Andy Garcia (I) was originally offered the lead role, a character who would have been named Det. Rick Calucci. He declined the role, as did Ray Liotta.
Anthony E. Zuiker wanted The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes" ("Blue" being a figurative term for a police officer) to be the show's theme song. However, CBS president Leslie Moonves turned it down in favour of "Baba O'Riley" (also by The Who).
Stella's name was derived from Stella Kowalski from Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) and Salvatore Corsitto's character Amerigo Bonasera from Godfather, The (1972).
The only one of the C.S.I. shows to not win an Emmy.
The cell phones that are used are Palm Treo 650's. Beginning season 3 they use Nokia E62's. By the third show of season four, Detective Mac Taylor now has the newest Treo -- a blue 755p, which is also available in burgundy.
The numbered yellow evidence markers are labeled "Arrowhead Forensic Products 800-953-3274" in small text below the large number.
Danny Messer claims that he had a short-lived career in the music business, and that he quit baseball when he broke his wrist in a fight. Carmine Giovinazzo, the actor who plays Danny, admits that he quit baseball because of a back injury, and that he often brings his guitar to the set and plays for his co-stars.
While filming on location in downtown Los Angeles, an actual dead body was found in an apartment building, several floors down from the film crew's location. The body turned out to be the mummified remains of a long-dead tenant. The main cast was not on set at the time. In an ironic twist, one of the cases in episode 302, "Not What It Looks Like," involves a missing woman whose mummified body is found in an abandoned apartment.
