Bangkok--24 Mar--Total Quality PR New style, new stories, new season! CSI: NY returns with a dazzling new set and funkier New York style first and exclusively on AXN (Ch.19, UBC), the heart of action and adventure television, this April. CSI: NY (Season 2) premieres on Tuesday, 4 April at 10pm.More New York and a Brighter City High amidst the Manhattan skyline, light streams into the CSI team’s new state-of-the-art laboratory, which provides the foundation for season two’s brighter tone and visual style. Gleaming with light and the latest crime-fighting technology, the colorful new set electrifies CSI: NY, charging up the New York atmosphere and CSI: NY’s impeccable cast. Indeed, New York City has more presence in the show and its new look is a vast contrast from the dark mood and tone in the previous season. As season one introduces the grim side to New York, season two reflects the other spectrum of the city’s spirit, which is bright, colorful and multi-faceted.Sexier Cast With a vivid and fresh new wardrobe, the premiere will also reveal exciting changes for the CSI characters, all uplifted in style and attitude. Ties are out and muscle and skin are in, with Hank and Danny in form-fitting polo shirts and Stella sporting a sunny tank top. Even Detective Mac (Gary Sinise), looks younger and more relaxed. And the attitude is not just cosmetic. Season two’s storylines will be more character orientated, delving deeper into the characters’ complex lives, including a love interest for Stella.Smarter Team to Outwit They may be sexier but the CSI team will also need to be smarter to outwit increasingly sophisticated New York criminals. In one of the most intriguing CSI episodes yet, the premiere of season two finds that a mosquito could be the key behind the mystery of a climber’s deathly fall from the iconic Empire State Building. Meanwhile, a male fashion designer is found dead wearing an eight million dollar diamond bra.New Developments in Season 2 Dr Sheldon Hawkes (Hill Harper) joins the CSI team out in the field, leaving the autopsy room in the hands of a new young and handsome medical examiner, Dr. Evan Zao (Ron Yuan). In addition, smart new investigator Lindsay Monroe (Anna Belknap) brings new enthusiasm, style and a shocking past to the Big Apple. A mysterious reason has pushed Lindsey to leave Montana for New York, and she replaces Detective Aiden Burn (Vanessa Ferlito) to become the newest cast member of CSI: NY. CSI: NY (Season 2) promises to be fresh, edgy, with riveting plots — a definite must-watch series this year. Be sure to catch the new season as it premieres first and exclusively on AXN this April. CSI: NY (Season 2) premieres on Tuesday, 4 April at 10pm on AXN (Ch.19, UBC).About AXN 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 50 countries across Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, and is part of Sony Pictures Television International’s diverse portfolio of over 40 global networks. Sony Pictures Television International is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. AXN Asia is available to more than 37 million households 24-hours daily throughout Asia in Taiwan, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Cambodia, South Korea, Macau, Papua New Guinea, Nepal, Maldives, Mongolia 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 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] Click for photo release at www.thaipr.net