Editing CSI: Miami (section)

=== Concept and development ===
On April 17, 2002, [[CBS Television Studios]] announced plans to launch a series originally titled ''CSI: Miami-Dade'', a spin-off to the hit procedural ''CSI''. On the location choice, co-creator Carol Mendelsohn stated that "[she, Anthony E. Zuiker, and Ann Donahue] felt Miami was the most happening place [...] Miami is so rich as a character. There is so much water. There are so many different cultures here all colliding. Its politics are so interesting. All that gives Miami an edge."<ref name="sun-sentinel.com">{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2002-04-17/lifestyle/0204160354_1_miami-dade-miami-vice-csi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019102150/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2002-04-17/lifestyle/0204160354_1_miami-dade-miami-vice-csi|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 19, 2015|title=Csi On The Case In Miami, Hoping For A Spinoff|work=tribunedigital-sunsentinel}}</ref>

CBS ordered 22 episodes of the series, with Anthony Zuiker stating that whilst he intended for the series to look "ridiculously gorgeous", he felt that the "show [was] not about women walking around in bikinis. It's about science."<ref name="sun-sentinel.com"/> The series was launched as a second-season episode of ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', and originally featured a cast led by Caruso, Procter, Rodriguez, Alexander, with Cochrane. Delaney joined the series following the pilot episode's broadcast.

The series is executive produced by creators Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony E. Zuiker, and Ann Donahue, with Ann Donahue acting as show-runner. [[Jerry Bruckheimer]] also executive-produces the series. ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' stars [[William Petersen]] and [[Marg Helgenberger]] expressed their displeasure at CBS' launch of ''Miami'', with Petersen stating that "[they] should have waited five years for a ''CSI'' spinoff." Helgenberger supported Petersen's comments during an Emmy acceptance speech, noting that "as far as [she was] concerned, there's only one ''CSI''." Petersen jestingly referred to the series ''NYPDCSI'', as it initially featured both Caruso and Delaney, of ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' fame.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://nypost.com/2002/09/26/csi-family-feud-these-stars-of-the-original-series-say-these-spinoff-stars-are-just-copy-cat-rats/ | work=New York Post | first=Don | last=Kaplan | title=Csi: Family Feud; These Stars Of The Original Series Say...; ...These Spinoff Stars Are Just Copy Cat Rats | date=September 26, 2002}}</ref>