Bone Voyage - In part one of a three part cross-over, Las Vegas CSI Ray Langston comes to Miami to help Horatio (r: David Caruso) and the team with a brutal murder case with ties to Las Vegas, on CSI: MIAMI, Monday, November 9th (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network

There have been jokes for years that “CSI” would keep morphing beyond its current three incarnations. You know, “CSI: Bismark” and “CSI: Piscataway.” That hasn’t happened. Nonetheless, “CSI” has proven to be a sturdy, albeit aging, franchise for CBS.

“CSI: NY” has been retaining most of its audience after six seasons, averaging 13 to 14 million viewers. “CSI: Miami,” in its eighth season, used to be far bigger but has since seen its numbers slip to about the same level.

The original “CSI” has seen an especially steep decline since William Peterson left season. Last year, the show averaged 19 million viewers. This season? 15.5 million.

So the “CSI” brass has created the “trilogy” crossover week involving all three “CSIs.” Laurence Fishburne’s character Dr. Ray Langston travels from Vegas to Miami to work with Horatio Crane (David Caruso) on “CSI: Miami” Monday. Langston then goes to “CSI: New York” Wednesday to go over the mystery withMac Taylor (Gary Sinise) before returning to Vegas on Thursday. The case involves truckers and black market organ harvesting.

Here’s a tease with Carurso and Fishburne:

The other notable event is the 43rd annual Country Music Awards. Thanks partly to Taylor Swift, country music has had an especially solid year, with higher ratings for country awards shows earlier this year and strong radio ratings for Kicks 101.5 and 94.9/The Bull locally. Plus, it’s great to see hard-working Georgians like the Zac Brown Band have a real impact on the Nashville scene.

Country singer Jake Owen does some advance reporting, including a talk with  Lady Antebellum.

MONDAY
“Dancing With the Stars” 8 p.m. ABC — Can Joanna Krupa and Mya, relative unknowns, trump Donny Osmond or Kelly Osbourne’s fame? Aaron Carter is running on borrowed time.
“How I Met Your Mother” 8 p.m. CBS — Alan Thicke helps break up stumbling couple Robin and Barney.
“Lincoln Heights” 8 p.m., 9 p.m. ABC Family (two-hour fourth season finale) — Cassie ponders moving to New York. then gets engaged to Charles when he ponders enlisting with the Army.
“Two and a Half Men” 9 p.m. CBS — Charlie and Alan wake up together with a strange woman. Ick!
“Lopez Tonight” 11 p.m. TBS (new series) — George Lopez is the latest talk-show host, with Eva Longoria, Kobe Bryant and Ellen DeGeneres.
TUESDAY
“NCIS” 8 p.m. CBS — A North Korean assassin from Vance’s past resurfaces in D.C. to kill again.
“Table for 12” 8 p.m. TLC (second season debut) — TLC now has three of these multi-kid family shows. Stop the madness!
“V” 8 p.m. ABC — Huge debut numbers last week (14.3 million). Will they visit again? A Visitor “seeker” tracks Erica and Father Jack while Chad try to avoid being a journalistic patsy.
“The Universe” 9 p.m. History — Exploring forms of energy in the universe.
“Dancing With the Stars” 9 p.m. ABC — Five become four. Can Kelly keep her cool? Michael Buble and Susan Boyle perform.
“Full Throttle Saloon” 10 p.m. TruTV (new series) — Atlanta’s Jesse James Dupree (of Jackyl fame) is an executive producer on this show about the infamous South Dakota biker bar, open just two weeks a year.
WEDNESDAY
“The 43rd Annual CMA Awards” 8 p.m. ABC — Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley host. Performers include Georgians Sugarland, Billy Currington, Jason Aldean and the Zac Brown Band.
“Change the World: American Heroes” 8 p.m. HGTV — Carter Oosterhouse helps revamp homes for two military vets.
“Glee” 9 p.m. Fox — Jane Lynch’s irrepressible Susan shows a heart when she places a Down syndrome gal on her squad. Or is this some sort of devious plot?
“Law & Order: SVU” 9 p.m. NBC — Stabler has to divert his attentions from a rape case to focus on his son’s best friend’s problems.
“Top Chef” 10 p.m. Bravo — After last week’s pointless “all stars dinner,” the regular series is back tonight. The latest challenge involves breakfast in bed.
THURSDAY
“Bones” 8 p.m. Fox — Recovering from brain surgery, Booth has to get re-certified for FBI marksmanship. He’s not as sharp as he once was.
“FlashForward” 8 p.m. ABC— Marks finds out who his would-be assassin is.
“The Vampire Diaries” 8 p.m. the CW — Damon finally reveals to Stefan why he returned to Mystic Falls.
“Survivor; Samoa” 8 p.m. CBS — Russell’s overly complicated scheming may finally be doing him in. It doesn’t help that he has only three other Foa Foa members to rely on.
“Grey’s Anatomy” 9 p.m. ABC — Kim Raver (“24,” “Lipstick Jungle”) arrives to help Teddy out. Cynical Cristina gets jealous and suspicious.
“Project Runway” 10 p.m. Lifetime (part one, finale) — Sorry, guys. It’s a three-woman finale with Althea, Carol Hannah and Irina.
FRIDAY
“Ghost Whisperer” 8 p.m. CBS — A ghost leads Melinda to his murdered body. That’s what it takes to get her attention nowadays!
“Smallville” 8 p.m. the CW — Superhero twins force Clark to come out of the closet in terms of his powers.
“Medium” 9 p.m. NBC — Allison thinks Ariel’s new boyfriend is a murderer.
“Monk” 9 p.m. USA — Monk seeks someone trying to sabotage a wedding. And no, it’s not Julia Roberts.
“Stargate Universe” 9 p.m. SyFy— The team is crippled with illness, forcing them to be quarantined.
“Ugly Betty” 9 p.m. ABC — Marc helps Justin finds friends at his new high school.
“White Collar” 10 p.m. USA — Peter and Neal try to track down smuggled Iraqi artifacts.
WEEKEND
“Everything She Ever Wanted” 8 p.m. Saturday Lifetime Movie Network — Inspired by a true Georgia story, Gina Gershon stars in Ann Rule’s take on an awful marriage ending in murder. Part two Sunday night.
“Saturday Night Live” 11:29 p.m. Saturday NBC — “Mad Men” star January Jones, with the Black Eyed Peas.
“The Amazing Race” 8 p.m. Sunday CBS – Matt has no clue tonight what a “candelabra” is. Guess he didn’t watch “Beauty and the Beast.”
“The Prisoner” 8 p.m. AMC (mini-series debut) – This six-part miniseries is a reintepretation of the 1960s classic and will air over three consecutive nights, two hours per night. Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen are the big names.
“Desperate Housewives,” 9 p.m. ABC -Susan discovers a surprising connection between Mike and Katherine which shakes up their relationship. And Lynette can’t keep hiding her pregnancy.
“Tough Love” 10 p.m. VH1 (second season debut) – Steve Ward returns to school women in how to find the right man.