CSI: Vegas Revival With William Petersen & Jorja Fox Ordered at CBS

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It is official.

CSI is returning to CBS.

The community has ordered CSI: Vegas, the sequel to the Community’s international hit CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, one of many most-watched drama sequence of the 21st century.

Unique stars William Petersen and Jorja Fox will reprise their roles as Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle, respectively.

Produced by CBS Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Tv, the brand new CBS authentic sequence will star Paula Newsome, Matt Lauria, Mel Rodriguez, and Mandeep Dhillon.

Unique CSI star Wallace Langham will even return to the sequence as David Hodges.

CSI: VEGAS opens a model new chapter in Las Vegas, the town the place all of it started. Dealing with an existential risk that might deliver down the Crime Lab, a superb new crew of forensic investigators should welcome again outdated buddies and deploy new methods to protect and serve justice in Sin Metropolis.

“Twenty-one years in the past, we launched ‘CSI’ and watched in awe as this new cinematic sequence launched a whole style and have become a groundbreaking juggernaut that also has international resonance at the moment,” mentioned Kelly Kahl, President, CBS Leisure.

“We’re thrilled to welcome the following era of forensic criminalists to the ‘CSI’ model and unite them with the legendary characters from the previous who we nonetheless love, together with the extraordinary Billy Petersen and Jorja Fox.”

“Crimefighting expertise has superior dramatically over the past a number of years, and mixed with basic ‘CSI’ storytelling, we will’t wait to observe this new ‘CSI’ crew do what they do finest: observe the proof.”

“I’m excited to be bringing again the ‘CSI’ franchise to all our followers who’ve been so loyal to us for all these years,” mentioned Jerry Bruckheimer.

“And to be again in Las Vegas the place it began over 20 years in the past makes it much more particular. We’ve loved engaged on this mission with CBS and sit up for welcoming again Billy, Jorja and Wallace as they be part of a brand new group of proficient actors in CSI: VEGAS.”

Mandeep Dhillon’s casting broke simply forward of the revival getting a sequence order, and is ready to play Allie. A, who’s described as a “bonafide genius.”

Allie earned her PhD in forensic archaeology at Harvard, however she at all times had aspirations of turning into a criminal offense scene investigator.

The solid of the brand new sequence additionally contains new additions Matt Lauria (Friday Evening Lights, Kingdom), Paula Newsome(Chicago Med, Barry), and Mel Rodriguez (Final Man on Earth).

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Lauria is on board as Josh, a Stage three CSI who excels at crime scene reconstruction, whereas Newsome is ready to play Maxine, the brand new head of the Vegas Crime lab.

Rodriguez will play Hugo, the pinnacle health worker who has a barely creepy obsession with lifeless our bodies.

The CSI franchise was big for CBS for over a decade, starting with CSI, earlier than including in CSI Miami, CSI NY, and CSI Cyber.

The sequence has additionally spawned videogames and nonetheless lives on in different media. 

The franchise is claimed to be price over $1 billion.

CSI Season 15 averaged 8.three million whole viewers and a 1.three ranking within the demo, however the two-hour sequence finale occasion managed 12.2 million viewers and a 1.Eight ranking. The Las Vegas-set authentic sequence was, at one time, the most-watched present on this planet.

Jason Tracey will function govt producer and showrunner for CSI: VEGAS.

Uta Briesewitz will direct the primary episode and function govt producer (preliminary episode solely). Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, Anthony Zuiker, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, Craig O’Neill, William Petersen, and Cindy Chvatal additionally function govt producers.

The sequence will probably be produced by CBS Studios in affiliation with Jerry Bruckheimer Tv and distributed internationally by ViacomCBS International Distribution Group.

Created by Anthony Zuiker, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” premiered Oct. 6, 2000 on CBS, and aired for 15 seasons, finishing 335 episodes. It earned six Emmy Awards and 39 Emmy nominations.

The drama initially starred William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads, Jorja Fox, and Paul Guilfoyle. The franchise additionally included “CSI: Miami” (2002-2012); “CSI: New York” (2004-2013); and “CSI: Cyber” (2014-2016).

The unique was probably the most watched drama sequence on this planet for seven years between 2006 and 2016.

CSI was one of the crucial watched drama sequence franchise globally previously 20 years.

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Paul Dailly is the Affiliate Editor for TV Fanatic. Observe him on Twitter.

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