HuluCSI: NY (2004)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.8
Overview
Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Hulu
Paramount+
YouTubeBias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Christianity: Negative
Islam: Negative
Overview
Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".
Starring Cast
Where to watch
HuluParamount+YouTubeDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The show's consistent emphasis on law and order, individual criminal culpability, and the effective functioning of the existing justice system to solve crimes and restore order aligns with themes often associated with conservative values, leading to a right-leaning rating.
The series features visible diversity within its ensemble cast, including a prominent Black character in a professional role. However, as an original production, it does not involve explicit recasting of traditionally white roles. The narrative primarily focuses on crime-solving, maintaining a neutral to positive portrayal of traditional identities without centralizing explicit DEI critiques.
Secondary
CSI: NY includes LGBTQ+ characters, notably Samantha Flack, whose lesbian identity is depicted neutrally. While the show features LGBTQ+ individuals in various crime plots, their identity is generally incidental to the narrative, avoiding strong positive or negative arcs. The overall portrayal neither uplifts nor denigrates queer identity, maintaining a largely neutral stance.
CSI: NY frequently depicts Christian institutions, leaders, or adherents in contexts of crime, often exposing hypocrisy, corruption, or extremism. While individual characters may be sympathetic, the narrative's engagement with Christianity as a plot device tends to highlight its problematic aspects or misuse rather than consistently affirming its virtues.
When Islam is depicted, it is often in the context of criminal plots involving extremism or cultural conflicts, which can inadvertently reinforce negative stereotypes without consistent, strong counter-narratives.
The female characters in CSI: NY, primarily forensic scientists like Stella Bonasera and Jo Danville, are not depicted as engaging in or winning close-quarters physical combat against male opponents. Their roles focus on investigation and evidence analysis, not hand-to-hand combat.
CSI: NY is an original series within the CSI franchise, introducing its own set of main characters. There are no pre-existing characters from prior source material or installments whose gender was changed for this show.
CSI: NY is an original television series featuring characters created specifically for the show. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose race was altered for this adaptation.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.0
7.3
Critic Ratings
N/A
6.1
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