The franchise offers three new episodes.

On Monday at 10:00pm ET/PT, CSI: Miami unravels a hotel murder in "Cheating Death":

A man is found handcuffed and stabbed in his hotel room, while a prank at the lab causes a rift in the CSI team and threatens their investigation.

"Cheating Death" was directed by Sam Hill, who has 14 previous credits for the series. His latest turn in the director's chair was for "And How Does That Make You Kill?" Krystal Houghton wrote the episode, which is her twelfth for Miami. Her most recent writing credit was for "All In".

The following guest stars will appear in "Cheating Death"

• Boti Bliss as Valera
• Samantha Quan as Jane Bartlett
• Andrew Walker as Steve Howell
• Wendy Glenn as Christina Dodd
• James MacDonald as Dan Becks
• Lucy Lawless as Audrey Yates
• Shalim Ortiz as Mario Vega
• Vanessa Branch as Lisa Radley
• Jenna Gavigan as Martha
• Charlie Bodin as Andrew
• Marcos De Silvas as Hotel Manager
• Greg Hain as Golfer

Xena Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless makes a special appearance. Boti Bliss and Samantha Quan are reprising established recurring roles. Andrew Walker was in the CSI: New York episode "Sex, Lies and Silicone" a few weeks ago. James MacDonald appeared on CSI in the third season episode "Blood Lust". The other actors are new to the franchise.

CSI: New York finds a body on the move Wednesday at 10:00pm ET/PT in "Dead Inside":

Investigation of a floating crime scene leads the team into the world of "SecretU" an art-house world of true confessionals where 20-somethings divulge their darkest secrets with deadly results.

This is the seventh time Christine Moore has directed for New York. Most recently, she directed last season's "Taxi". "Dead Inside" was co-written by Daniele Nathanson and Pam Veasey. Nathanson has six previous writing credits for the show, including "All in the Family". This is the twenty-fourth time Veasey has penned an episode for the show, the most recent being the season five premiere, "Veritas".

The episode will feature the following actors and actresses in guest-starring roles:

• Emmanuelle Vaugier as Det. Jessica Angell
• Christopher Halsted as Kevin McCreedy
• Mirelly Taylor as Rita Mannete
• Casey LaBow as Lauren McCreedy
• Marguerite MacIntyre as Annie McCreedy
• Kathleen Munroe as Samantha Flack
• Bradley Dodds as Bill the Bartender
• Jake Muxworthy as Tanor Sommerset

Emmanuelle Vaugier is reprising her established recurring role. Kathleen Munroe returns as Don Flack's little sister, who first appeared in "Veritas". None of the other actors have appeared in the franchise before.

On Thursday, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation has trouble working a case in "Say Uncle" at 9:00pm ET/PT:

After a shooting involving a young boy occurs right in the middle of Koreatown, none of the witnesses will speak to the CSI team investigating the case.

Richard J. Lewis directed "Say Uncle", which is his forty-third episode for the series. Most recently, he directed the emotional season premiere, "For Warrick". Dustin Lee Abraham has written 17 other episodes of CSI, including the season eight finale, "For Gedda".

The episode will include the following guest stars:

• Archie Kao as Archie Johnson
• Jose Zuniga as Det. Chris Cavaliere
• Jon Wellner as Henry Andrews
• Olivia Sui as Korean Teenager
• Gavin Toy as Park Bang
• Brian Fong as Korean Father
• Sung Kang as Jang
• Jin Yang as Kora Sil
• Kevin Moon as Sung Bang
• Robert Dahey as Plastic Surgeon
• Patrick Labyorteaux as Bob Lenz
• Lauren Tom as Bae Chin
• Lanny Joon as Jin Ming/Mr. Pan
• June Kyoko Lu as Mrs. Lee
• Larry Mitchell as Officer Mitchell
• Anthony DeSantis as E.R. Doctor
• Peter Mackenzie as Dr. Eisling
• James Kyson Lee as Officer Kwan
• Larry Sullivan as Officer Akers

Archie Kao and Jon Wellner are reprising established recurring roles, and Larry Mitchell and Larry Sullivan are returning as LVPD officers. Jose Zuniga has previously appeared on CSI as Detective Cavaliere (most recently in "A Bullet Runs Through It, Part 2"), but he also appeared in several episodes of Miami, including the season premiere, "Ressurection". Peter Mackenzie played a doctor in the season two episode "Primum Non Nocere", and he also appeared on Miami in "Backstabbers". Sung Kang was in the Miami episode "Death Pool 100". The other guest stars are new to the CSI series.

"Cheating Death", "Dead Inside" and "Say Uncle" begin airing November 10 on CBS.

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