CSI Adjusts Production Schedule to Accommodate Strike-Affected Staffers

Executive Producer Carol Mendelsohn: No Break Between Seasons Eight and Nine

By Alex Weprin -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/30/2008 4:21:00 PM

CSI, currently filming its eighth season, will not go on hiatus before beginning production on season nine, according to CSI executive producer and showrunner Carol Mendelsohn.

Mendelsohn, speaking on a conference call to reporters about the upcoming CSI/Two and a Half Men crossover, said the decision came in response to the 100-day-long writers’ strike, which left many production and support staffers in uneasy financial situations. The extended production schedule and abbreviated production break will likely give staffers a chance to make up for time and earnings lost during the strike.

“We are rolling right into the next season,” Mendelsohn said. “We will start our ninth season May 12 [right after completing season eight] and get a few episodes in the can before we take a four- or five-week hiatus.”