Scripted series · CBS
CSI: NY
How long does it take to get hooked on the latest CSI: hit? About a New York minute.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Gary Sinise
Mac Taylor
197 eps
Melina Kanakaredes
Stella Bonasera
140 eps
Vanessa Ferlito
Aiden Burn
24 eps
Anna Belknap
Lindsay Monroe
174 eps
Sela Ward
Jo Danville
57 eps
Carmine Giovinazzo
Danny Messer
197 eps
Hill Harper
Sheldon Hawkes
197 eps
Eddie Cahill
Donald Flack Jr.
197 eps
Michelle Lee
Jody Sun
25 eps
Robert Joy
Sid Hammerback
159 eps
A.J. Buckley
Adam Ross
129 eps
Lester G. Reynolds
Forensic Lab Tech
17 eps
April Bowlby
Jenny Lee
2 eps
Stacey Travis
Chandra Heckman
2 eps
Adoni Maropis
Sebastian Diakos
2 eps
Kerr Smith
Drew Bedford
4 eps
Tony Amendola
Professor Papakota
3 eps
Claire Forlani
Peyton Driscoll
8 eps
Jessalyn Gilsig
Jordan Gates
3 eps
Terry Kinney
Tom Mitford
2 eps
Kevin Alejandro
Tom Martin
2 eps
Rose Abdoo
Blanca Vasquez
2 eps
Edward Furlong
Shane Casey
2 eps
Kristen Dalton
Quinn Shelby
2 eps
Jonah Lotan
Marty Pino
2 eps
Thad Luckinbill
Connor Dunbrook
2 eps
Ethan Erickson
Brendon Walsh
2 eps
Joey Lawrence
Clay Dobson
3 eps
Julia Ormond
Gillian Whitford
3 eps
Al Santos
Ollie Barnes
2 eps
Sarah Carter
Haylen Becall
2 eps
Clark Gregg
Allen McShane
2 eps
Joe Morton
Dwight Hillborne
2 eps
Raphael Sbarge
District Attorney Latham
2 eps
Dayo Ade
Derrick James
2 eps
Emmanuelle Vaugier
Jessica Angell
25 eps
David Julian Hirsh
Zack Shannon
3 eps
Kyle Gallner
Reed Garrett
6 eps
Nelly
Terrence Davis
4 eps
Patrick Fischler
Brent
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How CSI: NY actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
CSI: NY reads strongest on Tension, Character Depth and Cliffhanger Intensity.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".
The run
Seasons
9 seasons · 197 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200423 episodes
7.5IMDbBest episode · S01E23 What You See Is What You See
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200524 episodes
7.6IMDbBest episode · S02E23 Heroes
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
200624 episodes
7.6IMDbBest episode · S03E24 Snow Day
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
200721 episodes
8.0IMDbBest episode · S04E05 Down The Rabbit Hole
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
200825 episodes
8.6IMDbBest episode · S05E22 Yahrzeit
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
200923 episodes
8.4IMDbBest episode · S06E23 Vacation Getaway
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
201022 episodes
8.3IMDbBest episode · S07E02 Unfriendly Chat
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
201118 episodes
8.4IMDbBest episode · S08E18 Near Death
Season 9 · Complete
Season 9
201217 episodes
8.3IMDbBest episode · S09E17 Today Is Life
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S09E17
Today Is Life
Community unrest over the police shooting of an unarmed man forces Mac and the team to move quickly to solve the case.
S05E04
Sex, Lies and Silicone
The team investigates the puzzling death of a woman named Ann Steele. To solve the case, the team must look for a life size silicone doll. When the team runs into the factory that makes them, it prompts some amusement for some of the team. Meanwhile, Hawkes meets up with an old college friend who later asks him to compromise some evidence in the case.
- Directed by Jonathan Glassner
S07E02
Unfriendly Chat
When a young woman appears to be strangled while participating in a live online chat that Adam witnesses, the CSIs must determine if it was real or a hoax, and locate where the possible victim is.
S05E10
The Triangle
The team is forced to investigate two crimes at once when a mysterious energy field seems to be the cause of a billionaire's disappearance and the death of his limo driver.
- Written by Trey Callaway
S02E23
Heroes
Mack and Danny investigate a Marine found dead in Central Park during Fleet Week. The evidence doesn't add up and who is Ellie? Stella, Lindsay, and Hawkes investigate a dead body found in a burnt out car. The results of their investigation leads to a devastating loss for the whole team.
- Directed by Anthony Hemingway
S03E24
Snow Day
After Flack makes an enormous drug bust, and locks it up at CSI, the drug lords infiltrate the building at gunpoint to get them back. Now the team must resolve the hostage situations, all the while with Mac, Stella, and Hawkes trapped inside.
- Directed by Duane Clark
- Written by Peter M. Lenkov, Pam Veasey
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Carol Mendelsohn
Creator
Ann Donahue
Showrunner
Anthony E. Zuiker
Creator
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Wendy Battles
Executive producer
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Bruce Zimmerman
Writer
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Eli Talbert
Writer
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Andrew Lipsitz
Writer
Trey Callaway
Writer
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John Dove
Writer
Janet Tamaro
Writer
Peter M. Lenkov
Writer
Adam Targum
Writer
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Elizabeth Devine
Writer
Pam Veasey
Writer
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Bill Haynes
Writer
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Barbie Kligman
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Danny CannonProducer
- Wendy BattlesExecutive Producer
- Ethan SmithProducer
- Jerry BruckheimerProducer
- Anthony E. ZuikerProducer
- Adam TargumProducer
Writing
- Bruce ZimmermanWriter
- Eli TalbertWriter
- Andrew LipsitzWriter
- Trey CallawayWriter
- John DoveWriter
- Janet TamaroWriter
Direction
- Matt Earl BeesleyDirector
- John BehringDirector
- Tim HunterDirector
- Alex ZakrzewskiDirector
- Steven DePaulDirector
- Christine MooreDirector
Cinematography
- Marshall AdamsDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- Apple TV StoreBuy
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- Paramount+ Amazon ChannelStreaming
- Fandango At HomeBuy
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