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"The new season of CSI: NY is not being approached as the crime drama&amp;#039;s final season, show execs have said. The series - which stars Gary Sinise - returns to CBS for a ninth season tonight, having received a pick-up over its now-axed sister series CSI: Miami.   &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s season nine and we&amp;#039;re taking more risks and changing things up for our characters, so it&amp;#039;s not just doing the same old thing by any stretch,&amp;quot; Zach Reiter told TVLine.  &amp;quot;Everybody would be happy to have a season ten, if that were to come. We may find ourselves in a similar position [to last year], where we&amp;#039;re creating a finale that can operate as both a season and series finale.  &amp;quot;But in terms of the 17 episodes before that finale, no, we&amp;#039;re not operating as though it&amp;#039;s the end.&amp;quot; Fellow exec Pam Veasey also indicated that CSI: NY would feature more &amp;quot;levity&amp;quot; this season, to fill the void left behind by CSI: Miami. &amp;quot;[The network] didn&amp;#039;t give us a mandate that now that we&amp;#039;re on at 8 we need to be really funny and charming and change what we&amp;#039;re doing,&amp;quot; said Veasey. &amp;quot;But you do take the idea that you&amp;#039;re opening a Friday night and that people want to come home and enjoy the start of their weekend. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not something you&amp;#039;re going to see right off the bat... but we go into some really fun, delightful stories that make you smile. There&amp;#039;s some levity to it.&amp;quot; CSI: NY will now air on Friday nights at 8/7c on CBS. The show airs on Channel 5 in the UK. &amp;gt; Desperate Housewives Neal McDonough for CSI: NY &amp;gt; CSI: Miami axe was a tough choice, says CBS boss Watch a video recap below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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