When I did a post on women who were turning 50 in 2008, I was dismayed to find few previous AfterEllen.com mentions of one of those women, Marg Helgenberger.

As it turns out, we have not been too attentive of CSI, in general. I have to confess, I don't watch any of the CSI shows regularly. I thought it was because of the goriness, but my love of all things Dexter sort of blew that theory out of the water. I have, however, always been appreciative of the CSI casting directors' taste in women. Despite the fact that they let my favorite investigator go.

Now, research has confirmed that, indeed, the women of CSI are hot. Duh. I won't go into the particulars of the survey because, frankly, it's lame. But, in one of the questions, researchers asked men which of three CSI women they'd most like to romance: Calleigh Duquesne (Emily Procter) of CSI: Miami, Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger) of the original CSI or Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes) of CSI: New York. … continue reading