This is sooo freakin sad
. No disrespect to CSI:NY, but that show has been on the bubble for 2 years now. CSI:Miami's low ratings can mostly be attributed to the crappy time slot - switch NY and Miami and I think you would see a ratings boost for Miami and NY would go down the drain. Again, no offense, but they were gonna cancel it last year but they got a reprieve. Now suddenly Miami, which was NOT even talked about as being canceled last year, is now off the air - :wtf:
Of course, a lot of us could've seen this coming, with all the talks about low budgets, some of the cast looking at other projects, and the horrendous time slot Miami was exiled to these past two years. CBS killed Miami in my mind when they switched it to Sundays - shame on them.
While I know a lot of shows don't get the "closure" they deserve, if a show runs 10 YEARS it SHOULD get good closure. If CBS was gonna end Miami, they should've given them a heads up mid-season so they could wrap up some character arcs, mended some friendships among the team
:cough:: horatio & calleigh ::cough:
and tied up other loose ends. That last scene was OK, but Cal wasn't even there, and it just showed how all these guys together were great actors and were so underutilized. I think Miami had a much stronger cast and potential, if they were to do a final year.
I also think Horatio DID NOT go out the way the creators or DC had wanted. It was a lame ending to an amazing series that at one point was the number one show IN THE WORLD. It was a big cash cow for CBS, and I'm disgusted at how they've treated this show over the past 2 years.
While I've often complained of the poor writing and underutilization of very talented actors like Jon Togo, I also saw episodes that gave the show a lot of potential for at least one more year, especially if it was a wrap-up, character-focused year. I'd take even a 3-6 episode close-out to this - I mean, they were shorted episodes this year to begin with - stupid CBS :scream:
Sad to see DC turning in his badge and sunglasses w/out any real closure to an amazing character, despite some of the stupid things the writers did. H and team deserved better than this. RIP MIAMI.