The “CSI effect” is the notion that crime television shows may have an impact on the criminal justice system. The purpose of the current study was to investigate a previously unexplored component of the CSI effect—whether these shows may help individuals acquire forensic knowledge that could be relevant when committing a crime. We asked 323 university students to respond to a prompt that asked them how they would best burglarize a house. Participants also reported their most commonly watched television shows, number of episodes watched and their level of involvement with the crime shows. Results indicated that total number of crime shows watched did not relate to how many times participants mentioned forensic evidence in their responses; however, individuals who were more involved in the crime shows they watched were more likely to mention forensics (e.g., whether they would wear gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints or wear a hat to avoid leaving hair fibers).