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On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:00:08 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote:

> In article <kg9bnk$3p2$1@news.mixmin.net>,
>  Hugh Jass <h.jass809@gmail.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> I don't know what's replacing Nielsen ratings as the primary way network
>> shows' revenue is determined, but clearly something has, as the networks
>> clearly do not give a shit about viewership during sweeps periods anymore.
>> 
>> Witness tonight's "lineup", if I may use that term loosely. CSI:NY is a
>> rerun, smack dab in the middle of sweeps. One of the top shows on TV. A
>> rerun. Even a couple of years ago they wouldn't have dared.
> 
> It's not a rerun.

Plot synopsis in the guide said "In the Season 9 finale ...", though it's
the middle of February, and went on to sound very familiar.

And I caught the ending. Mac proposed to Christine. Didn't I see them
celebrating their anniversary with a rooftop dinner a couple of episodes or
so ago?

> In fact, it's the season finale.

It's February, not May, and it's a long-running veteran show, not some
rookie show that might conceivably have failed to get its back nine.

> There's been discussion of this in the thread about Hill Harper
> moving to "Covert Affairs", as his contract with CSI:NY is up
> and he's not renewing it.

I don't read the celebrity-gossip threads, as they don't interest me.

Wouldn't a contract have been "up" at a season boundary, such as the end of
May?

>> And then there's the continuing absence of Grimm on NBC. It disappeared for
>> Christmas ... and never came back. Rumor has it it has *not* been canceled,
>> but week after week goes by and no Grimm. Not even a rerun. If this streak
> 
> Rumor has always been that it would come back in late March. Is your 
> calendar broken?
> 
> Bye Seamus....

I don't see an answer in your post to this:

>> Does anybody know what it might be that is making sweeps less relevant? Are
>> they simply trying to kill Grimm? Could CBS even be trying to kill CSI:NY?

And I'm not Seamus.