Your Favorite ‘CSI’ Spin-Off Is Getting the Docuseries Treatment

The Big Picture

• CBS is developing the docuseries
  The Real CSI: Miami
  to explore real crimes and forensic science.
• The project produced by
  CSI
  creator Anthony Zuiker and Jerry Bruckheimer
• The Real CSI: Miami
  is set to premiere on June 26 as part of CBS’s summer schedule.

CSI: Miami delighted many fans over the course of ten seasons, and now CBS is currently working on a project that will include cases from real life. According to Deadlinethe network is developing The Real CSI: Miamia docuseries that will explore real-world crimes and the forensic science that helped solve them. The premise of the CSI franchise always includes different ways in which the detectives use technological equipment and their own instincts to solve what actually happened to the victims they are trying to help.

The Real CSI: Miami will be produced by Anthony Zuiker, Jerry Bruckheimer and Magical Elves. The project will be in good hands, considering Zuiker created the franchise and Bruckheimer has served as a producer for some of the titles under the brand before. The docuseries is currently scheduled to premiere on June 26, officially becoming a part of the network’s summer schedule. As the CSI franchise continues to expand, The Real CSI: Miami opens the door for similar projects to spawn under the banner, with George Cheeksthe CEO of CBS, adding during a press conference: “That franchise is very much alive and vibrant and you could imagine it coming back in many different ways.”

CSI: Miami followed the team led by Lieutenant Horatio Caine (David Caruso), the fearless officer who constantly dropped one-liners before The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” arrived with the show’s intro. Some of the team’s most famous members included Calleigh Duquense (Emily Procter), Erick Delko (Adam Rodriguez) and Alexx Woods (Khandi Alexander), as everyone worked together to protect the community of Miami from a wide variety of dangerous criminals. CSI: Miami premiered in 2002, and it was the first direct spinoff of the main show, which took place in Las Vegas.

‘CSI’ in Recent Years

The story of CSI: Miami might have come to a close more than a decade ago, but that doesn’t mean the franchise came to an end. The Real CSI: Miami will be only one of the projects that will define the new era of the property, after the three main television series solved their final case. In recent years, CSI: Cyber introduced the team working under Dr. Avery Ryan (Patricia Arquette), with the focus of that story centered around cyber crimes. Some time after CSI: Cyber premiered, CSI: Vegas marked the return of Gil Grissom (William Petersen), with the new story serving as an epilogue for the franchise’s flagship title.

The Real CSI: Miami premieres on CBS on June 26. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.