'New York' Celebrates 100 Episodes

This get-together has been five years in the making.

The stars of CSI: New York gathered to celebrate their 100th episode. Gary Sinise (Mac Taylor), Melina Kanakaredes (Stella Bonasera), Eddie Cahill (Don Flack), Anna Belknap (Lindsay Monroe), Carmine Giovinazzo (Danny Messer) and the newest series regulars, AJ Buckley (Adam Ross) and Robert Joy (Dr Sid Hammerback) joined producer Jerry Bruckheimer at the Los Angeles club Edison on November 1 for the party. The 100th episode will air on November 19.

"We've been on the air for a long time, and people still like us," Bruckheimer told Entertainment Tonight. "That's a good thing." Sinise said this was the first TV show he had been on. "A hundred episodes is a milestone in any television series," he continued, "so I'm glad we made it here. We're looking forward to a hundred more."

"We're just so happy to have an amazing group of people to work with every day," Kanakaredes said, "and it's still fun to go to work. I'm so excited that people love the show." Being a part of New York means a lot of things to Cahill, "not all of which I have words for," he explained. "It means that I've found a home more than anything else, and I've had the opportunity to work on a great show for a long time with a lot of really good folks."

"I also like to think that New York is our biggest star," Kanakaredes added. "It's an incredible city, and we're so fortunate to be able to pull from so much." The 100th episode will also utilize some big name guest stars to spice things up. Rumer Willis, Scott Wolf, Julia Ormond, Chris Daughtry from American Idol, rapper Nelly and NFL legend Marshall Faulk are all set to appear in the episode. "It's a good group of folks," Sinise said, adding, "It's a very interesting hundredth episode."

Also coming up later this season is a storyline that hits close to home for one of the stars: Lindsay and Danny will find out that they're going to be parents. There will be no need for a fake baby bump since Belknap is six months pregnant with her second child. "She doesn't have to hide it," Sinise explained to OK! Magazine. "I'm glad they're writing it into the show." For Belknap, being pregnant in real life and on the show at the same time has been interesting. "I forget when we cut that I'm still pregnant when I walk away!" She said. "It's very weird in my head because you're thinking in pretend when you're acting."

The video interview can be watched at ET Online, and the other article is from OK! Magazine.

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