U.S. actor Laurence Fishburne has been named to replace William Petersen as the star of the hit CBS TV series "CSI," network officials said Monday.

By Daniel Fienberg, Zap2it.com May 4--CBS' most popular comedy (Two and a Half Men) and most popular drama (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) are crossing over this Monday (May 5) and Thursday (May 8), but not in the way you might expect.

By Cynthia Littleton LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Nobody will get a heartier round of applause from the TV producers in the audience at the Writers Guild Awards Saturday than Stephen J. Cannell, when he accepts the union's highest award for television writing.

By Nellie Andreeva LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A slew of pilot projects received green lights at ABC, CBS and Fox Thursday, including a CBS drama from one of the producers of its "CSI" franchise.