CSI Lands Fishburne To Replace Petersen

Laurence Fishburne has signed on to replace departing series star William Petersen. Fishburne will play a former pathologist who is now working as an itinerant college lecturer, teaching a course in criminalistics. His focus is on understanding criminal behavior, how and why people commit acts of violence – tendencies he disturbingly sees within himself. During the course of a murder investigation, he comes into contact with the CSI team and ultimately joins the Las Vegas Crime Lab as a Level-1 CSI. Fishburne will debut in this season’s ninth episode, right around the time Petersen departs.