CBS Orders "CSI: Cyber" to Series

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CBS Picks Up "CSI: Cyber" to Series
by NELLIE ANDREEVA
May 9, 2014


The planted "CSI" spinoff will join offshoot "NCIS: New Orleans" on the CBS schedule next season.

"CSI: Cyber" was not on the list of four drama pilots picked up to series by CBS earlier today but as we reported, the project was in final negotiations for a pickup, which now has become a reality.

I had heard that CBS would likely not launch the "NCIS" and "CSI" spinoffs at the same time, with "NCIS: New Orleans" more likely for fall and "CSI: Cyber" for midseason.





Written-executive produced by the "CSI" team of Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony Zuiker and Ann Donahue, "CSI: Cyber" stars Patricia Arquette as Avery Ryan, Special Agent in Charge at the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI in Quantico, VA, who is tasked with solving major crimes that start in the mind, live online, and play out into the real world.

The planted spinoff aired recently as an episode of "CSI" to a great response. It is a departure from the forensic DNA of the "CSI" franchise and is darker as it focuses on cyber crime.





Carol Mendelsohn will continue to be in charge of the mothership series as she has been since the beginning. Another "CSI" veteran, former "CSI: NY" showrunner Pam Veasey, is expected to run the "Cyber" spin-off.

The pickup marks Patricia Arquette’s return to primetime at the network where she last starred in "Medium".

http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/csi-...-up-to-series/