William Petersen has agreed to return for a ninth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

The star pulled out during the last run to take an on-stage role and he wants to return to the play this year.

However, The Hollywood Reporter said that after "lengthy negotiations" he would appear in a reduced number of episodes.

Petersen has been a fixture since the show began and is also an executive producer.


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It wouldn`t be CSI without Grissom. :thumbsup:

:thumbsup: a few episodes (hopefully half a season) with grissom is better than no grissom at all :unsure:

Exactly.

Apparently, the last time negotiations came up, the producers got so pissed off with him that they started to big-up Catherine's role, which didn't upset Marg in the slightest! :rolleyes: