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‘CSI: Vegas,’ iconic show’s second life, snuffed out

- BY CHRISTOPHE­R LAWRENCE Las Vegas Review-Journal

Like many of its victims of the past week, “CSI: Vegas” has been cut down in its prime.

The reboot of the series that put Las Vegas on the television map won’t live to see a Season 4. According to multiple news outlets, it’s been canceled by CBS to make room for new dramas, including “NCIS: Origins,” a new take on “Matlock” and the Sherlock

Holmes-adjacent “Watson.”

Originally conceived as a limited series to celebrate the 20th anniversar­y of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigat­ion,” “CSI: Vegas” was delayed a year by the pandemic. The 10episode reboot performed well enough in 2021 to earn a second season of 22 episodes. Its third season was limited to 10 episodes because of last year’s writers and actors strikes.

“CSI: Vegas” brought back original stars William Petersen (Gil Grissom) and Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle), pairing them with a new team led by Paula Newsome’s crime lab boss Maxine Roby. Petersen and Fox left after that initial season, and another original, Marg Helgenberg­er (Catherine Willows), signed on for what would become its final two seasons.

Newsome and Helgenberg­er returned to downtown Las Vegas on Dec. 4, 2022, along with 108 other members of the “CSI: Vegas” cast and crew, for a day of filming for the third season premiere.

For now, at least, Friday’s cancellati­on marks the end of the franchise launched by “CSI: Crime Scene Investigat­ion” in 2000. At its peak, the series beamed Las Vegas to more than 70 million viewers around the world.

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