frustration with schedule - careful: rant ahead

[brabbel.livejournal.com]

I'm extremely frustrated, now that I've examined the CBS-schedule for CM - after today's episode there's another 3-week hiatus planned. How do they expect people to keep interest in a series when they keep interrupting the season for 3 weeks after just 2 episodes. And why does this season only have 22 episodes (my guess, since a season generally runs just to the middle of May)? Okay, we had the Olympic Games which account for 2 weeks without CM - but 24 episodes would still have been possible...

It seems as if they spent all their efforts on one mediocre episode (The Fight), respectively on the hype around 100 - and don't know quite how to continue from there... which is majorly disappointing, especially the non-follow up so far to the events of the first half of the season. If that's a spectre of what this series has still to offer in coming seasons, I'm seriously underwhelmed.

Sorry, I had to get that out of my system. Let's just hope the last 4 episodes of season 5 at least reflect some of what makes CM such a good programme, so that I'm inclined to switch on my TV again next season... right now, I'm very ambivalent about this series unfortunately.

Comments

[dakotamystic.livejournal.com]

Every time a show changes it's format for the worst, I always feel that the writers could learn alot from the CM writers. House had a slump in quality for a few seasons as did CSI:Miami and now it looks as though CSI is really deteriorating in quality. The CM writers have been great at balancing the professional/personal lives of the team and I truly hope things stay that way. I'm not at all opposed to a show adding a touch of romance to shake things up but I really can't stand it when romance takes center stage and the cases fall to the way side (which was one of my pet peeves about House last season.)

I agree that CM has gfone slightly down hill since 100 and I think the producers were a bit to focused on the spin off. Then again, they could be saving the best episodes for the May sweeps. BTW, tonight's episode, Rite of Passage, looks good.

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

I used to be a fan of CSI and CSI:Miami. When Grissom and Sarah ran away together I gave up on CSI (Vegas.) I hung in there with Miami, but I just realized I've had an episode sitting on my DVR for about three weeks now and I may never watch it.