When I don't work out for a few days, I start feeling grumpy. I just feel happier and more motivated to do things.Producer CBS Television Studios declined to reveal a date for his return but said he would be back later this season."George Eads will not appear in several episodes during the first half of the season.We look forward to him returning to CSI very soon," a rep for CBS TV Studios said in a statement to THR.Eads -- and co-star Jorja Fox -- were both briefly fired from CSI in 2004 after a short-lived salary standoff with the network and studio.Instead, Eads was unhappy with the creative direction of his character, sources tell THR, and clashed with an eight-months-pregnant co-writer of a recent episode. Wow this is the THINNEST excuse to punish an actor I've ever seen. It's the kind of thing put out there to purposely make people wonder what happened. I think they gave up on character development several seasons ago. But Robert Pattinson found out he doesn’t LIKE being popular.

Heigl has also had a prominent film career, with appearances in Knocked Up (2007), 27 Dresses (2008), The Ugly Truth (2009), Killers (2010), Life As We Know It (2010) and New Year's Eve (2011).

Kim Delaney joined the series following the pilot episode's broadcast.

The series is executive produced by creators Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony E.

Zuiker, and Ann Donahue] felt Miami was the most happening place [...] Miami is so rich as a character. There are so many different cultures here all colliding. All that gives Miami an edge." CBS ordered 22 episodes of the series, with Anthony Zuiker stating that whilst he intended for the series to look "ridiculously gorgeous," he felt that the "show [was] not about women walking around in bikinis.

It's about science." The series was launched as a second-season episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and originally featured a cast led by David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander, with Rory Cochrane.