Editing CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (section)

== Creation ==

=== Concept and development ===
During the 1990s, [[Anthony Zuiker]] caught producer [[Jerry Bruckheimer]]'s attention after writing his first movie script. Zuiker was convinced that a series was in the concept; Bruckheimer agreed and began developing the series with [[ABC Signature|Touchstone Television]]. The studio's head at the time liked the [[spec script]] and presented it to [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[NBC]], and [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] executives, who decided to pass.

The head of drama development at [[CBS]] saw potential in the script, and CBS had a [[pay-or-play contract]] with actor William Petersen, who said he wanted to do the ''CSI'' [[Pilot (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)|pilot]]. CBS executives liked the pilot so much, they decided to include it in their 2000 schedule immediately, airing on Fridays after ''[[The Fugitive (2000 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''. After CBS picked up the show, the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]-owned [[Touchstone Television]] (which was going to co-produce the series with [[CBS Productions]])  decided to pull out of the project, as they did not want to spend so much money producing a show for another network (ABC is also owned by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]). 

With Touchstone Television out of the picture, CBS approached Canadian media giant [[Alliance Atlantis]] to step in as a co-producer, saving the show.<ref name="Touchstone">{{cite book|last1=Stewart|first1=James B.|title=DisneyWar|date=2005|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9780743283908|pages=[https://archive.org/details/disneywar00jame_0/page/307 307]–310|url=https://archive.org/details/disneywar00jame_0|url-access=registration}}</ref> CBS previously had had a number of business relationships with Alliance Atlantis and its predecessor companies before they had merged in 1998, including airing ''[[Due South]]'' (the first Canadian-produced series to air on an American network in primetime), many of the shows in the pre-1993 [[The CBS Late Movie|CBS Late Night]] block (including ''[[Night Heat]]''), first-run syndicated series distributed by CBS-owned distributor [[King World Productions|Eyemark]] such as ''[[Psi Factor]]'', and various TV movies and miniseries. Alliance also served as the Canadian subdistributor for CBS's program library.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schneider |first1=Mike |last2=Adalian |first2=Josef |date=August 9, 2000 |title=Eye's maple leaf alliance |url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/eye-s-maple-leaf-alliance-1117784817/ |access-date=October 25, 2024}}</ref>

Initially, ''CSI'' was thought to benefit from ''The Fugitive'' (a remake of the [[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|1960s series]]), which was expected to be a hit, but by the end of 2000, ''CSI'' had a much larger audience.<ref name="heaven">{{cite web |url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/csi.htm |title=CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |access-date=May 15, 2008 |author=Spadoni, Mike |date=June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520034821/http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/csi.htm |archive-date=May 20, 2008}}</ref> The show began on Friday at 9:00 following ''The Fugitive'', premiering on October 6, 2000, with an impressive 5.4 in the 18-49 demographic and 17 million viewers. The show hovered around that mark for the next 10 episodes. The final Friday episode, "I-15 Murders", aired on January 12, 2001. The show moved to Thursday at 9:00 following ''[[Survivor (American TV series)|Survivor]]'' on February 1, 2001, episode "Fahrenheit 932", and remained in that time slot until [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 11|season 11]].

=== Production ===
''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' was produced by [[Jerry Bruckheimer Films|Jerry Bruckheimer Television]] and CBS Productions, which became CBS Paramount Television in the fall of 2006 and [[CBS Television Studios]] three years later. Formerly a co-production with the now-defunct Alliance Atlantis Communications, that company's interest was later bought by the investment firm [[GS Capital Partners]], an affiliate of [[Goldman Sachs]].<ref>Through "Entertainment AB Funding LLC"</ref> CBS acquired AAC's international distribution rights to the program, though the non-US DVD distribution rights did not change (for example, [[Momentum Pictures]] continues to own UK DVD rights). The series is currently in syndication, and reruns are broadcast in the US on [[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen]], [[Syfy]], and the [[USA Network]] on cable, with [[Court TV Mystery]] holding the broadcast syndication rights. The show has aired in reruns on the USA Network since January 14, 2011.<ref name="USAadds">{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/01/11/usa-adds-syndicated-csi/38470/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101042821/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/01/11/usa-adds-syndicated-csi/38470 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 1, 2011 |title=USA Adds Syndicated CSI - Ratings|work=TVbytheNumbers |date=January 11, 2010}}</ref> The ''CSI'' catalog has been exclusive to the whole NBC Universal portfolio since September 2014, after several years with [[Viacom Media Networks]]' [[Paramount Network|Spike]] and [[TV Land]].<ref name=USAadds />

===Filming locations===
[[File:HP 6890 Gas chromatogram-mass spectrometer used on CSI.jpg|thumb|The [[Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry|gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer]] formerly used as a prop in the show]]
''CSI'' was originally shot at Rye Canyon, a corporate campus owned by [[Lockheed Martin]] situated in the [[Valencia, California|Valencia]] area of [[Santa Clarita, California]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/CA6082 |title=Rye Canyon Office Park |access-date=May 15, 2008 |publisher=The Center For Land Use Interpretation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922161410/http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/CA6082 |archive-date=September 22, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> due to the [[Santa Clarita Valley]]'s strong similarity to the outskirts of Las Vegas; after episode 11 "The 1-15 Murders", filming shifted to the nearby Santa Clarita Studios. Occasionally, the cast still shot on location in Las Vegas during 2000 and 2001's [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 1|season one]]<ref>{{citation |url=https://archive.org/details/ASG-Danny-Cannon-and-Billy-Petersen-CSI-October-2000-III|title=Danny Cannon and Billy Petersen, CSI - October 2000|publisher=Internet Archive|date=24 November 2024|access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref> (the [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 4|season-four]] DVD set revealed that the episode "Suckers" was mostly shot during December 2003 in Las Vegas, where they filmed a Gothic club scene on location for rent, and in January 2004, some scenes were filmed at [[Caesars Palace]]), although Las Vegas was primarily used for [[second unit]] photography such as exterior shots of streets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.aol.com/JRD203/csi-locations.htm|title=Filming/Locations |access-date=May 15, 2008 |publisher=Elyse'sCSI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706065808/http://members.aol.com/JRD203/csi-locations.htm |archive-date=July 6, 2008}}</ref> Other California locations include [[Verdugo Hills High School]], [[UCLA]]'s [[Royce Hall]], [[Pasadena City Hall]], and [[California State University, Los Angeles]]. After [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 5|season five]], ''CSI'' episodes were primarily filmed at [[Universal Studios Hollywood]] in [[Universal City, California]], but since Santa Clarita's surroundings had proven so versatile, ''CSI'' continued to shoot some outdoor scenes there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csifiles.com/news/120805_01.shtml |title='The Unit' Takes Over CSI's Old Studio |access-date=May 15, 2008 |publisher=CSI Files.com/LA Daily News}}</ref>

===Music===
''CSI''<nowiki/>'s [[theme tune|theme song]] was "[[Who Are You (The Who song)|Who Are You]]", written by [[Pete Townshend]] with vocals by lead singer [[Roger Daltrey]] of [[The Who]]. Daltrey made a special appearance in the [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 7|season-seven]] episode "Living Legend" as Mickey Dunn, which also contained many musical references such as the words "who's next" on a dry-erase board in the episode's opening sequence. In certain countries, a unique theme was used instead to avoid music licensing fees.

Throughout the series, music played an important role; artists such as [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[The Wallflowers]], [[John Mayer]], and [[Akon]] (with [[Obie Trice]]) performed onscreen in the episodes "Skin in the Game", "The Accused Is Entitled", "Built to Kill, Part 1", and "Poppin' Tags", respectively. [[Mogwai]] was often heard during scenes showing forensic tests in progress, as were [[Radiohead]] and [[Cocteau Twins]]. Other artists lent their music to ''CSI'', including [[Rammstein]] and [[Linkin Park]]&mdash;used heavily in Lady Heather ([[Melinda Clarke]])'s story arc. [[Sigur Rós]] can be heard playing in the background in the episode "Slaves of Las Vegas", [[The Turtles]] in "[[Grave Danger]]", and [[Marilyn Manson]] in "Suckers". A cover of the [[Tears for Fears]] song "[[Mad World]]", arranged by [[Michael Andrews (musician)|Michael Andrews]] and featuring vocals by [[Gary Jules]], was used in the pilot episode and during three episodes of [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 6|season six]] ("Room Service", "Killer", and "Way to Go"). [[Industrial rock]] band [[Nine Inch Nails]] was also featured multiple times throughout the various [[CSI (franchise)|''CSI'' franchise]] series. One episode started with [[The Velvet Underground]]'s excited rendition of "[[Sweet Jane]]" and ended with the downbeat version of [[Cowboy Junkies]]' revision of the song. Character David Hodges ([[Wallace Langham]])'s good luck has, on occasion, been accompanied by [[Electric Light Orchestra]]'s "[[Mr. Blue Sky]]". This song was first used in the season-seven episode "Lab Rats" and last used during [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 10|season-ten]]'s "Field Mice".

Several songs by band [[New Order (band)|New Order]] were used in separate seasons of the show. Their hit "[[Crystal (New Order song)|Crystal]]" even appears as the third track on the official ''CSI: The Soundtrack'', promoted in the special features DVD of season one. "[[Someone like You (New Order song)|Someone Like You]]", which appears on the same album, ''[[Get Ready (New Order album)|Get Ready]]'', as "Crystal", appears in a [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 8|season-eight]] episode. Several songs from [[Home Video (band)|Home Video]] appeared in the show, as well. "Blimp Mason", "We", and "Melon" all appeared in various episodes.