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CSI revival: 3 things that have to be in the new CSI series

By Brittany Frederick

"Leapin' Lizards" -- The CSIs discover that several suspects in a woman's murder are members of a bizarre UFO club who believe that shape-shifting reptile-like aliens have mated with humans for centuries as a means of conquering the human race, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Thursday, September 2 (originally broadcast May 3) the CBS Television Network. Meanwhile, Grissom (William Petersen) uses an evening at home to construct a miniature of his office. Photo: Michael Desmond/CBS ©2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
"Leapin' Lizards" -- The CSIs discover that several suspects in a woman's murder are members of a bizarre UFO club who believe that shape-shifting reptile-like aliens have mated with humans for centuries as a means of conquering the human race, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Thursday, September 2 (originally broadcast May 3) the CBS Television Network. Meanwhile, Grissom (William Petersen) uses an evening at home to construct a miniature of his office. Photo: Michael Desmond/CBS ©2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. /
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“Karma To Burn”– Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox, left) watches as D.B. Russell (Ted Danson) gives an angry look in this scene, on the 13th season premiere of CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Wednesday, Sept. 26 (10:00 – 11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
“Karma To Burn”– Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox, left) watches as D.B. Russell (Ted Danson) gives an angry look in this scene, on the 13th season premiere of CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Wednesday, Sept. 26 (10:00 – 11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. /

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation may be coming back to CBS for a revival, so here are three things we have to see if CSI: Las Vegas gets a new limited series.

One of the biggest TV crime dramas ever might be making a comeback! Rumor broke on Monday that CBS is considering a CSI: Crime Scene Investigation revival, as a way of celebrating the show’s upcoming 20th anniversary.

According to various media reports, the project would be a limited series of some kind, rather than the TV-movie that wrapped the show up in 2015. And it’s not a done deal yet; the project is still in the development stage. However, CBS has made contract offers to certain original stars to see if they’d be interested in coming back.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was a massive hit and still remains near and dear to many TV crime drama fans (to say nothing of spinoffs CSI: Miami, CSI: NY and CSI: Cyber). It was huge for CBS, so it makes sense that they’d want to do something to celebrate this milestone—and a revival is the obvious option in our reboot-happy TV landscape.

But if the show is really coming back, it has to be done right.  So here’s what we want out of any CSI revival, and you can tell us your thoughts in the comments.

1. The original CSI cast

It goes without saying that any revival doesn’t make sense unless the actors are willing to come back. Especially since this one is being launched with the specific intent of celebrating the show’s history, any CSI revival must include the original cast—and not just one or two of them, because then everyone would just be asking whatever happened to the people who didn’t show up.

According to Deadline, the only actors who have been approached yet are William Peterson (who portrayed Gil Grissom) and Jorja Fox (Sara Sidle). That’s a great start, but it doesn’t come close to satisfying the fans and accurately representing the show. The series was about a lot more than Grissom, Sara and their relationship.

Marg Helgenberger and George Eads both went on to star in other CBS shows (she’s currently on All Rise and toplined Intelligence, and recurred on Under The Dome; he was a regular on MacGyver for several seasons), so the network should have no problem reaching out to them.

There’s also Paul Guilfoyle, and don’t forget Robert David Hall and Eric Szmanda either; the latter two may have started as recurring cast members, but they’ve been around since the first season, too.

The only person the network could possibly leave out of the revival would be Gary Dourdan, given that his character Warrick Brown died in the ninth season. But even then, fans would probably be hoping for some kind of ghost appearance or flashback.

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