To be fair, the views in this forum are hardly representative of the general CSI viewership. I doubt most CSI viewers are all that invested in the individual characters.
Let’s be honest, this might be called a CSI forum but these days it's primarily a Nick, Greg and to a lesser extent, a Sara forum.
One can't really expect TPTB to base all their decisions on what is mentioned in here.
Can't argue with that. I notice when I talk about the show with other people, even fans who never miss an episode, they aren't as interested or invested as the people I know here. So yeah...casual viewer's gonna love it. Die hard me...nah.