CBS Is One Big Crime Scene

The other NYC-set cop show, CSI: NY, gets a push from its network's advertising and promotions department: The outside of CBS headquarters (aka Black Rock) is swathed in tape announcing the show's premiere tonight, as Flickr user tschopper's photograph shows. And elsewhere on Flickr, Baby Dove reveals the huge chalk outline in front of the CBS doors.

So it's a showdown between CSI:NY and Law & Order: CSI: NY's episode is about someone's death while scaling the Empire State Building (!!) and L&O has something complicated involving Lynda "Wonder Woman" Carter and Estella Warren, continuing yesterday's L&O: SVU episode. Gothamist likes the flash of CSI: NY's concept, and we're a sucker for L&O's stunt casting. However, CSI: NY loses points for not filming in NYC (though some NYers might hail that) and L&O loses points for crossover episodes (we love Detective Benson, this is only the secnod episode...you can't be that desperate...can you?). So, advantage goes to the 9PM fight, a face-off between Lost on ABC and Veronica Mars on UPN - we hate you, TV programmers!

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By Jen Chung in Arts and Events on September 28, 2005 12:58 PM

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Dirk

I love Detective Benson! She can be on as many L&O as she wants.

Speaking of stunt casting, I love how Mark McGrath and Bobby Flay played themselves on SVU last night. I especially liked that they had their sperm stolen by Estella Warren with the help of a cattle prod!

Jen

They do location stuff here, sure, but their studios are in California. It's like CSI and CSI: Miami - location shooting in the cities, studio stuff in LA. Law & Order, on the other hand, is 100% shot here, much to my happiness and others' chagrin (the poor neighbors).

jimmie

You sure CSI:NY doesn't shoot in NYC? I saw them about 3 weeks ago shooting in the middle of Herald Square. Almost stopped traffic. Maybe mixed sets/locations?