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• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation executive producer Jonathan Littman talked to Mediaweek recently about the current spate of crime shows. "We're a tabloid society, and people are interested in other people's dirty laundry," he said.

• Two further interviews dealing with Ben Browder's appearance in "Tinder Box" have appeared online at the Sci-Fi Wire and TV Guide.

• In the latest edition of his Ask Matt column, TV Guide's Matt Roush was asked his opinion regarding Alexx Woods' habit of talking to the dead in CSI: Miami. "I think it's meant to be idiosyncratic and quirky," he said. "But I agree some of her scenes with the cadaver-of-the-week appear awfully forced." The original article can be found at this page.

• Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows) is featured in the May/June issue of Lifetime Magazine. Thanks to Elyse's CSI Site for this!

• Students and teachers at Pima County's Crime Scene Management programme have talked about the impact of CSI on the forensics community with KOLD TV. "I think CSI is a wonderful show," said the instructor, Sgt. Michael O'Connor. "In years past, we were looking for fingerprints and blood evidence. Now we're looking for dandruff that's fallen off a suspect at a scene and collected. So we have to be better at what we do, and CSI does a lot of that."

• On the other side of the coin, the San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office is facing massive budget cuts and jurors who expect to see evidence presented in the same manner as it is on CSI. "Jurors are watching TV, and they see people doing DNA and other work to determine how long somebody has been dead and they expect us to do that," said Chief Medical Examiner Boyd Stephens. Find out more at the San Francisco Examiner.

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