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NEWS ABOUT: CSI

CSI stories: 8 news summaries

 10 Most Addictive 
 Shows Ever 

24 takes top honors, followed by Lost, Friends

Jul 21, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jack Bauer doesn't even have to torture you to keep you glued to your couch, reports the Daily Telegraph, scoring nearly a fifth of the votes for most addictive show in a survey of some 3000 couch potatoes. “Although crime doesn't pay, as our list reveals, it most certainly... More »

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entertainment • television • Heroes • Lost • The Sopranos • Sex and the City • The Wire • CSI • TV series • Friends

 Realtors Sue CSI 
 Over Kinky Portrayal 

Real estate agents allege producer defamed them in episode

May 23, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scott and Melinda Tamkin are your average married real estate agents. Unless you watch CSI, in which they are conniving, kinky-sex-loving real estate agents. The couple is suing the producer of a February episode they say is based on a warped version of them, the Los Angeles Times reports. The... More »

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entertainment • real estate • lawsuit • defamation • CSI • Scott Tamkin • Melinda Tamkin

 CSI Star, SAG Prez Split Up 

Helgenberger, Rosenberg cite irreconcilable differences

Mar 26, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - CSI star Marg Helgenberger and Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg filed for divorce Tuesday, E! reports. The two married in 1989 and have an 18-year-old son together. The split, blamed on irreconcilable differences, follows a separation in December. At that time, Helgenberger’s rep said, “They love and... More »

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divorce • celebrity • CSI • Screen Actors Guild • celebrity divorces • Marg Helgenberger • Alan Rosenberg

(Newser) - George Clooney’s appearance on ER last night gave the NBC standby a boost, E! Online reports. Thursday’s episode, which also featured cameos by Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies, and Eriq La Salle brought in 10.7 million viewers, 2 million more than the previous week—though CBS’ Eleventh Hour,... More »

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emergency room • TV ratings • Eleventh Hour • CSI • George Clooney • Susan Sarandon • guest appearance • cameo • Julianna Margulies • Noah Wyle • Eriq La Salle

 Fishburne Joins CSI Cast 


Aug 18, 08 5:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Laurence Fishburne, who starred in Boyz in the Hood and The Matrix, will return to TV this fall, joining the cast of CSI. Fishburne will replace William Petersen and will play an ex-pathologist now teaching a college course in criminalistics, reports TV Guide. He'll first appear in the hit CBS... More »

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television • CBS • CSI • Laurence Fishburne

 CSI Star
 Avoids Jail
 in Drug Bust 

Gary Dourdan pleads guilty after being caught with heroin, cocaine, and ecstasy

May 29, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - CSI co-star Gary Dourdan sidestepped 3-4 years in jail yesterday by copping a plea in a case involving cocaine and ecstasy, the AP reports. Dourdan, whose character was killed off in the season finale, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony drug possession after an arrest last month near Palm... More »

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California • celebrity trials • heroin • cocaine • drug possession • CSI • Gary Dourdan

'CSI' Actor Busted
for Drugs

Gary Dourdan nabbed snoozing in car on wrong side of street

Apr 30, 08 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Life imitated art for "CSI" star Gary Dourdan when he was arrested Monday in Palm Springs, Calif., for possession of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, and prescription pills, People reports. The “disoriented” crime drama star, who plays an audio-video analyst with an addiction-addled past, was picked up by patrol officers... More »

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drugs • drug addiction • celebrity • drug possession • CSI • Gary Dourdan

CBS Lands Bruckheimer's 'Eleventh Hour'

Huge $25M-$30M deal for British scientific thriller beats out ABC

Sep 19, 07 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - CBS beat out all comers, mainly ABC, for the rights to a Jerry Bruckheimer/Warner Brothers adaptation of the British series Eleventh Hour, a scientific thriller a la X-Files. The deal, pronounced the biggest of this development season, puts CBS on the hook for $25 million to $30 million, Variety... More »

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television • CBS • ABC • Jerry Bruckheimer • Eleventh Hour • Warner Brothers • CSI • Cold Case • Without a Trace

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