Image Credit: Pamela LittkeyFollowing in the footsteps of Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber will make his acting debut in the season premiere of CSI on Sept. 23, CBS announced today. The multi-platinum singer will play Jason McCann, a troubled teen who is faced with a tough decision involving his only brother.
It kicks off a story arc that will conclude later in the season. Yep, Bieber will be back for more! The CSI producers released this statement today: ”Every 20 years, a phenomenon like Justin Bieber graces our world. We’d like to believe that the phenomenon of CSI has had the same impact on popular culture. The opportunity to bring them together in the premiere is a great treat for our audience and all of its new viewers. This will be true event television. We’re looking forward to Justin’s dramatic star turn, not only in the premiere, but in a continuing seasonal arc.”
Before Bieber, Swift made an appearance on the long-running procedural in March 2009. She played a country singer named Haley Jones whose family owned a seedy Las Vegas motel. It was her first primetime acting gig.
Can Justin even act? I kind of miss the days when Actors were just Actors, and Popstars were just Popstars…. wait a minute… Was there ever such a time?
Well I see they have Bieber playing a boy – always a robust challenge for a female artist…
I spit out my drink on that one!!! Aces!!!
Excellent, Dominic!! You nailed it!
@ Dominic:
Funniest comment, well done
I like Justin Bieber, but that was hilarious!
Funny you should mention that, Dominic. I wrote a letter to Ms Bieber on Sincerely Anubis DOT com, think you’d get a kick out of it.
you are such a hater you need to be nice or not comment at all
Taylor – Hater? What? I’m giving Miss Bieber a compliment…
wow dominic, grow up. everyone knows hes a boy and your just saying that to make your self look cool, but no one thinks its coool except the internet creepers, soorry guys(your not a creeper if you like justin:) ) but seriously, grow up, and get some ballss. k? thanks.
Um Emma, you grow up if you were a real girl you would hate Justin Bieber, he is gay, ugly, and in my opinion retarded with a capital R
dominic-funny post, haha loved it
i dont like justin but i think some of yall are jealous of his life.
lol omg who cares what dominic says? it was WIN. i think you guys are jealous of dominics ftw-comment.
@Dominic
Justin Bieber does what all you haters don’t have the balls or talent to do: Sing/Dance/Act really well, deal with all of you ignorant people, and still manage to have a hotter girlfriend than you.
You guys are probably just jealous that he’s richer, hotter, cooler, and more famous than you.
The thing that I find hysterical is that you guys all call Justin gay, yet he has a girlfriend and you guys most likely don’t.
If any of you guys were half as rich and famous as Justin, I think you guys would think before you say something about him
CSI just jumped the shark.
What does “jumped the shark” mean?
Seriously? You don’t know what that means and you are on this website? How old are you??? Go check wikipedia. Sheesh. Can’t believe anybody actually admitted to not knowing what that means on here.
Definetly. I think after this we may even have a new term for “jumping the shark”, maybe “casting the bieb”?
The only way I would consider this “jumping the shark” is if they have him come is as Grissom’s illegitimate son by Catherine. That would definately be a jump moment. I’m not much into the Bieber phenom but let’s let the little darling have his 15 minutes plus then he can come back to Canada and get a job at Tim Hortons.
I have a stupid hairstyle and make crappy music too. Why can’t I be on TV????
”Every 20 years, a phenomenon like Justin Bieber graces our world.”
So what they’re saying is that Justin Bieber is this generation’s… Hanson???
ROFLMAO @ Rock Golf.
@ Leslie: Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, Doris Day, Bing Crosby and probably many more entertainers that I can’t think of right now were all singers who also acted (and in many cases won or were nominated for Oscars and Emmys). Was there ever such a time? Uh, no.
um yes……….. he can definately act. hes just multi-talented.
wow. i kind of love how incredibly defensive people get about justin bieber.
ps- my computer just said that “justin bieber” isn’t an actual word. I feel as though this may be a sign…
Love it! Think he will do great. He is an interesting kid that will probobly bring something to the tabel.
I would bring something to the ‘tabel’ too if i knew what a ‘tabel’ is.
Right – you have never made a typing or spelling error in your life
Snap. I feel so sorry for this generation. With all of the texting and self absorption people just do not know the basics anymore.
Hanna is clearly 9. Except when most of us were 7 we could spell ‘table’. Not to mention ‘probably’.
We can only hope his experience on the set matches that of Brandon Lee.
I am kidding, of course!
Very wrong. Hilarious. But very wrong.
AWFUL … but I still laughed.
brandon lee ]’:
bawwwwwwwww.D:
The Crow is my favorite movie besides The Boondock Saints.
Cant wait, love this kid! I heard in an interview that he has had a troubled pased so that kind of role could suite him well.
The word is “Past” not pased
Past gas.
This proves my theery that Bieber fans are dumm and can’t spel.
Sorry. English is not my first language But I speak spanish, french, swedish. so i guess am dumm??
Just another person who has never made a typing or spelling error in his life. And I like the fact that Petra shoved it in your face.
actually.. bieber fans are definately not dumb. you are ignorant for even making that assumption. grow up.
haha yea and its suit not suite…
suite is like an expensive hotel room
In Stratford, Ontario?
I love JB and CSI but I think CSI has jumped the shark with this one a little bit.. Well, I will definitely be tuning in to see how this unfolds… I’ve only seen JB “act” in one skit on SNL. Hopefully he gets some acting lessons before then.
I would assume that SNL would be his “acting debut”, not these episodes of CSI as the article says…
OMG I’m getting sick of him. I hope he plays dead on one of the episodes.
Me too, They might as well make Ke$ha guest star on CSI
Oh god, don’t even say that.
At least Kesha’s songs are a bit catchy. JB’s make my ears bleed. Poor little girl voice.
The thing is she doesn’t make the music, and I doubt she writes the lyrics (even though they are extremely stupid so maybe she does), so the bouncy melody to the song has nothing to do with her. If she played a corpse, or Bieber does, maybe they can show them getting their chests cracked open. Oooh. Ouch.
JC. ke$sha is effing awesome. (hater.)
How exactly does one play a RECURRING guest role as a dead person?
It’s called exhumation
That’s what I put as my Facebook status: “Unfortunately, he will not be playing a cadaver.” I’m glad I stopped watching a few seasons ago.
wateva
hey nikki, no one effing cares.
nikki youre such a hater if you didnt like him, why are you reading about him?
like 4real
he dies in the csi part. big woop right? (-_-)
CSI jumped the shark a long ass time ago so it wouldn’t matter if they true in hit maker Justin Bieber in to the mix!
what does “true in hit maker Justin Bieber to the mix” even mean? Is this a different language than English? Sorry, not familiar with this dialect.
LOL Justin Bieber CAN NOT act for life! And CSI is just stupid to cast ‘him’ as a ‘recurring role’. That episode and all the others that will feature him will be a failure because it will take too long to film because he will mess up his acting and they will have to do ‘take’ after ‘take’ after ‘take’. Also, because Justin Bieber can’t act, then his character just won’t be believable and everyone will then know that Justin Bieber CAN NOT ACT!!!!!!!!
Soooo….not a fan, huh?
Well…just look at his episode of True Jackson, VP on Nickelodeon…where he was playing himself, I believe…to see how truly bad he is.
I wouldn’t have said that because that just shows how gay u are!! How old r u cause that show is like for babies!!!
Gagahouse, you just butchered the English language.
proofread, revise, edit, resubmit
Lot of these here. So you have never made a typing, spelling or grammar error in your life. Get a life
Oh plz get over yourself. There are just too many mistakes for these people to really be “accidentally” mistyping. Or even intelligent.
Bobby F, I just laugh at folks like you (and cry a bit, because people love to hate).
gagahouse?
Hmmm thats funny how you no that considering you’ve NEVER seen justin act before.
Ilovejustinbieber
you go kirsty i love justin too.
He can’t sing either, it’s called great music concoctions that make anyone sound good!!
Hopefully by the time he begins shooting, he will have cut his hair!
I actually went to his concert and he can absolutely sing without all the fluff. He sang a cappella and most artists nowadays won’t do that since they rely on synthesizers and backup vocals to support their lack of talent. He also sang solo and managed a great tune with his guitar, he is sic at playing drums and plays trumpet and piano as well….not bad for a 16 year old. Don’t understand why people are such jerks regarding him. I bet if you had a son that did half of what Justin has accomplished in such a short period of time, you would be proud. Most of those who wrote negative comments either have a rather crappy life and have nothing better to do or rather jealous that he is being recognized while you sit in your house not accomplishing anything but writing negative comments to make yourself feel better. Frankly, focusing on the positive does wonders in your life…unfortunately the haters will never figure it out until they are ready to look at themselves and make a change.
i think Justin bieber will do a great job playing his roll on CSI
He’ll be playing an emo transsexual lesbian. When is this twit gonna go away?
Maybe he will be good then lol.
oh good then, your not gonna be the only on out there.
dont b jello that all the girls like him instead of you.
Does CSI really need teen girl viewers that badly? Sad.
Someone let me know if he dies in the episode that concludes the arc later in the season. That’s an episode I’ll watch.
I don’t usually root for the killer, but I will be this time.
FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
Terrible singer… why put him in a acting position *facepalms*
CSI just dun goof’d and the consequences will never be the same.
Lol they will never be the same. Thank you /b/
OH crap! I am so sick of this kid and now he’s gonna be on my fave show! Which means I have to watch! This sucks!!
i hope u were joking cause if not ur a b****
Taylor Swift wasn’t a country singer in her episode, and she was genuinely good on the show.
No, no she wasn’t.
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