Gary Sinise (Mac Taylor) has been able to take time away from his job on CSI: New York to honor the men and women in the United States military, and he doesn’t plan on stopping any time soon. “I’ve been blessed to have a good television show that’s been very supportive, but it’s not going to last forever,” the actor told 630 WMAL News in Washington, DC. He added, “I want to make sure that I can keep supporting our troops and our first responders and their families to the same degree that I’m doing now even if I don’t have a job.”

One way that Sinise honors the troops is by giving concerts as part of the Lt Dan Band. This past Friday, May 27, Sinise and the Lt Dan Band performed in front of a large crowd at a benefit to raise money for a wounded US Marine. Corporal Todd Nicely lost his arms and legs in an IED explosion a year ago in Afghanistan, and the money raised at the concert will be used to build a home that is specially equipped to accommodate the 26-year-old’s needs. You can find a video about the concert embedded after the jump (please note that the video begins automatically):

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Earlier this year, director Jeffrey Hunt shared a picture from the sixth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Hunt has posted two more classic pictures from the set, which were taken while he was CSI’s A camera/Steadicam operator. The second picture is from season three’s “Lucky Strike” and features William Petersen (Gil Grissom) and Jeffrey D Sams (Detective Lockwood). Click to see each picture full-sized:

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Deadline posted the complete series rankings for the 2010-2011 broadcast TV season. In overall viewers, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was #10 with 13.63 million viewers, CSI: Miami earned 11.97 million to come in #21, and CSI: New York took 33rd place with 10.82 million viewers. In the key 18-49 demographic prized by advertisers, CSI was 28th with a 3.3 rating/8 share on average for the season. Miami was #42 with 2.9/8, and CSI:NY came in 75th with 2.1/6.

Source: Deadline Hollywood

Hill Harper (CSI: New York’s Dr Sheldon Hawkes) re-tweeted a picture of his upcoming book The Wealth Cure: Putting Money In Its Place—click to see the image full-sized:

CSI: Miami actress Eva La Rue (Natalia Boa Vista) posted on Twitter that she re-signed her contract for the upcoming tenth season.

Please note that our previous article concerning The Gary Sinise Foundation has been edited to provide a more accurate description of the foundation’s goals. The foundation does provide money for worthwhile charities, but it also provides programmes to honor, support, entertain and educate the men and women in the US military, as well as their families and people in need. We apologize for the inaccuracies in the original article.

The franchise offers three repeats this week, including a visit from Bieber, death by fear and murder at a sugar refinery.

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As part of Emmy campaign season, CBS TV Studios is offering free HD episodes of hit TV shows For Your Consideration through iTunes: “Sqweegel” and “House of Hoarders” for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, “Fallen” and “Sleepless in Miami” for CSI: Miami, and “To What End?” and “Exit Strategy” for CSI: New York. In addition to the CSI franchise, the network is offering free episodes from The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, Hawaii Five-0, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Survivor and The Amazing Race.

Source: CBS TV Studios Insider. Thanks to Shane from TalkCSI for the heads up.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation actress Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows) will be a presenter at the 65th Annual Tony Awards, which will be broadcast live on CBS on Sunday, June 12 from 8:00-11:00pm ET (delayed PT).

Edited for accuracy May 26, 2011.

Gary Sinise (CSI: New York’s Mac Taylor) will take part in a National Press Club luncheon address on Thursday, June 30 to announce the establishment of The Gary Sinise Foundation. (Details and mission statement can be found after the jump!)

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Last December, we reported that CSI creator Anthony Zuiker had several series in development, including Enigma. This modern-day Sherlock Holmes series, which features mystery-of-the-week stories, is currently being developed for TNT. Also in development for TNT is Scent of the Missing, which centers around a search-and-rescue officer and her Labrador retriever partner. The show is based on a book of the same name, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation executive producer Carol Mendelsohn will serve as an EP on the project.

Source: Deadline Hollywood

CBS Consumer Products has unveiled plans to publish a series of chapter books based on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which will be geared toward pre-teen readers. The novels from Simon Spotlight (a children’s imprint of Simon & Schuster) will explore forensic science, and they will take place in a middle school setting. The first book, Mystery Meatloaf by David Lewman, is scheduled for a January 2012 publishing date.

CSI: New York actress Anna Belknap (Lindsay Monroe) celebrates her birthday today, May 22. She was born on this day in 1972.

Take a behind-the-scenes glimpse at all five new series that will appear on CBS this fall. (Videos embedded after the jump!)

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