Wallace Langham

CSI Renewed, Ted Danson's Contract Extended

• Mar 20, 2013 01:30 PM ET
• by Robyn Ross

CBS has extended Ted Danson's contract for another season of CSI, the network announced on Wednesday.

Elisabeth Shue will also be back, along with original cast members George Eads, Jorja Fox, Eric Szmanda, Paul Guilfoyle and Robert David Hall. Wallace Langham, Elisabeth Harnois, David Berman and Jon Wellner will also return.

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Keck's Exclusives: CSI Casts Supermodel as Hodges' Fiancée

• Nov 26, 2012 03:59 PM ET
• by William Keck

The CSIers have always been super secretive about their personal lives, but it turns out one has been more tight-lipped than the others. David Hodges (Wallace Langham) not only has a love interest — he has a fiancée! International supermodel Catrinel Marlon, who has served as a spokeswoman for Fiat, has been cast as the strikingly beautiful and mysterious Italian, Elisabetta.   

Keck's Exclusives First Look: Jaclyn Smith Gets Kidnapped on CSI

• Mar 5, 2012 07:01 AM ET
• by William Keck

When Jaclyn Smith starred on Charlie's Angels, her character, Kelly Garrett, "was kidnapped and had heroin injected into my toes," she remembers. Jaclyn gets nabbed again on the March 21 episode of CBS' CSI when the ageless beauty guests as Hodges' long-mentioned but never-seen... read more

Keck's Exclusives: Jaclyn Smith to Guest Star on CSI

• Feb 8, 2012 09:34 PM ET
• by William Keck

After nine seasons on CSI, Wallace Langham has just received one helluva bonus. (Or should I say a heavenly bonus?) Former Charlie's Angels beauty Jaclyn Smith has just signed on to play mom to Wally's lab tech character, David Hodges. Word is Mrs. Hodges makes a surprise visit to... read more

The 5 Roles That Prove Ted Danson Is Right for CSI

• Sep 20, 2011 10:45 PM ET
• by Adam Bryant

Over the summer, veteran CBS procedural CSI had the unenviable task of replacing its series lead for the second time in three seasons. And while a number of stars' names were bandied about, executive producers Carol Mendelsohn and Don McGill could think of only one man to follow in the footsteps of Laurence Fishburne and William Petersen: Ted Danson.

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"He's able to do so many things. He's such a smart actor," McGill tells TVGuide.com. "We sort of had a rough idea of what this character of D.B. Russell was. Then, when we saw Ted's name and thought he might be available, I think we both just sparked.  He was the guy that we were thinking about."

Still, many found Danson's casting a bit surprising.... read more