CBS police drama CSI Miami is a spin-off from CSI, and like its predecessor, the show revolves around the crime scene investigators using detective work and forensic evidence to solve crimes.

• David Caruso as Horatio Caine
• Emily Procter as Calleigh Duquesne
• Adam Rodriguez as Eric Delko
• Khandi Alexander as Dr. Alexx Woods
• Rex Linn as Frank Tripp
• Jonathan Togo as Ryan Wolfe
• Boti Bliss as Maxine Valera
• Eva La Rue as Natalia Boa Vista

"Watch enough episodes, and Mr. Caruso's mannerisms become less annoying than soothing as they melt into all those hypnotic patterns of shadow and light, and your critical faculties melt along with them. It's like a real estate show with characters and a plot, and it can hook you. The pristine settings, the stunning aerial views of harbors and yachts, the gorgeous homes and burnished floors, and then … a flash of anger, a gush of blood. At which point, enter Miami-Dade Head Investigator, Lieutenant Horatio Caine, world's most popular cop. And not by chance, an American."—The SunThe Sun: South Beach Riot

"C.S.I.: Miami is very slick, very clever (one cut to commercial comes just as the team discovers a survivor: "Stay with us!"), and very eager to please. Plainly, its creative team imagines that the best way to do so is to repeat what they've done already in the original series..—PopMattersPopMatters: CSI: Miami Review