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By Rachel
December 16, 2008 - 9:03 AM

See Also: 'Tipping Point' Episode Guide

• Entertainment Tonight went behind the scenes to check out how CSI: Miami filmed the explosion from the latest episode, "Tipping Point".

  The video can be viewed at ET Online.

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was one of only three scripted programmes to make Nielsen's 2008 Top 10 list for regularly scheduled shows. CSI was number seven with 8.1% of US homes, putting it behind freshman CBS drama The Mentalist (10.0%) and ahead of another CBS show, NCIS (8.0%). The Mentalist was the only CBS drama to make the list for the Top 10 time-shifted primetime programmes, coming in ninth with a 13% increase in viewers when time-shifting was taken into account.

• CSI's Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows) came in at number 37 on FoxNews.com's "40 Hottest Over-40 Hotties" list.

• A handheld x-ray machine called the Nomad has been featured on CSI: New York. The Nomad was developed to be used in poor countries and can operate hundreds of miles away from electricity. (Source)

• Laurence Fishburne said he is most recognized as Morpheus from the Matrix movies, but he hopes more people start to recognize him as Dr Raymond Langston, the character he just started playing on CSI.

• According to Variety, Fishburne has signed a first-look deal with CBS Paramount TV (the producer of CSI) to develop television projects with his production company Cinema Gypsy.

• Spoiler alert!

  Michael Weston has been cast as a con man in an upcoming episode of CSI. To scam the people around him, the character juggles different personas, including a movie producer, a real estate mogul and an art dealer. The charismatic criminal catches the attention of the investigators when he becomes a killer. Weston's episode is expected to air in March. (Source: The Ausiello Files)

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