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CSI cancelled after 15 years

LONDON — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, frequently named the most watched television series in the world, has been cancelled by United States network CBS after 15 years.

LONDON — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, frequently named the most watched television series in the world, has been cancelled by United States network CBS after 15 years.

The show will conclude on Sept 27 with a two-hour feature-length episode starring William Petersen, who played Dr Gilbert “Gil” Grissom for a decade. Marg Helgenberger, who played blood spatter analyst Catherine Willows for 13 years since the show’s inception, will also return for the episode.

The show was cancelled after scoring only more than 11 million viewers with its latest season. At its height, CSI attracted 26 million American viewers and 63 million viewers worldwide.

Ted Danson, who stars in the current series as Supervisor DB Russell, will move to CSI: Cyber, a recent spin-off, which also features Oscar-winner Patricia Arquette. CSI: Cyber currently attracts a similar amount of viewers to the ailing flagship show.

Other spin-offs in the franchise include CSI: New York and CSI: Miami, both of which didn’t last as long as the flagship.

“It’s easy to forget this was one of the strongest, longest-running dramas in TV history and really important to the network,” said CBS executive Kelly Kahl.

CSI is the seventh longest-running US prime-time show of all time and was, according to Eurodata Worldwide, the most watched show in the world. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

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