CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American
crime drama television series that trails the investigations of a team of
Las Vegas forensic scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths and other crimes.
Overview/Production
The show was created by
Anthony E. Zuiker and is filmed primarily at
Universal Studios in
Universal City, California.
The pilot episode was first broadcast on October 6, 2000, and eight seasons have been aired.
CSI currently airs on Thursdays, at 9:00 p.m. on
CBS.
CSI is produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer Television and
CBS Productions, which became
CBS Paramount Television in the fall of 2006. Formerly a co-production with the now-defunct
Alliance Atlantis Communications, that company's interest in the series is now owned by investment firm
GS Capital Partners, an affiliate of
Goldman Sachs.
[Through "Entertainment AB Funding LLC"] CBS Paramount acquired AAC's international distribution rights to the program.
