Re: CSI Ratings versus Grey's Anatomy
Well having said that..the one thing I observed from tonight's ep which I won't reveal anything but something made me think about what's gone wrong with CSI.
I think TPTB have forgotten the chemistry the original guys brought to the show. Instead of trying to cram everyone and their dog into one episode, let's get back to the original guys who made the show what it was. Grissom, Catherine, Warrick, Nick, Sara, Greg, Doc Robbins and Brass are the charactes that I want to see, not Joe Blow tech. I don't know why CSI keeps showing up needless scenes with the lab techs, the av, not that I want don't to see these guys, I just want to see the originals together more often.
Viewers' tastes are quite fickle. One day they like procedurals, the next serials, the next reality tv shows, the next sitcoms and so forth.
ER was a top rated show and had it's butt kicked by CSI in terms of drama. Will and Grace used to win the 9:00 spot until CSI came along. So eventually, CSI was going to suffer the same fate.
But CSI has had an amazing run the past seven years. Despite lack of awards from the showbiz community, it changed the face of TV. I think it even brought the IQ level of viewers up a notch. It used to be that TV execs used to think audiences were stupid and therefore create shows that catered to that level of stupidity-dumbing down is the proper term, but CSI proved that audiences were alot smarter then these exec guys thought. It's deductive reasoning had you guessing every week of who did what to whom.
So let's remember one thing. This show made and continues to make history. So let people enjoy the fluff of Grey's Anatomy. It's not a show that will have a stronghold in the TV history books as CSI will. That says a lot more then a mantle of Emmys.
One thing I will say about Grey's Anatomy. Eventually everyone will have slept with everyone and then what's left for the show? Just a thought.
Okay, I'm done. I'll take my soap box and go to bed.