This isn't the first time the ten-year-old
forensics crime drama has been declared
the world's most popular show by the fest - in fact,
the "CSI" franchise has dominated almost
every year of the International TV Audience
Award's five-year history
as the most-watched drama internationally in 2006,
and its forerunner "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
took the award in 2007 and 2008
. But the original "CSI"
was bested in 2009 by "House,"
the same year it
when the show's central character
Gil Grissom
left in its ninth season.
