Zuiker, and Ann Donahue, with Ann Donahue acting as show-runner.
The series is executive produced by creators Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony E. Delaney joined the series following the pilot episode's broadcast. It's about science." The series was launched as a second-season episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and originally featured a cast led by Caruso, Procter, Rodriguez, Alexander, with Cochrane. All that gives Miami an edge." ĬBS ordered 22 episodes of the series, with Anthony Zuiker stating that whilst he intended for the series to look "ridiculously gorgeous", he felt that the "show not about women walking around in bikinis. There are so many different cultures here all colliding. On the location choice, co-creator Carol Mendelsohn stated that " felt Miami was the most happening place Miami is so rich as a character. On April 17, 2002, CBS Television Studios announced plans to launch a series originally titled CSI: Miami-Dade, a spin-off to the hit procedural CSI. ĭuring their investigations, the team cooperate with both allies and nemeses, including Internal Affairs Lieutenant Rick Stetler ( David Lee Smith), States Attorney Rebecca Nevins ( Christina Chang), Medical Examiner Tom Loman ( Christian Clemenson), and newly minted detective Sam Owens ( Taylor Cole).
The team are assisted by Medical Examiner Alexx Woods ( Khandi Alexander), who began her career as Medical Examiner in New York, and her replacement Tara Price ( Megalyn Echikunwoke), Miami Dade Police Sergeant Frank Tripp ( Rex Linn), and Horatio's sister-in-law, Detective Yelina Salas ( Sofia Milos). Together, Caine and Duquesne head a team of forensic investigators that includes Lieutenant Megan Donner ( Kim Delaney), conceived as "a strong woman duplicate the chemistry that Caruso displayed with Marg Helgenberger" during " Cross Jurisdictions", Detective Eric Delko ( Adam Rodriguez), an underwater recovery expert, Walter Simmons ( Omar Miller), a detective who forces the "CSIs to do more science and research instead of relying on databases", Los Angeles Police transfer Jesse Cardoza ( Eddie Cibrian), former FBI agent Natalia Boa Vista ( Eva LaRue), and Ryan Wolfe ( Jonathan Togo), a master of genetics recruited following the death of Detective Timothy Speedle ( Rory Cochrane). The New York Sun has described Caine as an amalgam of "the spirits of all the laconic American law men who preceded him", while the New York Post describes Caine's partner Detective Calleigh Duquesne ( Emily Procter) as "a bilingual Southern beauty with a specialty in ballistics". In his pursuit of justice, he has proven that "he can handle himself on the street and he's not a person to be messed with". Horatio believes that "evil is" and lives "between the perpetrators of this evil and the people who try and come between that evil and the citizen". The team is led by Lieutenant Horatio Caine ( David Caruso), who, through his history as a bomb-disposal expert, has gained specialized knowledge in explosive forensics. 4.2 Crossover with CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationĬSI: Miami follows a group of detectives assigned to the Miami-Dade Police Department's Crime Scene Investigations, an elite unit operating out of the (fictional) "Miami Dade police headquarters, with its eerie blue light and flickering screens".In 2006, BBC News published an article stating that CSI: Miami was the world's most popular television series, featuring in more countries' top ten rankings for 2005 than any other series. Following the series finale, Nina Tassler credited CSI: Miami as a "key player in CBS's rise to the top", stating that the series "leaves an amazing television legacy-a signature look and style global popularity". The series ended on April 8, 2012, after 10 seasons and 232 episodes. Zuiker, and Ann Donahue, with the latter acting as show-runner. ĬSI: Miami was executive produced by Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony E. The series is the first direct spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "transplanting the same template and trickery-gory crimes, procedural plot and dazzling graphics-into while retaining the essence of the original idea". Starring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Detective Calleigh Duquesne, and Adam Rodriguez as Detective Eric Delko. CSI: Miami ( Crime Scene Investigation: Miami) is an American police procedural drama television series that premiered on September 23, 2002, on CBS.