CSI Crime Scene Investigation

CBS suddenly found itself richer by an overall average of 1.12 million viewers and a half a ratings point following tabulation of 7-day DVR viewing for the week. The network's top-rated drama The Mentalist turned out to be its top playback performer as well, as DVR figures showed that it was watched by nearly 2.8 million more viewers than those who tuned in on the actual day of the broadcast. Also getting big boosts from the DVR additions were CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (up by 2.1 million viewers); Criminal Minds (+1.99 million); NCIS (+1.97 million); and The Big Bang Theory (1.93 million).
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This season, NBC is offering both the most expensive and the cheapest TV spots on network television, according to Advertising Age. The highest-priced 30-second spot averages $339,700 for Sunday Night Football, it noted. By contrast, a spot on The Jay Leno Show can be had for as little as $48,803. The trade publication cautions however that the "figures should be taken as directional indicators, not gospel." Nevertheless, AdAge figures that overall, network ad prices are declining. For example, it notes that a spot on the CBS hit Two and a Half Men, which cost an average of $276,433 a year ago, is going for $226,635 this season. Ads on CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation fell to $198,647 from $262,600 a year ago. On the other hand, Wells Fargo Securities is reporting that ad prices are rising in the so-called scatter market (for ads purchased close to the actual airdates).
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An episode of "Supernatural" which pays homage to several other shows on television will air on November 5. In "Changing Channels", when Sam and Dean find themselves living their lives on what appear to be TV shows, it makes for a whole new style of reality television and they wonder if the Trickster (guest star Richard Speight, Jr.) is to blame.
The preview gives glimpses of the brothers in shows like "Grey's Anatomy", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", a Japanese game and a sitcom. Each new experience they encounter is more bizarre than the next and they want out. But is the Trickster really the mastermind behind the madness?
Trickster first appeared on the show in the episode "Tall Tales" of season 2. This character is a member of demigods who can cause chaos with their pranks which are sometimes humorous. He made a return and was last seen in the third season's »
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