I am one of the people that will stop watching CSI, if Sara dies. If they wanted to kill Sara off, then I think it would have been best if they had killed her off durng the finale because now if they kill her during the premiere, they will have a big rating for the premiere, but the week after, it will be so embarrassing. They will notice the difference and they will realize, wow, we should not have done that. Then they will be forced to end the show after the 8th season, because not very many people will watch it. CBS is being really smart right now, they have learned what cliff-hangers are and that they are a good way to get ratings, but that is what concerns me, they are branching out and trying new things. They have never had a cliff-hanger before so they tried it and they have never had a character death before, so they might try it. If any character besides Sara and Grissom were to die, then I would be sad but I'd get over it and I'd still watch the show. But, if you kill off my favorite character, then I have had enough.
I don't know if that made any sense.