What is CSI: NY about?
Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".
Forensic scientists and police officers meticulously investigate crime scenes, revealing intimate and atmospheric mysteries with gritty suspense.
Suspenseful. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on The Roku Channel (free).
CSI: NY parents guide
For a TV-14, this one goes further: moderate sex and nudity. Beyond that, mild language and some violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Three questions
- Is CSI: NY scary?
- Only a little. CSI: NY has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is CSI: NY?
- Light gore and some violence.
- What is CSI: NY rated, and is it OK for kids?
- It is rated TV-14, with moderate sex and nudity. Your call for older kids.
Cast and crew
Created byAnn Donahue, Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony E. Zuiker
StarringGary Sinise, Anna Belknap, Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo, Hill Harper, Eddie Cahill
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CSI: NY is on our Whodunits, Mystery on The Roku Channel and Crime on The Roku Channel lists.
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