'New York' To Investigate Mondays?

The three CSI series are tipped to occupy Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights on CBS's fall schedule when the network announces its plans for the 2004-2005 season in New York later today.

CSI: New York could inherit the Monday 10 p.m. slot from CSI: Miami, industry sources told the Hollywood Reporter. CBS may want to give the Big Apple incarnation the benefit of an established CSI time period, which has a strong lead-in from successful sitcoms Everybody Loves Raymond and Two and a Half Men.

Horatio Caine and the CSI: Miami team are expected to head for a Wednesday berth, according to the trade paper's sources. The Florida series is tipped to occupy either the 9 p.m. or 10 p.m. slot, both of which would put it into competition with other top-rating series such as The West Wing, The Bachelor and Law & Order. CBS may decide to pair Miami with a new drama series, Dr. Vegas, starring Emmy-nominee Rob Lowe (The West Wing).

Another alternative, as reported in Variety, is for either New York or Miami to replace Judging Amy at 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday nights. Competition in this time slot includes Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and N.Y.P.D. Blue.

And what of the godfather of the franchise? CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is expected to stay put at 9 p.m. Thursdays, where it usually rules supreme in the ratings. This would allow CSI to continue its winning "crime time" partnership with Without a Trace.

CBS chairman Les Moonves will officially announce the network's fall schedule in New York later today. To read more, head over to the Hollywood Reporter or Variety articles.

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