( EW.com ) -- The `` CSI '' team is going to the Big Apple . CBS is planning `` CSI '' and `` CSI : NY '' cross-over episodes for February sweeps . Across two hours , Detective Mac Taylor ( Gary Sinise ) will visit the `` CSI '' team in Las Vegas , while D.B . Russell ( Ted Danson ) will head to New York City . EW Daily Poll : 'DWTS ' : Do you like the crazy dance styles ? `` CSI '' will kick things off on Wednesday , Feb. 6 , with Taylor arriving in Las Vegas to surprise his girlfriend but learns she is missing . With her hotel room now a crime scene , he joins forces with Russell and his Vegas team in an effort to find her . The action continues on Friday , Feb. 8 on `` CSI : NY , '' where , according to the network , `` the search for Mac 's girlfriend continues as Russell heads to New York to help Taylor , but even after apprehending one of the men responsible for Christine 's kidnapping , they still need to determine the motive and whether she is still alive . The case gets personal for Taylor as he wrestles with breaking police protocol in an effort to find the kidnappers . '' The strategy is the latest in a series of CBS crossovers , such as last season 's `` NCIS : LA '' crossover with `` Hawaii Five-0 . '' Previously CSI had a crossover where then-star Laurence Fishburne appeared on all three of the franchise 's shows . See original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
NBC is planning ` ` CSI '' and ` ` CSI : NY '' cross - over episodes for spring sweeps . ` ` CSI '' will kick things off on Wednesday , Feb. 6 . The show is the latest in a series of series updates .