I’ll admit that when I saw the previews for last night’s CSI: Miami episode, I considered it a gimmick. In those scenes, we saw Calleigh apparently talking to a ghost. I started worrying that we’d get CSI: Ghost...

I have to admit I was a little worried going into last night’s CSI: Miami episode, “Spring Breakdown,” the nineteenth of the season. The last new episode, “Dishonor,” was one of the best of the season to...

To borrow from a telecast transcript of just about any college basketball game this month, CSI: Miami came roaring out of the locker room and completely dominated the game. Last night’s episode, “Dishonor,” the eighteenth of the...

Admission up front: I haven’t seen anything by Rob Zombie. I know him from afar as a horror maestro. He was the guest director last night, and I was intrigued, to be sure. As cool as it...

As a writer myself, I’m constantly impressed by CSI: Miami’s writers’ ability to come up with interesting crimes perpetrated in interesting ways. What makes the three CSI programs so fun to watch is the regional variation offered...

In just about every opening of your standard CSI: Miami episode, we viewers get to see the crime. By the end of your regular episode, the murderer is taken away in handcuffs. Last night’s episode, “In the...

It has to be an interesting and, at times, frustrating job to be a writer for a crime show like CSI: Miami. The template is pretty structured, and we viewers know what we’re going to get week...

For the first new episode of the year, CSI: Miami asks the question: What if Hannah Montana pulled a Michael Jackson? Let’s be honest–Jackson’s notorious hair fire of 1984 is now pop culture legend. Montana is a...

Like last week’s episode, this one began with running. Calleigh and Ryan were in hot pursuit of a suspect, as was Horatio. Apparently, the cameraman also got in on the action, since the images were quite jumpy...

With few exceptions, American police procedurals are straight-forward television drama with little changes here and there, never enough to upset the balance. Week in and week out, you pretty much know what you are going to get:...