AP To 'New York': Lighten Up

See Also: 'Blink' Episode Guide

CSI: New York is a grittier, more serious take on forensic investigation than its Las Vegas and Miami cousins, according to the Associated Press.

"While CSI: NY resembles its fellow forensics dramas in the sort of crimes it tackles, the need to set this edition apart from the others has resulted in dusky visuals and laconic dialogue that make the show as deadly as its subject matter," said AP television writer Frazier Moore (via the Victoria Advocate. "There's no flashy Vegas decadence or Sunshine State glow to play the crime against. Just grinding urban despair."

Moore said the premiere episode, entitled "Blink", has a sombre tone. The lead CSI, Mac Taylor, is haunted by his wife's death in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a grief which "weigh[s] things down" in the episode. The show's distinctive blue shade, which distinguishes it from the bright palette of CSI: Miami, complements the "dour mood".

In order to give CSI: New York some variety, Moore said the show should ease up on the serious storylines. "[T]he producers shouldn't lose sight of the need to entertain its audience. Suggestion: Lighten up a little on CSI: NY and lose some blue."

Preston Turegano from the San Diego Union-Tribune was more upbeat, selecting the performance of Gary Sinise (Mac Taylor) as the show's high point. "By delving into a principal character so deeply from the get-go, the newest CSI brilliantly one-ups its predecessors."

CSI: New York premieres on CBS at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, September 22. The original reviews can be found at the Victoria Advocate and the San Diego Union-Tribune.

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