Ted Danson is the New CSI Boss

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CSI actors are doing a little shuffle, and actor Ted Danson will benefit. No stranger to television, Danson has been promoted to the head of the crime lab in Las Vegas.

It wasn’t so long ago The Matrix actor Lawrence Fishburn found himself starring on the long running crime drama. This fan thought Fishburn would replace the character of Grissom to lead the team, but it was veteran actress Marg Helgenberger who stepped up as Grissom’s replacement. Helgenberger was in recent casting news, too, as her contract is ending and this may change her to only part-time status on the show. As for Fishburn, he is saying good-bye to the series altogether.

So, season twelve was looking pretty slender, but, cheer up, there is a pretty new CSI coming aboard and Ted Danson comes to CBS as a transplant from Portland.

“You can create a new character on the page, but until the perfect actor comes along and breathes life into it, it’s just words,” said executive producer Carol Mendelsohn. “We’re very excited Ted Danson came along.”

Danson’s show Becker ended in 2004. He played a villain on Damages opposite Glen Close and recently acted in a film directed by Jada Pinkett Smith called The Human Contract.