How many episodes are in CSI season 8?

CSI season 8 contains 17 episodes.

The eighth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premiered on CBS on September 27, 2007, and ended on May 15, 2008. Its total of 17 episodes was unusually low for the series because the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike interrupted television production. Eleven episodes had been completed and aired before the strike, and only six additional episodes were produced afterward.

Earlier CSI seasons generally ran for 23 or 24 episodes, making season 8’s shortened order easy to confuse with the show’s more typical totals. The strike affected many scripted American programs, and CSI’s reduced season is part of that wider television-production disruption rather than a creative decision to establish a shorter format.

Season 8 includes important developments such as Sara Sidle’s departure after “Goodbye and Good Luck.” Its final episode, “For Gedda,” aired on May 15, 2008. Later seasons returned to longer orders: season 9 had 24 episodes, while season 10 had 23. The answer is therefore 17, not 18, 22, or 24.