The TV show "Grey's Anatomy" is getting better ratings on Thursday night than "CSI." That's not a surprise to me. "CSI" was unique and fresh when it started but now there are too many clones: "CSI: New York" and "CSI: Miami."
And all the CSI shows use the same formula: crime discovered, crime needs to solved, lots of lab work, crime solved. This plot structure worked the first hundred times but is now wearing thin.
Another example of this is the TV series "Law and Order." I liked that show and was a faithful viewer until it was cloned and again the same plot was used a couple of hundred times.
All TV shows have a natural life cycle: they are born, they live, and they die. The funeral for "CSI" won't be held for a few years but watch the obituaries.
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