The most memorable moments in television history will be revealed during the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards next month, and it's up to voters to decide which bits should take top honors.

Forty "moments" -- 20 dramatic and 20 comedic -- are in the running. Comedy contenders include "M*A*S*H," "Mork & Mindy," "Sex and the City" and "The Cosby Show," while "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Miami Vice," "Moonlighting" and "The Sopranos" are among the drama candidates.

The television academy and Emmy show producers came up with the competition and the contenders in honor of the 60th annual presentation of the Emmy Awards.

"It's a perfect opportunity both to celebrate the history of television and at the same time introduce new generations to some of the medium's most important events," Emmys executive producer Ken Ehrlich said in a statement Monday.

Fans can watch clips and vote for their favorite moments online at www.emmys.tv until Sept. 15.

The top five vote-getters in each category will be presented during the Emmy show on Sept. 21, and the two winning moments will be revealed just before the year's outstanding drama and comedy series are named.

(Associated Press)

CBS says "Matrix" star Laurence Fishburne is joining the cast of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," stepping into the gap left by departing cast member William Petersen.

CBS tells The Associated Press that Fishburne will be introduced in the ninth episode of the upcoming season. He plays a college lecturer and former pathologist who is focused on why people commit acts of violence.

Petersen, who has been with the series since it debuted in fall 2000, will leave the show early next year. CBS says the air date for Petersen's final episode hasn't been determined.

(Lynn Elber, AP)

Mick St. John won't be returning to CBS, but the actor who played him just might be.

"Moonlight" star Alex O'Loughlin has signed a talent holding deal with the network that also includes studios CBS Paramount TV and ABC Studios. The one-year deal was done with the intention of finding a new series project for the actor, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Producer Mark Gordon ("Grey's Anatomy," "Criminal Minds"), whose company is based at ABC Studios, will develop the project around O'Loughlin. The deal also allows O'Loughlin to pitch movie projects to CBS Films.

"Moonlight," as has been well-documented, drew a highly passionate fan base to CBS last season that followed O'Loughlin's vampire Mick and his romance with mortal woman Beth (Sophia Myles). Passion aside, though, the audience -- a shade more than 7.5 million viewers per week, according to Nielsen -- wasn't big enough for CBS to renew the series for a second season.

(Zap2it.com)