US broadcast network CBS is expected to confirm the axing of long-running procedural CSI: Crime Scene Investigation tomorrow at its new season schedule launch. Various US news outlets are reporting the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced show, which follows forensic investigators as they undertake cases, is not among 10 scripted series renewed for the 2015-16 season. How CBS […]
CBS is turning to its trusted backdoor pilot process to test another spin-off series, this time for procedural drama Criminal Minds (pictured). The pilot will be part of Criminal Minds’s latest season, and come in the shape of an episode written by original show showrunner and executive producer Erica Messing. It will follow a separate […]
US broadcast channel CBS is prepping a third CSI spin-off, this time focusing on a Virginia-based cyber crimes unit. The currently untitled series comes a decade after the original CSI series launched on the Eye Network and will join a family of programmes that also now includes CSI: Miami and CSI: MY. It will follows […]
The Latin-focussed division of US prodco Bunim/Murray has agreed development deals with Emmy Award-winning journalist Lauren Sanchez and CSI: Miami actor Adam Rodriguez. BMP Latin will work with the pair on projects aimed at young US Latinos. audience Sanchez will partner with BMP Latin to executive produce and host Generations (WT), a new syndicated talk […]
CBS supplied the top three most-valuable drama imports to European broadcasters last year, with procedural NCIS leading the way by generating more than US$205 million, according to a new report. Following NCIS, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation came second with US$188 million and CSI: Miami with US$168.4 million, figures from Essential Television Statistics, Madigan Cluff and […]
