CBS made the call and canceled CSI: Miami.
David Caruso
After 10 great seasons of following “H” or Lieutenant Horatio Caine played by David Caruso, Calleigh (Emily Procter), Delko (Adam Rodriguez), Tripp (Rex Linn), Wolfe (Jonathan Togo), the gorgeous Natalia (Eva La Rue) and the rest of the supporting cast, CBS pulled the plug on the CSI: Miami.
It came down to costs and CSI: Miami apparently cost more than CSI: NY and they canceled Miami and kept NY. Boo from this fan. But as they said a few weeks back in a bit of a contract twister, they said if Caruso were to give up some of his wage, the show could stay.
Not sure what really happened, but the end result was the show getting canceled. And before you get mad at CBS, keep in mind, if enough viewers were to have kept tuning in, we wouldn’t be here right now. (I don’t like saying that, but that’s the reality of the business of TV We take are chances falling in love with a show and that’s life, as TV fans.)
Adam Rodriguez
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I was looking over the ratings charts for last night, Sunday, April 8th 2012, and noticed that CBS pretty much dominated the night with early, estimated TV ratings numbers, starting with the 2012 Masters Tournament, and right on through 60 Minutes, The Amazing Race, The Good Wife and CSI: Miami.
Then I noticed an interesting footnote to the night about CSI: Miami.
It was noted that this last episode of CSI: Miami is in limbo as to whether last night’s episode was the season finale or series finale for CSI: Miami.
Huh?
According to sources indicating interesting rumors, it seems that CBS is willing to bring CSI: Miami back for another season if David Caruso is willing to take a cut in pay.
Gulp!
I’ve talked about this conundrum before and basically it boils down to when a network is no longer making a profit on a TV series, bad things (for the fans) happen.
In almost every case, each subsequent season of a TV series, cast and crew get their pay raises. If the show is popular enough in the ratings, that means TV viewing folks are seeing the ads and actually responding to the TV ads, making the money bags for the network happy. Those money bags being the various advertisers.
Advertisers drop anywhere from $9 to $11 BILLION dollars in advertising funds each season just on the basic networks alone, so they’re looking for bang for their buck.
But as cast and crew get more money, they slowly work their way out the back door and a cancelled series.
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