CSI: Vegas gets axed
After three seasons, the case is closing on CSI: Vegas, a revival of the CBS hit drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation that initially ran for 15 seasons.
The original series launched in 2000 and spanned 335 episodes, earning six Emmys and 39 nominations. Throughout its run, the cast at various points included William Petersen, Jorja Fox, Marg Helgenberger, Ted Danson, Elisabeth Shue, Laurence Fishburne, and more.
Its popularity led to three spinoffs, including CSI: Miami (2002-12); CSI: New York (200413); and CSI: Cyber (2014-16).
CSI: Vegas rebooted the show in 2022 with a new group of Las Vegas Crime Lab investigators being led by Petersen's Gil Grissom and Fox's Sara Sidle. Wallace Langham also returned as David Hodges with newcomers Paula Newsome, Matt Lauria, Mel Rodriguez and Mandeep Dhillon.
But Petersen and Fox exited after Season 1, with Newsome (known for HBO's Barry) taking the reins alongside Marg Helgenberger, who returned as criminologist Catherine Willows.
After Petersen and Fox's departure, CSI: Vegas show runner Jason Tracey told TVLine
that the door was open for Grissom and Sidle to return, “but we only asked them to come back to help us tell this finite number of episodes.”
In addition to saying goodbye to Vegas, CBS also announced its pulling the plug on the legal dramedy So Help Me Todd,
which followed the relationship between an uber-successful lawyer (Marcia Gay Harden) and her private detective son (Skyler Astin).
In the meantime, the series finales of CSI: Vegas and So Help Me Todd will air next month.