CSI: Crime Scene Investigation physical evidence to solve murders. The team is originally led by Gil Grissom (Petersen), a socially awkward forensic entomologist and career criminalist who is promoted to CSI supervisor following the death of a trainee investigator. Grissom's second-in-command, Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger), is a single mother with a cop's instinct. Born and raised in Las Vegas, Catherine was a stripper before being recruited into law enforcement and training as a blood-spatter specialist. Following Grissom's departure during the ninth season of the series, Catherine is promoted to supervisor. After overseeing the training of new investigator Raymond Langston (Fishburne), Willows is replaced by
CSI: NY "I don't need to fight to prove I'm right. I don't need to be forgiven." The score composer for the series was Bill Brown, who won a BMI Award for season one. Over the nine seasons, a total of 197 original episodes of "CSI: NY" were aired. Like "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "CSI: Miami", "CSI: NY" has a comic book, novels, and a video game based on the show. Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of "CSI: NY" on CBS: CSI: NY CSI: NY (Crime Scene Investigation: New York, stylized as CSI: NY/) is an American