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Date Posted: 13:20:09 09/12/05 Mon
Author: Islandgirl
Subject: CSI:NY

I got this off the AP Entertainment Wire (I work at a newspaper) and thought I'd share. Note the CSI:NY reference. Comments from me at the end.
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Television viewers to executives: Stop with the reality shows, already!|
AP Graphic TV POLL|
|By DAVID BAUDER|
|AP Television Writer|
NEW YORK (AP) — In the eyes of viewers, reality television is not only a misnamed genre. It’s a format wearing out its welcome.
Four out of five Americans say they think too many reality shows are on the air, according to an AP-TV Guide poll. Only 4 percent of respondents said there were not enough.
Few people believe there’s much reality in reality TV: a total of 82 percent said the shows are either ‘‘totally made up’’ or ‘‘mostly distorted.’’
‘‘They pick the personality types to fit a role. I don’t think it’s really real,’’ said Brenda Sobol, a 42-year-old homemaker from Susanville, Calif. ‘‘It’s kind of bogus. I think they pretty much know what the outcomes are going to be or they wouldn’t do the programs.’’
The poll also found:
—Half of Americans believe there are too many crime shows on television. The longtime staple of TV dramas has proliferated with the success of franchises such as ‘‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’’ and ‘‘Law & Order.’’
—Of all the new shows introduced last year, ‘‘CSI: New York’’ has the most people looking forward to its return. ‘‘Desperate Housewives,’’ twice as popular with women as it is with men, came in second.
—People watch more TV as they get older. The median number of hours that people over 65 say they watch is 14.7 per week. For those 18 to 34 — young people that TV advertisers are desperate to reach — it’s nine hours.
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Wow!! I think it's great that CSI:NY is the second season show people are most looking forward to, but I'm *really* surprised. It's certainly my personal fave among shows about to start their second season, would have thought either "Desperate Housewives" or "Lost" would have had more people looking forward to it, considering that both those shows had higher ratings than CSI:NY.
However, I think a lot of people may have "discovered" this show over the summer.

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