The third permutation of the "CSI" franchise sets up shop in the Big Apple, where taciturn detective Mac Taylor and his new partner, Jo Danville, lead a crime-solving team. Taylor, a retired Marine who believes evidence holds the truth that people may try to cover up, finds balance in Jo's empathy-driven investigative style. Their team includes spirited investigators like Danny Messer and wife Lindsay Monroe Messer, former coroner Sheldon Hawkes, and edgy detective Don Flack.
- Creators: Ann Donahue, Anthony Zuiker, Carol Mendelsohn
- Starring: Gary Sinise, Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo, Hill Harper, Eddie Cahill
- TV Network: CBS
- Premiere Date: Sep 22, 2004
- Genre: Crime
- Executive producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, Anthony Zuiker, Danny Cannon, Andrew Lipsitz