"I was going to post something about Vegas but....
Since when is Langston the lead ?
>Catherine,Graveyard Shift Supervisor
>Nick,Graveyard Shift Co-Supervisor
>Sara,CSI Level 3
>Greg,CSI Level 3
>Jim Brass,Captain
>Dr.Robbins,Chief Medical Examiner

Langston has the lowest rank in CSI,therefore he is not the lead,even CBS accepts that it is Catherine

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"He was hired to replace William Petersen and he is the "LEAD" that's why the writers have him at a "CSI Level 1" he's got mega experience from his former position, and is not on the show to be hovering around in the background~ This site has what his title is~

http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0118263/ CSI LEVEL 1~"

"I don't like to think of LF replacing WP. I like to think of it more as LF was brought in to fill a void left by the departing William Petersen. NO ONE COULD REPLACE GRISSOM. Grissom was level 4/supervisor of Grave Shift and Ray started out as level 1 then was promoted to level 2. It was LF's idea to be brought in as a newbee, as someone who had to learn from the bottom up. It was TPTB who decided he didn't need to have all of the training like Greg had because of his medical background.

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"I've probably said this about a million times but...

1. You can't really trust CBS (I mean they aren't about to post up negative comments about themselves) and as gsrbritfan so correctly pointed out IMBD is a very unreliable source, which some of us know from experience
2. If Langston has been designed to be the new lead then it's quite obvious that the writers are now three year olds, as you can't just bring in a newbie, let them take over the lab and expect everyone to be okay with it. Also on that lines someone as low down as a CSI 2 should NOT be in charge of a high profile serial case, no matter how much expertise he/she has.
3. Just because someone is more well known doesn't make them a good actor. Some of the golden stars in films aren;t those A-list movie stars that get all the popularity and the fame and the awards...if actors were based on their actual performance rather than how big the movie they're in than the awards will have been distributed much more fairly.
4. There's no point doing a poll in just a regional area...I've done an international poll online about LF being in CSI and the majority agreed that he shouldn't be in the show.
And 5. Langston was promoted much too early to be believable, and there's been plenty of evidence to show that viewer ratings were the highest when Langston was off-set/ got minimal screen time.

*deep breath* Feels nice to rant once in a while :P"

"OK, I've brought up sites that do state that he is the new lead, and if you see and GOOGLE is a great one to see all things pertaining to him and if you Grissoms face in the openng credits then you must be watching older episodes, LF is the new lead and that's why he's featured in every episode. He has a greater range than William Petersen ever did. Even in his prime he [WP] never won an Emmy an Oscar or a Tony, LF did. HIs movies were all crappy and LF's won aclaim, and is so much more famous.. meaining he's a better actor and it shows n CSI>. As Carol Mendolsohn stated "he was on the top of our dream list" well said and good choice~ and thank's he rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!"