a couple of pages ago or maybe it was the previous thread Alyssa asked an important question - what makes us drown to GSR?
i linked my answer to this question to ... the first Big Brother winner in Poland.
... WTF?
yeah, i know i know, but give me a chance to explain, lol. so the first BB ever was watched by everybody, cuz it was the first and people had to make their opinion on it. so everybody watched, of course later it turned out the show was for complete idiots and it was a shame to admit you EVER watched it.
lol
but, before that, like i said, was the first season. so we had a bunch of young, funny idiots participating, an older 40 year old woman and a 50 year old guy. the woman got kicked out in the first eliminations, but the guy, an average, pretty funny, likeable not so good looking, not very rich ... won the whole thing. people voted for him although no one predicted that he was the one to win.
my link to GSR is that WP and JF play their characters in a way that they are not overdone. they are in some sense average people, they have their failures, their disadvantages, but also personality which makes us come back to watch them every week.
i was thinking if i should compare CSI to BB, cuz we all know two shows can't be compared, i only wanted to point out a tendency of people's way of thinking. those couple of years ago all people voted for a guy who wasn't overdone, who wasn't pretending to be supercool, and who they could identify themselves with. i think GSR has a bit of it. the actors playing aren't from Baywatch, they are not perfect looking, but they are definitely likeable, not only on screen but also they would be likeable in real life. there are people like Sara out there. there is NOBODY like Grissom, though - he's one of the most original characters on TV nowadays. so i guess it just makes a nicely balanced combo.