Details

Release year: 2000

Storyline

A team of Crime Scene Investigators (CSI's) work with the Las Vegas Police Department (LVPD) to solve crimes by using advanced scientific methods and technology in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Cast

William Petersen — CSI Dr. Gil Grissom, Gil Grissom
Laurence Fishburne — CSI Dr. Ray Langston
Ted Danson — CSI D.B. Russell
George Eads — CSI Nick Stokes

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Awards

6 wins & 33 nominations

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Did you know

• The choice to place this series in Las Vegas was not random. Among U.S. crime labs, Las Vegas is the second most active, surpassed only by the FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia. This fact is stated in the Pilot (2000).

• While the majority of the techniques and technologies used in the show are accurate and true to reality, the writers and crew readily admit that they "time cheat". Tests that take a few seconds on the show often take several days or weeks in real life.

• 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.