CSI: Miami (
Crime Scene Investigation: Miami) is an
American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on
CBS. The series is a
spin-off of
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
The series follows a South Florida forensics team headed by
Horatio Caine. Against a backdrop of simmering ethnic and cultural tensions, Caine's team probes cases similar to those of their Las Vegas counterparts.
The pilot episode was first broadcast in United States on May 9, 2002 as an episode of
CSI and seven seasons have been aired in the United States. The seventh season is currently being broadcast in the UK and Ireland. The series is produced in partnership with the Canadian media company
Alliance Atlantis and
CBS Television Studios.