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It\u2019s been more than a year since CSI: Vegas<\/em>, aired its final episode after three seasons on CBS. The cancellation<\/a> of the series marked the first time in nearly 25 years that the franchise or one of its spinoffs hasn\u2019t been on the air since CSI: Crime Scene Investigation<\/em> first premiered in October 2000.<\/p>\n The franchise certainly had an impressive run. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation<\/em> ran for 15 seasons from 2000 to 2015, which was followed by CSI: Miami<\/em>, airing from 2002 to 2012. Next came CSI: NY<\/em>, which ran for nine seasons from 2004 through 2013, followed by two seasons of CSI: Cyber<\/em> from 2014 to 2016, and finally CSI: Vegas<\/em>.<\/p>\n Given all the spinoffs, it\u2019s not the craziest idea in the world that CSI<\/em> could be revived yet again. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original series, TV Insider<\/a> spoke with creator Anthony Zuiker was asked if there was any way the crime procedural could ever see the light of day again.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a tricky question. I\u2019ll try to answer it,\u201d Zuiker responded. \u201cI don\u2019t think another CSI<\/em> will be born unless I\u2019m involved in it. I don\u2019t think you can hire people to do this show at this level in this generation.\u201d<\/p>\n Zuiker noted that if they were to produce another show where he was involved, it would have to be a new spin on the series, such as a CSI set 100 years ago when there was \u201climited access to forensic science to solve old school crimes.\u201d Alternately, he envisions a show about futuristic crimes set 75 years from now, such as space crimes, time crimes, crypto miscreants, brain hacking, AI, and robotic crimes.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019ll be things that you hadn\u2019t seen before. And then how CSI<\/em>s 75 years from now would solve that in the future,\u201d he explained. \u201cI think those are the only two CSI<\/em>s that would work under my watch. But this is not going to be a franchise, in my opinion, where you would do a CSI: UK<\/em> or a CSI: Singapore<\/em> and then hire a production company to pull off 10. That\u2019s something that I wouldn\u2019t approve.\u201d<\/p>\n Given the success of Taylor Sheridan\u2019s Yellowstone<\/em> spinoffs, 1883<\/em> and 1923<\/em>, not to mention the forthcoming 1944<\/em><\/a>, a prequel series in particular could indeed be a recipe for success.<\/p>\n As an example, Zuiker floated the idea of putting a character in the year 1896 and having to solve a murder of a railroad worker on the Mason-Dixon Line. \u201cThere was some discrepancy about a cigarette, and one railroad person took their shovel and smacked the other one over the head and killed him dead,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cNow the police arrive on horseback. Who did it? Well, the forensic scientist of 1896 says this: Everybody put their shovel in front of their person that was used for the railroad and let\u2019s just wait,\u201d Zuiker continued. \u201cAnd about three hours later, this is what happens. A gaggle of flies go on top of the shovel in front of [the murderer\u2019s] shovel, and they know right there, that was the killer. Fabulous.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n