My ideas
I’ll go with Memphis (close seconds: some city in Texas or maybe a show based in New Orleans) for a regular CSI format, but I also have another idea that’s not a regular CSI format. It would be like a cross between an Animal Cops type of show and CSI. As of now we only have reality based shows on crimes against animals. I think it would bring more awareness to animal cruelty if we had a popular show like the CSI format only investigating crimes against animals.
The regulars On CSI: Memphis : James Marsters (aka Spike on Buffy/Angel) and Vincent Ventresca (Invisible Man). With Nicholas Brendon (Xander, BTVS) as another CSI. I could play the gf/wife of one the three guys.
The regulars on the Animal Cops/ CSI show: Lucy Lawless as the lead investigator, maybe Lauren Graham as the assistant investigator.
Or maybe we could mix these up: James and Lauren on one, Lucy and Vincent on the other.
The Memphis premise: Just think of it. Crime investigation with great backdrops such as Beale Street, Graceland, the Pyramid, etc.
Texas: I can’t think of anything off the top of my head. Actors for Texas: John Schneider (Smallville) and Fred Dryer (Hunter) or maybe Randy Travis LOL.
New Orleans: The French Quarter as a backdrop. Regular: Bill Pullman as the lead investigator.
The animal cops csi could take place anywhere
CSI: New Jersey - starring Jon Bon Jovi.
His character would be a CSI who moonlights as a rockstar. hehe
CSI: Nashville - starring Reba McEntire as the lead investigator.
Or maybe they could go international with the CSI franchise. CSI: London (which someone already mentioned), CSI: Dublin, CSI: Paris, CSI: Sydney, etc.
Actors for the London one: Anthony Stewart Head (aka Giles on BTVS) as the lead investigator.
Sydney (Australia): Cameron Daddo (F/X: The Series) and again Lucy Lawless (I know she’s from New Zealand, not Australia, but still…). With guest stars such as Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman. LOL.
Ryan Wolfe and greg Sanders to move there and head it up. Since both of them on their shows seem to have very little screen time compared to the other charaters and story lines. This could show us more about them.
And it could be revealed that they are cousins since they look kinda similar. And we know that Greg is an only child (adopted if I recall) cause he said so in the ep where he was beat up by that group of kids.
1. CSI: Smallville
2. irregular guest star wannabe CSI Veronica from CSI:Vegas
3. Veronica leaves the bright lights of Vegas behind to join Clark, Chloe, Jimmy and Lana in the weirdest city of all, where meteor freak crimes are at an all-time high.
LOL! I could see Clark, Chloe, Jimmy and Lois as CSIs.
How about CSI: San Francisco? They could get help from the Charmed Ones or Uncle Jesse and the Gang (Full House) LOL. Or maybe it could be in the future and Piper and Leo’s son Chris could be a CSI.
If Sunnydale was still around, there could be CSI: Sunnydale with the BTVS gang helping out from time to time.