Premiere Date and Time: Thursday, September 27, 9pm

Network: CBS

Time Slot Competition: Grey's Anatomy, The Office and Scrubs, Don't Forget the Lyrics, Supernatural

Cast: Marg Helgenberger, William Petersen, George Eads, Gary Dourdan, Eric Szmanda, Jorja Fox

CSI eases into its eighth season with its signature style and sensibility intact.  The prime-time mainstay is as in demand as ever after the seventh season cliffhanger left Sara's life hanging in the balance as a desperate Grissom wrestled with his devotion to his job, his love, and the freedom of a known killer.

Sometimes tattooed as a shameless pastiche of itself, stretching a singular theme beyond translucency of substance, CSI continues to smite its critics by dominating time slots and easily earning early renewals, a trend that isn't likely to change with its eighth at-bat


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- Jon Lachonis, BuddyTV
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