TV spinoffs: The best and worst since 1990

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'CSI: Miami' and 'CSI: NY'

Spinoffs of: "CSI"

The original "CSI" helped turn CBS around in the 2000-01 season, and it has since spawned two highly successful iterations of the show set in other glamorous, murder-happy (at least in the writers' visions) locales. They've developed their own personalities over the years, but "Miami" and "NY" share gruesome crimes, slick visuals, good-over-evil resolutions and theme music by The Who with the original.

-- Rick Porter, Zap2it