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CSI: Whatever

I have no idea how many CSI and NCIS shows are out there, but they include CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Las Vegas, CSI: New York, CSI: Miami, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and NCIS; New Orleans.  It is pretty endless. 

And tonight we will be able to watch CBS's NCI: Cyber.  I bet you are excited because it must be different than those the preceded it.  Or maybe not.  You decide after reading the basics from CBS:

CSI: CYBER stars Emmy Award winner Patricia Arquette in a drama inspired by the advanced technological work of real-life Cyber Psychologist Mary Aiken. Special Agent Avery Ryan heads the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI, a unit at the forefront of solving illegal activities that start in the mind, live online, and play out in the real world. She also knows firsthand how today’s technology allows people to hide in the shadows of the Internet and commit serious crimes of global proportion. Ryan’s supervisor, Assistant Director Stavros Sifter, is a shrewd FBI career insider and the clearing house between FBI Cyber and all other branches of government. Also on the team are FBI Agent Elijah Mundo, a self-proclaimed action junkie who is an expert in battlefield forensics; Daniel Krumitz, an introverted tech genius with a quick wit; Brody Nelson, an expat hacker who chose to work for the FBI over a life of cyber-crime; and Raven Ramierz, a rookie tech who is an expert in social media, cyber trends and international relations. While other agents search for criminals in dark homes and alleys, Ryan and her team search the “dark net,” a place deep in the bowels of the Web where criminals are anonymous, money is untraceable and where everything is for sale with just a keystroke. 

While Patricia Arquette is the main name associated with the series, James Van Der Beek is another member of the cast.  This may not be a good sign given the fact that Van Der Beek is good at two things: playing the part of Dawson from Dawson's Creek and playing a part talking about Dawson from Dawson's Creek.  Everything else he has touched has fallen apart.  Will it be different here?  Maybe, but I expect he might do better on CSI: Dawson's Creek.  I am sure it is part of a future line-up.

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