Bangkok--Jul 12--Total Quality PR (Thailand) AXN (Ch.38, UBC), the heart of action and adventure television, find out if CSI team leader Grissom has finally met the criminal of his match, as another chapter in the U.S. #1 prime time drama series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Season 4) draws to a close on 14 July at 9pm*, first and exclusively on AXN, with one of the most puzzling cases the CSI team has had to solve, and featuring more twists and turns with a promise of more to come. Featuring the case of a rapist cum murderer, the CSI Season 4 finale sees CSI team leader Gil Grissom struggling with the possibility of whether the evidence always tells the truth when a DNA test of the identified culprit proves his innocence and sets him free instead. While lab rat Greg Sanders, currently on CSI field training, awaits the final word on whether he gets to join the CSI team for good or be sent back to the lab, Grissom’s prot?g? Sara Sidle’s personal and professional life takes a dive as she struggles with accepting that her colleague Nick Stokes was chosen by Grissom for a promotion over her. Since the start of the series, CSI has consistently rated as the #1 drama series in the U.S. and was awarded Favourite Television Drama Series at the People’s Choice Awards for the second year running. CSI was also the highest rated and most watched show during the all-important February sweeps season in the U.S. with a 18.3/27 share in households and an average of 30.94 million viewers**. In Asia, AXN is a highest-rated ad-supported international pay-TV channel in Singapore, Philippines and Hong Kong during the premiere broadcast of CSI Season 4***, proving that the series is one of the hottest properties on television today. Its success has also spawned two spin-offs — the highly popular CSI: Miami, starring David Caruso (NYPD Blue), and the upcoming CSI: New York, which stars Gary Sinise (The Green Mile, Forrest Gump, Ransom). The latest season of CSI has featured several gripping chronicles of the most shocking crimes, including a hunt for a serial-killing couple, the strange phenomenon of a community of men and women who dress up in furry costumes to interact as animals, a roller coaster that ran off its tracks killing several people, and a torn-off human head that sent CSI team leader Gil Grissom alone into a small town to investigate amidst hostile locals. Established actors Marg Helgenberger and William Petersen garnered nominations and awards for their portrayals of hard-nosed investigator Catherine Willows and CSI team leader Gil Grissom respectively in CSI, while Gary Dourdan has bagged an Image Spot Award for his role as Warrick Brown, the audio-video specialist with a gambling problem. The series also stars former West Wing and ER star Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle, George Eads as Nick Stokes and Eric Szmanda as CSI fieldwork trainee Greg Sanders. CSI has won legions of fans with its intelligent plots, cutting-edge microphotography flashback sequences, and featuring the latest technology and scientific equipment used by real-life crime investigators in solving cases. CSI was also recently nominated for Best Television Drama Series in the 2004 Golden Globe Awards. Other notable accolades this series has garnered include: 2003 Golden Satellite Award winner for Best Television Series, Drama Consecutive Emmy Awards in 2002 and 2003 for Outstanding Make-Up for a Series (Non-Prosthetic) and Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series respectively 2002 and 2003 Emmy nominee for Outstanding Drama Series Best Drama TV Series nominee in the 2002 Golden Globe Awards Winner, Best New Series of the Year, TV Guide Awards 2001 The fourth and latest season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation marks its finale on 14 July 2004 at 9pm,exclusively on AXN. Rebroadcasts are on Thursdays at 1am and 12 noon, and Sundays at 12 noon and 9pm*. Timings in Thailand. Source: Alliance Atlantis, 2004(Ep.#413 Paper or Plastic). Source: TNS &NMR, Cable PMEB/AB, Feb 11-Jun 26 2004). AXN Asia Delivering top rated series, blockbuster features, adventure-reality and first-run lifestyle sports programming, AXN is a leading international television destination among young adults 18-34. AXN is seen in 46 countries across Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, and is part of Sony Pictures Television International’s diverse portfolio of over 35 global networks. Sony Pictures Television International is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. AXN Asia is available to more than 31 million households 24-hours daily throughout Asia in Taiwan, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, South Korea, Macau, Papua New Guinea, and in hotels and VIP compounds in China. AXN can also be seen in 40 million cable television households on time-block basis in China. More information about AXN Asia can be found online at http://www.axn-asia.com. For more information as well as pictures, please do not hesitate to contact: Tom Van Blarcom / Ruthaiwan Tanwongwan Total Quality PR (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Tel: 0-2260-5820 Ext. 114 Fax: 0-2260-5847-8 Email: [email protected] End.--InfoQuest (NT)--