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Re: CSI Ratings versus Grey's Anatomy

I agree, xf and Dee.

The problem is that neither one shares ENOUGH viewers for it to be "you either watch Grey's or CSI" and one can have an absolute landslide victory. But they both share enough viewers (about 4 million or so that tend to go either way) so that neither can be the top show of the week, either.

They may win against each other, but in doing this, neither one will win the big prize. Which is kind of stupid, IMO.
 
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Except, in any case, getting a regular 20million+ viewers every week is not really what you can call losing. :) So I don't know if either one really cares about the top prize. Grey's can boast about having the best drama ratings (especially in demographics); CSI can boast about still being America's #1 drama... and it's not like either one expects viewers to stop drinking the Kool-AId, so... yeah. I don't think either one really cares. They're just happy that they can co-exist on the same night and still make sponsors pay through the nose.
 
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I'm giving it up to CBS, they have advertised the crap out of Big Shots during these NCAA games. I've seen at least 10 promos during the course of 3 games. Hopefully it pays off.
 
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I'm so glad March Madness is over, I'm not a basketball person. I missed CSI :(
seriously though, Grey's isn't as great as it used to be as it was in the beginning.
 
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I'm praying for Big Ratings for Big Shots, even though I went with 22 mil.
 
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You know... I really do love CSI and as much as I like Grey's--CSI is the best. Grey's is fun, but not anything special. The main character is a whiner by the way. :lol:

But I think that Grey's will start dropping soon... since CSI has been around for its 7th season now and Grey's storylines are not as good as it was in Season 2 anyway... while the 7th season of CSI is just getting BETTER AND BETTER with every episode. Take that, Grey's! (Besides I only watch Grey's because of Addison and she's leaving...)
 
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I'm really glad to hear that they're pimping Big Shots hard.

Anyway - no, 20 million viewers would not be seen as a bad thing for 99.999999999999% of the TV shows out there. But I think the problem here could be the same problem that Studio 60 had. It had about 12 million or so viewers - again, big numbers. But they had to justify the high salaries of their leads, the large numbers of big actors on that show, compared with the relatively small ratings for an Aaron Sorkin show on top of that.

CSI: spent a lot of time WAY at the top. It could charge advertisers a ton of money. It could pay its stars a ton of money (though after the firing incident, clearly didn't feel like it anyway. lol.). If those ratings start to drop, it's just supply and demand. Suddenly the advertisers can start bargaining for how much a spot costs on the show, and they do lose money.

I hate that a creative medium has to be controlled by something as business-oriented as ads, but that is, unfortunately, the case. If it wasn't, they would only ever show audience numbers on Nielsen's.

Ironically, less and less viewers are also tuning into American Idol and Dancing With the Stars and Grey's Anatomy...

I think all that's happening here is that more and more people are willing to record a show and watch it later. Must-see TV isn't as true as it once was. I don't think we'll ever see another ER with a consistent 60 million viewers.

But I think that Grey's will start dropping soon... since CSI has been around for its 7th season now and Grey's storylines are not as good as it was in Season 2 anyway... while the 7th season of CSI is just getting BETTER AND BETTER with every episode. Take that, Grey's! (Besides I only watch Grey's because of Addison and she's leaving...)
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Obviously this is pure opinion, but I agree. From the sounds of it, even the most die-hard fans are fed up. And unlike when they spun off CSI into CSI:Miami, they are taking a main character with them on their spin-off. Now it could just mean that equal viewers will tune in to both shows, but it could also divide the fanbase. I like Addison, personally. And with the way things are going with Izzie and George and Meredith and Callie, I'd probably be more interested in her show than GA.

At least it would be a fresh start.

So I think that it's anyone's game next year, but that CSI has managed to prove (again, opinion) that after 7 years, it can still come up with creative storylines, and GA is finding itself stuck after 2 and a half.
 
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Final Results:

22.713 (up 1% from fast nationals).

CSI is back as the #1 scripted Drama, 4th place overall, tied with Dancing With the Stars. Grey's is now in 6th place and the #2 scripted drama for the 2006-2007 season.

Updated chart:

CSI Season 7 vs. Itself
Season 7 Premiere: 22.58
Episode 2: 23.77 - 5% gain from week before
Episode 3: 21.51 - 9.5% drop
Episode 4: 21.58 - 0.3% gain
Episode 5: 20.49 - 5% drop
Episode 6: 20.53 - 0.2% gain
Episode 7: 20.83 - 1.5% gain
Episode 8: 24.11 - 13.6% gain
Episode 9: 17.171 - 28.8% drop
Episode 10: 23.253 - 26.2% gain
Episode 11: 26.116 - 11% gain
Episode 12: 21.41 - 18% drop
Episode 13: 21.172 - 1.1% drop
Episode 14: 21.494 - 1.5% gain
Episode 15: 22.522 - 4.6% gain
Episode 16: 22.707 - 0.8% gain
Episode 17: 21.780 - 4.1% drop
Episode 18: 22.713 - 4.1% gain

Average: 21.98 million viewers

Grey's Season 3 vs. Itself

Premiere: 25.4 million viewers
Episode 2: 23.5 million viewers - 7.5% drop from week before
Episode 3: 22.8 million viewers - 3% drop
Episode 4: 21.93 million viewers - 4% drop
Episode 5: 20.96 million viewers - 4.5% drop
Episode 6: 21.03 million viewers - 0.3% gain
Episode 7: 20.65 million viewers - 1.8% drop
Episode 8: 20.92 million viewers - 1.3% gain
Episode 9: 18.509 million viewers - 11.5% drop
Episode 10: 24.01 million viewers - 22.9% gain
Episode 11: 23.032 million viewers - 4.1% drop
Episode 12: 21.942 million viewers - 4.7% drop
Episode 13: 21.504 million viewers - 2.0% drop
Episode 14: 24.18 million viewers - 11.1% gain
Episode 15: 25.197 million viewers - 4% gain
Episode 16: 25.759 million viewers - 2.2% gain
Episode 17: 27.394 million viewers - 6% gain
Episode 18: 22.677 million viewers - 17.2% drop
Episode 19: 22.304 million viewers - 1.6% drop

Average: 22.82 million viewers

CSI Season 7 vs. Grey's Season 3

Premiere: Grey's beats CSI by 11.1%
Episode 2: CSI beats Grey's by 1.1%
Episode 3: Grey's beats CSI by 5.7%
Episode 4: Grey's beats CSI by 1.6%
Episode 5: Grey's beats CSI by 2.2%
Episode 6: Grey's beats CSI by 2.4%
Episode 7: CSI beats Grey's by 1%
Episode 8: CSI beats Grey's by 13.2%
Episode 9: Grey's beats CSI by 7.2%
Episode 10: Grey's beats CSI by 3.15%
Episode 11: CSI beats Grey's by 11.8%
Episode 12: Grey's beats CSI by 2.4%
Episode 13: Grey's beats CSI by 1.5%
Episode 14: Grey's beats CSI by 11.1%
Episode 15: Grey's beats CSI by 10.6%
Episode 16: Grey's beats CSI by 11.8%
Episode 17: Grey's beats CSI by 20.5%
Episode 18: CSI beats Grey's by 0.2%

Overall percentage winner: Grey's with an average of 3.55%

CSI Season 7 vs. CSI Season 6:

Premiere of Season 6 - 29.02 million
Episod 2 - 28.00 million
Episode 3 - 28.85 million
Episode 4 - 28.34 million
Episode 5 - 28.48 million
Episode 6 - 28.73 million
Episode 7 - 29.55 million
Episode 8 - 28.98 million
Episode 9 - 25.72 million
Episode 10 - 30.945 million
Episode 11 - 27.233 million
Episode 12 - 27.128 million
Episode 13 - 25.860 million
Episode 14 - 28.365 million
Episode 15 - 27.416 million
Episode 16 - 27.813 million
Episode 17 - 27.155 million
Episode 18 - 25.234 million

Average: 27.95 million viewers

Premiere of Season 7 - 22.58 million - 22.2% drop
Episode 2 - 23.77 million - 15.1% drop
Episode 3 - 21.51 million - 25.4% drop
Episode 4 - 21.58 million - 23.9% drop
Episode 5 - 20.49 million - 28.1% drop
Episode 6 - 20.53 million - 28.5% drop
Episode 7 - 20.83 million - 29.5% drop
Episode 8 - 24.11 million - 16.8% drop
Episode 9 - 17.171 million - 33.2% drop
Episode 10 - 23.253 million - 24.85% drop
Episode 11 - 26.116 million - 4.1% drop
Episode 12 - 21.41 million - 21.1% drop
Episode 13 - 21.172 million - 18.1% drop
Episode 14 - 21.494 million - 24.2% drop
Episode 15 - 22.522 million - 17.8% drop
Episode 16 - 22.707 million - 18.3% drop
Episode 17 - 21.78 million - 19.8% drop
Episode 18 - 22.713 million - 9.9% drop

Average drop: 21.1%
 
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I'm thinking at least 23 mil for this week, and CSI will beat Grey's for the 19th episode, all they need is 22.4
 
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WHat? CSI only beat Grey's by a measly .2%, and a new CSI show was up against a rerun? Yikes! Ummmm...wonder what the cause is? :rolleyes:
 
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i think she did csi episode 18 vs greys episode 18, so they werent airing against each other. i think its going to be a while before two new eps actually go against each other, like someone else said before almost like they are trying to avoid the confrontation.
 
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WHat? CSI only beat Grey's by a measly .2%, and a new CSI show was up against a rerun? Yikes! Ummmm...wonder what the cause is? :rolleyes:
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No No, it is CSI's Episode 18 vs. Grey's Episode 18, which took place like 2 weeks ago.
 
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Thanks sarahvma. I can't believe CSI beat Greys by only 0.02%.
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Well, if it makes you feel any better, when the fast nationals came out for the last CSI episode, Grey's had actually beat them. So the two ended up almost dead even (22.6 and 22.7), so I'm happy that even if it was by a marginal fraction, CSI still won. Grey's numbers went down again for its 19th episode, and so hopefully that divide will get bigger if CSI brings in better numbers for Big Shots.

I'm thinking at least 23 mil for this week, and CSI will beat Grey's for the 19th episode, all they need is 22.4
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Definitely an advantage to know that it doesn't take much. lol. Now, in the defense of both shows, they are contending with big gaps between their last episodes, and Spring Break, and sports in their timeslots.

So... we may see those figures go back up, but CSI is beating its premiere numbers, and Grey's numbers are down from their premiere. So that says, to me at least, that the people who tuned in for Season 7 of CSI have stuck around, and the people who tuned in for Season 3 of Grey's are leaving.

WHat? CSI only beat Grey's by a measly .2%, and a new CSI show was up against a rerun? Yikes! Ummmm...wonder what the cause is?
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Grey's was up against a re-run as well. Considering Grey's is the newer, hotter show that everyone is talking about, I'd say it's far more pathetic that they can't beat CSI.

I'd compare Grey's re-run numbers to this last week of CSI, but Grey's re-runs never make the top 20, I'm afraid. CSI usually finds itself in the top 15, and almost always higher. Even with the fact that CSI re-runs happen every single day of the week, sometimes several times a day, and Grey's has a piddling few in comparison, and a direct re-run of their last show the next day.

i think she did csi episode 18 vs greys episode 18, so they werent airing against each other. i think its going to be a while before two new eps actually go against each other, like someone else said before almost like they are trying to avoid the confrontation.
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They may be doing it respectfully. I mean, in reality both have realized that the move benefited neither show. So they're trying, now, to kind of catch up for their final overall season numbers.
 
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