Parents' Guide to

CSI: Miami

By Sierra Filucci, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 15+

Lesser cousin of mature, top-rated crime show.

TV A&E , CBS Drama 2002
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this TV show.

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age 15+

Based on 8 parent reviews

Caitlin10
Caitlin10 Parent of 18+-year-old
January 4, 2024
age 18+

CSI: Miami Loves It Born to Race

Excellent Acting Parents Siblings Dad Mom Brother & Sister Families and Friends CSI: Miami Likes Born to Race
simpsonsfan22
simpsonsfan22 Adult
March 26, 2016
age 12+

Great CSI is great

CSI is a great tv show I have been watching this since I was 10 it's eleven years now because I am 21. I would like to be a CSI crime scene investigation lady forensic science and do autopsys on corpses that have been murdered accidentall or natural causes. I love the idea but living in warrnambool ballarat is 2 hours away and Geelong 2 hours and a half hope this tafe university course comes to warrnambool. Or local police station would have it without tafe
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What's the Story?

Like CSI: NY, CSI: MIAMI is an offshoot of the original, Las Vegas-set CSI. As in that series, the action here follows the city's crime scene investigators as they attempt to solve crimes using forensic evidence. The team employs science and technology -- as well as good training and smarts -- to unpeel layers and sort out scenarios until they reveal the truth. Unlike the largely nighttime setting of the original CSI, CSI: Miami plays out in the daylight, with sweeping views of gorgeous blue ocean and busty, bikini-clad women on the beach. Like CSI's Gil Grissom (William Petersen), CSI: Miami team leader Horatio Caine (NYPD Blue's David Caruso) is an intense, wise, and solemn man.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
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Kids say (18 ):

Staying consistent with the CSI franchise, the crimes the Miami team investigates can be gruesome and scary, and are not recommended fare for younger viewers. Many of the crimes involve women and sometimes children as well. The action largely follows the investigation -- rather than focusing on playing out the crime on the screen -- but viewers still see dead bodies, tortured victims, and violent crimes occurring in cinematic flashbacks.

While CSI: Miami has its avid followers, unlike the original CSI's Grissom, Horatio doesn't compel the same attention and affection. And the rest of the team seems less of an integrated whole than a bunch of independent characters -- some more interesting than others.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the show's violence. Do you think the kinds of victims depicted on the show reflect real-life crime? Families can also discuss how science and technology are used to solve crimes. Does this series make teens more interested in what's going on in science class? Is forensic science something they might want to pursue as a career?

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