Question: Could any of CSI ever come back? I am all for a spinoff of NCIS or CSI. —Sandra
Matt Roush: You’ll almost certainly get your wish for the NCIS franchise continuing
to grow. And CBS has been developing a limited “event series” reboot of CSI with original cast members William Petersen and Jorja Fox for some time. Nothing official on that front yet, because production was stalled during the year of the pandemic — which would have been the 20th anniversary of the CSI mothership’s premiere in the fall of 2000. But I’d be surprised if we don’t hear that Who theme again before the end of 2021.
Comment: Mom could have been the next Golden Girls! There are still tons of stories to be told. —Jeanine
Matt Roush: Would it surprise you to learn that Mom has actually had a longer run (eight seasons) than The Golden Girls (seven seasons)? In terms of episode count, they’re about equal, because back in the Golden Girls day, they were averaging 26 episodes per season, while Mom usually produced the current average of 22 a season — although this and last season were somewhat shortened because of COVID. So while The Golden Girls left with
a library of 180 episodes, Mom will get to about 170 when it ends on May 6.
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