Emmy Award Winner Sela Ward ("House," "Sisters," "Once and Again") Joins The Cast As Jo Danville, The Newest Member Of The CSI Team

"The 34^th Floor" - The newest member of the CSI team, Jo Danville, a former FBI agent, is welcomed to her new job by stumbling upon the body of a young woman murdered somewhere in the building that houses the NYPD Crime Lab, on the seventh season premiere of CSI: NY, Friday, Sept. 24 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Sela Ward ("House," "Sisters," "Once and Again") stars as Jo Danville, the newest CSI team member.

SERIES REGULARS:

Det. Mac Taylor........................ .... Gary Sinise

Jo Danville...................................... Sela Ward

Danny Messer................... Carmine Giovinazzo

Dr. Sheldon Hawkes....................... Hill Harper

Det. Don Flack............................. Eddie Cahill

Lindsay Monroe Messer............ Anna Belknap

Adam Ross.................................... AJ Buckley

Dr. Sid Hammerback...................... Robert Joy

GUEST CAST:

James Sheehan........................... Glenn Taranto

Sarah Nelson................................ Katie Boggs

Alex Brodevesky........................ Sean Maguire

Dr. Morgan Jefferson.................. Jane McLean

Theodore Westwick...............Brett Tucker.

Rudy Aronika..............Lawrence Monoson

GENRE: CRIME DRAMA, ACTION, ADVENTURE, SUSPENSE, MYSTERY

WRITTEN BY: John Dove and Pam Veasey, one of the show's executive producers

DIRECTED BY: Duane Clark

RATING:  To Be Announced

On the Web: www.cbs.com/primetime/csi_ny/

Images available at http://www.cbspressexpress.com/

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