favourite, I feel the same way about Criminal Minds. I kinda miss Mandy Patinkin though.

So how was the two hour finale of CSI? Sadly, I missed it.

Loved CSI: Cyber! I think it's gone, because I haven't seen it in months.

CSI: Cyber is still on

The series finale of CSI airs tonight in Australia I wonder when Channel 9 is going to show the telemovie that ends it all

Cyber must air on CBS, the one channel I don't get! I like all the CSI's especially Las Vegas when Grissom was on. Probably my favorite show of all, is: Criminal Minds, even though it doesn't fit the category.

I like Mariska Hargitay too, but I don't find the SVU episodes as interesting since her original partner (Elliot) is gone.

I enjoy all these programmes, although we are a bit behind in the UK.

Just one thing puzzles me is why they all walk around with a torch even if it is light or someone could just switch the lights on if it is dark.

Just an observation.

It's because the criminal didn't pay the electricity bill. And/or the show is sponsored by a battery company.

It also serves as a non-lethal weapon.

Just finished watching the Series Finale & the 2 hour telemovie of CSI gotta say the telemovie was much better than the disappointing series finale