Editing CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (section)

===Critical and commercial reception===
During its 15 years in production, ''CSI'' secured an estimated world audience of over 73.8 million viewers (in 2009),<ref name="TVNumbersCSI"/> commanded, as of the fall of 2008, an average cost of $262,600 for a 30-second commercial,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=131471 |title='Sunday Night Football' Beats 'Grey's Anatomy' |date=October 6, 2008 |work=Advertising Age |access-date=December 4, 2008}}</ref> and reached milestone episodes including the 100th ("Ch-Ch-Changes"), the 200th ("Mascara") and the 300th ("Frame by Frame"). ''CSI'' spawned three spin-off series, a book series, several video games, and an exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. At the time of its cancellation, ''CSI'' was the [[List of longest-running American primetime television series#Scripted television series|seventh-longest-running scripted US primetime TV series]] overall and had been recognized as the most popular dramatic series internationally by the [[Monte-Carlo Television Festival|Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo]], which awarded the series the International Television Audience Award (Best Television Drama Series) seven times.<ref name="7Nymphs"/><ref name="TVNumbersCSI">{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/11/csi-crime-scene-investigation-is-the-most-watched-show-in-the-world/53833 |title=CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Is The Most Watched Show In The World! – TV Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Television Show Ratings |last=CBS Studios International |date=June 11, 2010 |publisher=TV by the Numbers |access-date=June 11, 2010 |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117072530/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/06/11/csi-crime-scene-investigation-is-the-most-watched-show-in-the-world/53833/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="MonteCarlo">{{cite web |url=http://www.tvfestival.com/content/2010-Awards-listing/2010_awards_listingUK.php |title=TV Festival 2010: 2010 Awards listing |publisher=Monte Carlo Television Festival |access-date=June 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717115537/http://www.tvfestival.com/content/2010-Awards-listing/2010_awards_listingUK.php |archive-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref> ''CSI'' became the second-most watched show on American television by 2002,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/26/we-look-back-at-the-top-tv-shows-of-2002/3513/ |title=Nielsen Ratings |publisher=Zap2it |date=December 15, 2014 |access-date=December 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213021446/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/26/we-look-back-at-the-top-tv-shows-of-2002/3513/ |archive-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> finally taking the top position for the [[2002–03 United States network television schedule|2002–2003 season]]. It was later named the most watched show in the world for the sixth time in 2016, making it the most watched show for more years than any other show.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/csi-big-bang-theory-better-call-saul-monte-carlo-tv-festival-awards-1201774233/|title='CSI' Lives On, Wins Most Watched Drama Series Award At Monte Carlo TV Festival|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=June 16, 2016}}</ref>

Critical reception to the show has been positive. Early reviews of the opening season were mixed. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' noted of the pilot "...the charismatic William Petersen and the exquisite Marg Helgenberger, lend credibility to the portrayals that might be indistinct in lesser hands. There's also a compelling, pulsating edge at the outset of ''CSI'' that commands instant attention, thanks in part to dynamic work from director [[Danny Cannon]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/csi-crime-scene-investigation-read-737885 |title='CSI: Crime Scene Investigation': Read THR's 2000 Review |date=October 6, 2014 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the opening two seasons "B+" and "A−" ratings, respectively, noting: "The reason for ''CSI''<nowiki/>'s success is that it combines a few time-tested TV elements in a fresh way. Each episode presents a murder case and a group of lovable heroes armed with cool, high-tech gadgets who do the sleuthing and wrap things up in an hour."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2000/10/06/what-watch|title=What To Watch|work=Entertainment Weekly's EW.com|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=March 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309084025/http://www.ew.com/article/2000/10/06/what-watch|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2002/01/11/csi-frontline|title=CSI; Frontline |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]'s EW.com}}</ref> The ''CSI'' TV series has won six [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] (out of 39 nominations) and four [[People's Choice Awards]] (out of six nominations) and was nominated for six [[Golden Globe Awards]], among other awards.

According to TV media critic Liv Hausken, crime drama TV shows like ''CSI'' normalize surveillance. "The absence of any critical distance to technology on ''CSI'' involves a lack of reflection on the security of information (that is, the constant risk of losing sensitive data) and the potential use and misuse of information. This can be contrasted with a whole range of crime series that may rely heavily on surveillance technologies but nevertheless allow critical reflection as part of the plot as such (showing misinterpretation of data or misuse of surveillance techniques)...This trust in technologies on ''CSI'' is important for understanding the status of surveillance in this fictional universe. It is also an indicator of the show's presentation of ''power'', a third component for consideration in this discussion about how ''CSI'' lends a certain normalization of surveillance to everyday life...The series ignores the fact that everyone is a cultural being, that each person sees something ''as'' something, that they understand things from particular ''perspectives'' in everyday life as well as in science."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Liv Hausken|date=2014|title=Forensic Fiction and the Normalization of Surveillance|journal=Nordicom Review 35|pages=3–16}}</ref>