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Ted Danson (63) is joining CBS’ show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

The former Cheers star replaces Laurence Fishburne as the drama’s leading man for the show’s 12th season. CBS is hoping to keep alive the one-time top show in television. Ratings for CSI began to fall off quickly toward the end of last season.

Executive producer Carol Mendelsohn said, “You can create a new character on the page, but until the perfect actor comes along and breathes life into it, it’s just words.” “We’re very excited Ted Danson came along.”

From what I read offers went out to actors, Robin Williams and John Lithgow before they landed on Danson.

Besides his ‘CSI’ duties, Danson will remain a regular on the HBO comedy series, “Bored to Death,” CBS said.

“CSI” will begin its 12th season with Danson on Wednesday, September 21.

Do you think Danson is a good choice for CSI?

Tommy Lee Jones (born on September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director, winner of an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor in the thriller The Fugitive (1993).

He most notably appeared in The Fugitive, U.S. Marshals, Batman Forever, Under Siege, Men in Black, Lonesome Dove, No Country for Old Men, Man of the House and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.

He was born in San Saba, Texas and attended Robert E. Lee High School, Midland, Texas, graduated from St. Mark’s School of Texas and attended Harvard College. He graduated in 1969 cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in English.

He moved to New York for a career in acting and debuted on Broadway in 1969 in A Patriot for Me. He got his first film role in 1970, playing the role of a Harvard student in Love Story. A year later, he returned to Broadway to play in Four on a Garden. In 1974 he appeared on the stage production of Ulysses in Nighttown. He also appeared in such movies as Jackson County Jail (1976), Rolling Thunder (1977) and The Betsy (1978).

His performance in Coal Miner’s Daughter (19870) he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. In 1981, he played in Back Roads, opposite Sally Field. In 1983, his performance as murderer Gary Gilmore in The Executioner’s Song (1983) earned him an Emmy for Best Actor. He also starred as Captain Bully Hayes in Nate and Hayes.
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