CSI: NY/Trivia


 * Mac Taylor originally had a different name, but Gary Sinise renamed him. Mac is after his son, Mc Canna, and Taylor is after his Lt. Dan character in Forrest Gump.


 * Several actors have had the chance to show off skills on-screen. Sinise appeared with his Lt.Dan Band in "Stuck On You". In "Tri-Borough", there's a scene at an art gallery. Flack makes a remark about the paintings not selling well, and Danny says "yeah I can see why" while nodding his head toward one of the paintings. The one he's indicating was actually made by the actor who plays Danny, Carmine Giovinazzo. He also has a band, Cesau, but it hasn't appeared on the show as yet. Also, Danny's aborted baseball career was based on Carmine's own injury-aborted baseball dreams, and there was one ep where he showed off his pitching ability. Also, Danny's tattoo is the actor's real one. Several episodes also have Melina Kanakaredes showing off her knowledge of fluent Greek. (her parents are Greek immigrants and she and her family often visit the country).


 * The episode "All Access" had a website tie-in. Stella's psycho boyfriend used the website aresanob.com, and an ad at the end of the ep told viewers to visit the site to see what Stella saw. This was also the opening page of the site "Click here to see what Stella saw". The content after the click was the sex tape Frankie posted online and then an extended promo for the ep. (if you're hoping to check it out now, it's long gone, you'll get redirected to the CBS website.)


 * Stella's HIV scare was a project in collaboration with the website knowhivaids.org


 * The actor who played the sleepwalking woman's husband in 'Night,Mother' previously starred with Gary Sinise in the miniseries of The Stand as Harold Lauder.


 * Both Carmine Giovinazzo (Danny) and A.J.Buckley (Adam) appeared on CSI before becoming CSI: NY regulars.