News Bullets

• According to Reuters, Miami's repeat of "Speed Kills" was beat by an all new Medium on Monday night. The episode was watched by 14.4 million and received 4.7/12 of the share. Medium, in turn, was watched by 15.2, crowning NBC winner for the night. Meanwhile, CSI: New York's rerun of "Recycling" was watched by 10.2 million viewers overall, falling behind Law and Order, which was watched by 12 million. Due to CSI being pre-empted on Thursday, there won't be a ratings report at the end of the week.

• The Insider recently awarded Gary Dourdan (Warrick Brown) with the title of Favorite Small Screen Stud. The show aired on March 16th.

• Josh Berman's new show, Deviant Behavior, has added two new cast members to its roster: Boston Public's Chi McBride and life as we know it's Marguerite Moreau. Deviant Behavior revolves around the workings of a special team that tracks down serial killers and will air on FOX.

• According to Matt Roush, of TVvGuide's Ask Matt column, the latest TVvGuide feature of the cast of CSI was followed by numerous letters of complaints from the show's fans. "The mail we got after the recent TV Guide cover story on the show's escalating sexual tension between Catherine and Warrick has been pretty negative, mostly because people seem to enjoy the show mainly for the forensics, not for the flirting."

• Justin Louis, who portrayed Ken Wellstone in the recent CSI episode "Nesting Dolls", has been cast in the lead of the upcoming ABC television movie Ambition, which revolves around the life of Donald Trump. Louis will portray the famous media mogul.

• The Seattle Post-Intelligencer recently provided a review of the CSI: Miami PC game. The game was given a C+ grade and was deemed perfect for the 'casual gamer'.

• CSI aficionados probably acquired a love of forensics by watching the classic television show, Quincy, M.E.. Fans of the show will now be able to enjoy seasons one and two, which will be released in the show's first DVD set in June 7th. Thanks to Barry Holland for this!

• Jorja Fox Online has been updated with screen caps of "Compulsion". The pictures mostly feature the character of Sara Sidle.

• For those of you who are still wondering who will portray Catherine Willow's mother in the yet unspecified episode of CSI, Wednesday's Ask Ausiello column confirmed Ann-Margaret's future appearance with a, "no comment."

• Bill Bass, creator of the first ever body farm, says the identification of a body isn't as easy as CSI makes it look. "Identifying a body is not as easy or as quick as it looks on TV shows such as CSI. It can sometimes take months and they still may not know any more than they did initially." A body farm was featured in the CSI episode "Burden of Proof".

• The Chicago Tribune is looking for the four most influential Chicagoans in the country, and both William Petersen and Gary Sinise are in the running. Petersen is up against actor Jeremy Pivens, while Sinise is running against The Sopranos's Joe Mantegna.

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