"CSI: Miami" (2002) TV series 2002-????

Creators:

Ann Donahue
Carol Mendelsohn
Anthony E. Zuiker

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | unknown

Release Date:

23 SZEPTEMBER 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

"I'm Horatio Caine, and this much I know. At CSI Miami we never Close." (UK tagline)

Plot:

The cases of the Miami-Dade, Florida police department's Crime Scene Investigations unit.

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Investigation | Crime Scene | Coroner | Police

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 20 wins & 25 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Dec. 26	4:02 AM	AETV	Power Trip	#7.9
Sat. Dec. 26	11:00 PM	AETV	Tunnel Vision	#6.18

Cast

David Caruso	...	Lieutenant Horatio Caine (179 episodes, 2002-2010)
Emily Procter	...	Calleigh Duquesne (179 episodes, 2002-2010)
Adam Rodriguez	...	Eric Delko (174 episodes, 2002-2010)
Khandi Alexander	...	Dr. Alexx Woods (145 episodes, 2002-2009)
Rex Linn	...	Detective Frank Tripp / ... (134 episodes, 2003-2010)
Jonathan Togo	...	Ryan Wolfe (129 episodes, 2004-2010)
Eva La Rue	...	Natalia Boa Vista (100 episodes, 2005-2010)
Boti Bliss	...	Maxine Valera (76 episodes, 2003-2009)

Also Known As:

CSI: Weekends (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (some episodes) | New Zealand:R16 (Season one DVD Rating) | Spain:13 | Malaysia:U | Germany:12 (TV rating) (cut) | Germany:16 (original TV rating) | Hungary:16 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 (cable rating) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

5540 W 118th Street, Inglewood, California, USA

Company:

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Trivia:

While all the fly-over shots, skylines and cityscapes really are of Miami, Florida, any beach scenes during the series were filmed at Manhattan Beach, a suburb of Los Angeles.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In many episodes, a suspect is found because a gun was registered to them or someone is threatened with the charge of "possession of an unregistered firearm", or some other reference is made to a firearms registration database. The state of Florida has fairly relaxed gun control laws, and there is no gun registration system anywhere in the state.

Quotes:

[examining a severed arm]
Alexx Woods: No hair at the underarm, but pronounced hair on the knuckles.
Horatio Caine: So, what are you saying?
Alexx Woods: What I'm saying is I'm not an anthropologist. It could be a large woman or a small man.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in John Wang's Nebraska (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Won't Get Fooled Again

Not as good as the original

CSI: Miami is a fun show to watch, like the original CSI:. But the chemistry in the original isn't quite there.

Grissom, in CSI:, is interesting, deep, and can easily be believed to be as smart as he is. But Horatio in CSI: Miami seems a bit more flat, and his bright moments seem cheesy and scripted.

Other characters don't seem to grow in CSI: Miami, while there's clear changes in their CSI: counterparts. Also, the side stories are more interesting in CSI: than in CSI: Miami.

So, while I'll watch CSI: Miami, it's not growing on me like how the original did.