Can the new writers and bring CSI back to what it was

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I think this season has been pretty good, i have no complains, but when it comes about the end of the show, i mean, is inebitable, meabe the writters are loosing their touch, but that's not the only reason why the show is going down, add the years, everything has an end, and CSI is getting it.
 
I think for fans of some of the characters this has been a great season so far, but for fans of other characters it has been dismal.
 
I hope it's not nearing the end. Look at how many other shows have been on the air for years and years. How about ER? It should have died about 5 years ago, but it just keeps going. But if WP leaves after this season or next and Sara stays, it wont be the same. I'm not sure the show could make it without him. He's their leader. I like the other characters, but it always comes back to Grissom. Just my opinion though, I could be way off on this one.
 
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Here's a question. Do we know for sure that there are new writers or are we just guessing there are different writers because we don't like the direction the series has taken? When I say "we" I don't mean literally all of us. I just don't want to turn this into a "you" and "us" thing.
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Well, because I'm bored, I did some research. It appears that out of the aired Season 7 episodes, there are only two new to CSI writers. Marlane Gomard Meyer, who wrote "Double Cross", used to write for Law and Order, and Douglas Petrie, writer of the latest "Living Legend, used to write for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I cross-referenced the writers going back to Season 4, and even though I was positive Douglas Petrie wrote for CSI before, I think I'm getting him confused with his work on Buffy.

At any rate, that's two new writers for this season. All of the others are writen by CSI veterans, most notable, Sarah Goldfinger.

In my option, the reason why CSI has shifted from procedural to personal is the competition. That, and the way law shows have been going lately. Right now, CSI is competing against Grey's Anatomy, which shows a lot about the character's personal lives. The head honchos at CSI knew that in order for them to compete with this, they'd have to start showing the personal lives of their characters...hence the reason we've seen more of that in Season 7.

But we also started seeing more of the personal side of our Investigators in Season 6. I believe that the writers knew the science was getting old. I mean, how many time can the audience seen someone compare shoe prints, or run something through the DNA lab? They needed to keep the audience hooked, so that meant more of the personal lives. They still show the science, but the focus is being moved away from that just to keep the audience there.

I'm a prime example of this. I moved away from CSI in the beginning of the fifth season because I simply could not care about finger prints anymore. I tuned in for Who Shot Sherlock just because of Greg becoming a CSI, but then I tuned out. It wasn't until I saw Grave Danger, at the end of the fifth season, that I went, "Huh. Personal stuff? Interesting..." And the only reason I saw that episode was because I was stuck in the hospital and there was nothing else on television.

So, really, I don't think it's the writers fault that the show is changing. It's the nature of the beast that things evolve. CSI will never go back to what it was in the first and second season simply because we've been there already. It's time to move on, and that means moving away from solely science to science plus personal.
 
actually with the exception of mendolsohn and shankar all of the writers are new (within the last couple of years) to the show. occasionally jerry stahl shows up (been around since s3) but not often. so the solution is to bring back the original writers (see drumchick's bring back ann donohue)
 
And with the exception of Sarah Goldfinger who's been writing since Season 3. Forever was the first one that she wrote. David Rambo has been writing since Season 4. Dustin Lee Abrams isn't much of a new face, either.

To be honest, I found it interesting that an episode very clearly Catherine-centered did SO badly in the ratings.

I mean, I know it was Thanksgiving, but that didn't explain the total drop there.

I think people are just getting a little bit tired of the Stripper Who Called Ex-Husband.

And to be honest, while the show was good in its first few seasons, anything can get repetative. I'm really enjoying the new vibe.
 
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