'CSI' Wins The Hour After Ratings Drop

[CSI Files]

The latest episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, “Altered Stakes”, earned the top spot on Wednesday, April 11. The crime drama pulled in 9.80 million viewers, which was way down from the previous episode, but this was still enough to put CSI ahead of the Revenge: From the Beginning recap (5.57 million) and Law & [...]

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[taylorgirl]

See this is what i don't get. They're considering dropping CSI:NY when that constantly wins the viewers but we occasionally hear of CSI winning the top spot? i know that Ted Danson has just joined but come on CBS, isn't the whole point of having a tv show is to get people watching?

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Originally Posted by taylorgirl

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See this is what i don't get. They're considering dropping CSI:NY when that constantly wins the viewers but we occasionally hear of CSI winning the top spot? i know that Ted Danson has just joined but come on CBS, isn't the whole point of having a tv show is to get people watching?

I believe that if you go check the "rating discussion" thread that CSI more times than not has been in the top spot at 10pm on Wednesday nights. I do know that they do mention CSI's ratings each week here in the news.


Susan

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Also it's not about how often it wins a timeslot which determine whether a show gets renewed it's the 18-49 rating. The original simply gets higher ratings (and viewers) compared to NY.