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<ul><li> <I>CSI: New York</I>'s <font color=yellow>Hill Harper</font> (Dr Sheldon Hawkes) will be one of three anchors during the BET television network's coverage of President-Elect <font color=yellow>Barack Obama</font>'s inauguration on January 20. (<A class="link" HREF="http://news.therecord.com/arts/article/463966">Source</a>)<p><li> The <A class="link" HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/28/AR2008122801876_pf.html">Washington Post</a> reports that CBS is having a good season and good ratings, yet CBS shows like the three <I>CSI</I> series often get snubbed by critics, the press and awards committees. A major reason for this, the article claims, is the fact that CBS is perceived as a "meat-and-potatoes crime-show network" that appeals to older audiences (rather than the younger audiences advertisers are after).<p>Thanks to <font color=yellow>happyharper13</font> on TalkCSI for the link.<p><li> One awards ceremony that will acknowledge CBS shows is the upcoming 23rd Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards, scheduled for February 15. <font color=yellow>Nelson Cragg</font> is nominated in the episodic category for the <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I> episode <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season8/for_gedda.shtml">"For Gedda"</a>. In 2004, Cragg received the <font color=yellow>Conrad L Hall</font> ASC Heritage Award, which is presented to a student filmmaker. <I>CSI</I>'s lead-out <I>Eleventh Hour</I> is also nominated for an ASC award this year, as is the CBS series <I>Flashpoint</I>. (Source: <A class="link" HREF="http://postproduction.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=617725&afterinter=true">Digital Post Production</a>)<p><li> <I>CSI</I>'s newest cast member, <font color=yellow>Laurence Fishburne</font> (Dr Raymond Langston), will be a presenter at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards January 11 on NBC.<p>The information is from <A class="link" HREF="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Blake-Lively-Laurence-1001211.aspx">TV Guide</a>. Thanks to <font color=yellow>Shane</font> for the heads up.<p><li> <b>Casting spoiler ahead!</b><p><font color=yellow>Rade Serbedzija</font> will appear in an upcoming episode of <I>CSI: Miami</I>. "I will play the role of agent Aleksandar Sarapov in <I>CSI: Miami</I>, a Russian who grew up in Texas, so the role is very complex, because some consider him a Russian, and other think of him as an American," Serbedzija told <A class="link" HREF="http://www.blic.rs/culture.php?id=3585">Blic Online</a>.</ul><center></center>
