Re: CSI Ratings versus Grey's Anatomy
That's certainly true of the people I know personally (mostly co-workers) who have switched to Greys. We (about 15 of us) just had a conversation about it over lunch the other day. The ones who switched said they would just catch CSI in reruns. They like talking about GA because it is the new, hot thing that "everyone" is talking about.
Well, and this is reflected in the ratings here, in Canada I hear no one talk about GA. I'm not bashing the show, it's just fact. I have one friend who switched to
Grey's (they play at separate times here - GA first, CSI second, but she has a TON of studying, so she and I both picked one show a week. Me CSI, her Grey's) and it's just because she buys the CSI DVDs later and watches them in the summer when she has a break. So she still likes the show, but I think it's the serial nature of Grey's that's a nice escape from studying for her.
For me, I've moved away from serial shows because I so often find the ending to be disappointing. Medium is a great example of a procedural show in a serial setting, and my mom and I love it.
I find all this talk of CSI's supposed drop in quality this season and its effects on the ratings completely baffling. Greys is a soap opera. The people I mentioned above acknowledged that fact rather sheepishly, but they still want to watch it because it's fun. Certainly not because it's a quality show.
And as I said - is there someone who believes
Secrets and Flies was higher quality than
Burnout? That
Room Service was more interesting than
Built to Kill Part 2? I remember the advertisements last year being flashier (how can a virgin get pregnant??!!) but more than that, there was nothing important competing in CSI's timeslot. People watch shows out of habit. And a lot of people watch certain shows because nothing else is on and it's habit to watch that.
I'll agree that the quality on CSI dipped after Season 4, but it's definitely back now. Perhaps we're watching people who were disappointed with Season 6 moving on and not giving 7 a chance. But, personal opinion, no way were the examples from Season 6 better than the ones from 7.
And again - if
Grey's were the better show, people would WANT to watch it again and again in re-runs.
personally i think it is possible (but being in a trash rag was probably quoted out of context or exaggerated). the reason being is wp has never been afraid of speaking his mind.
Agreed. It seems far more likely that he said it jokingly or with a kind of dryness, rather than screaming it at his crew - if it happened at all. He's often said he doesn't care one way or the other about ratings.
WP does what he wants to do - he explained about taking a TV movie over Platoon when given the chance because he thought the TV movie would be more fun. That doesn't sound like someone desperate for ratings.
ETA
A quick update: CSI's numbers were a little higher last week than originally reported. At final count,
Grey's was above CSI by 0.256 million viewers. A pretty big drop considering it took in roughly 6 million more than CSI in its premiere, and CSI has stayed fairly steady.
he's to classy to throw a "tantrum".. not his style.. he's a calm..cool..collected type guy.. I don't believe that anymore than I believe in "Bigfoot" or other random gossip..hearsay..and false rumors... it's total BS 
