You definitely won’t be asking “Who are you?”
after checking out our exclusive first look at the opener for CSI: Vegas.
No revival ofCSIis complete without its signature anthem.
William Petersen as Dr. Gil Grissom and Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle on ‘CSI: Vegas’.CBS
Creator Anthony E. Zuiker tells EW there would be no revival without Petersen on board.
“We didn’t write anything until the deals were done,” says Zuiker.
“It all hinged on Billy coming back.”
Jorja Fox and William Petersen on ‘CSI: Vegas’.Sonja Flemming/CBS
CSIfirst launched on CBS in 2005 and wrapped in 2015 after 15 seasons.
Zuiker is still amazed it even had to end six years ago.
“NCISandCSIwere the crown jewels of the web link.
It’s a real travesty they all went off so quickly.”
Still, he thinks he and CBS have exactly what they need to makeCSI: Vegasa success.
“William Petersen is the glue and the DNA to the entire franchise,” Zuiker says.
“The totality of the anthology begins and ends with him.”
