How long can the original CSI continue to be a ratings success for CBS? CSI: Miami was the first of the franchise to be cancelled. Will the Las Vegas version be the second? We’ll have to wait to find out.
The 13th season of CSI typically airs on Wednesday nights at 10pm on the CBS network. The cast includes Ted Danson, George Eads, Elisabeth Shue, David Berman, Elisabeth Harnois, Eric Szmanda, Jorja Fox, Paul Guilfoyle, Robert David Hall, and Wallace Langham.
Below are the TV show’s ratings for the 2012-13 season, the best way to tell if CSI is going to be cancelled or renewed for season 14.
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Episode 13-22: Wednesday, 05/15/13
2.0 in the demo (-9% change) with 9.53 million (-3% change).
Season averages: 2.30 in the demo with 10.42 million.
Episode 13-21: Wednesday, 05/08/13
2.2 in the demo (+16% change) with 9.82 million (+4% change).
Season averages: 2.31 in the demo with 10.47 million.
Episode 13-20: Wednesday, 05/01/13
1.8 in the demo (-21% change) with 9.49 million (-15% change).
Season averages: 2.31 in the demo with 10.50 million.
Episode 13-19: Wednesday, 04/10/13
2.4 in the demo (+14% change) with 11.11 million (+12% change).
Season averages: 2.34 in the demo with 10.55 million.
Episode 13-18: Wednesday, 04/03/13
2.1 in the demo (-9% change) with 9.89 million (-6% change).
Season averages: 2.33 in the demo with 10.52 million.
Episode 13-17: Wednesday, 03/20/13
2.3 in the demo (+21% change) with 10.53 million (+12% change).
Season averages: 2.35 in the demo with 10.56 million.
UPDATE: CBS has renewed CSI for a 14th season and Ted Danson will return.
Episode 13-16: Wednesday, 02/27/13
1.9 in the demo (-17% change) with 9.44 million (-11% change).
Season averages: 2.35 in the demo with 10.56 million.
Episode 13-15: Wednesday, 02/20/13
2.3 in the demo (+21% change) with 10.65 million (+25% change).
Season averages: 2.38 in the demo with 10.63 million.
Episode 13-14: Wednesday, 02/13/13
1.9 in the demo (-21% change) with 8.54 million (-22% change).
Season averages: 2.39 in the demo with 10.63 million.
Episode 13-13: Wednesday, 02/06/13
2.4 in the demo (-8% change) with 10.97 million (-4% change).
Season averages: 2.42 in the demo with 10.79 million.
Episode 13-12: Wednesday, 01/23/13
2.6 in the demo (+13% change) with 11.46 million (+3% change).
Season averages: 2.42 in the demo with 10.78 million.
Episode 13-11: Wednesday, 01/16/13
2.3 in the demo (+5% change) with 11.14 million (+16% change).
Season averages: 2.41 in the demo with 10.72 million.
Episode 13-10: Wednesday, 12/12/12
2.2 in the demo (-15% change) with 9.59 million (-21% change).
Season averages: 2.42 in the demo with 10.68 million.
Episode 13-09: Wednesday, 11/28/12
2.6 in the demo (+8% change) with 12.11 million (+12% change).
Season averages: 2.44 in the demo with 10.80 million.
Episode 13-08: Wednesday, 11/21/12
2.4 in the demo (-4% change) with 10.77 million (-2% change).
Season averages: 2.42 in the demo with 10.63 million.
Episode 13-07: Wednesday, 11/14/12
2.5 in the demo (+9% change) with 11.01 million (+7% change).
Season averages: 2.43 in the demo with 10.61 million.
Episode 13-06: Wednesday, 11/07/12
2.3 in the demo (-4% change) with 10.33 million (-5% change).
Season averages: 2.42 in the demo with 10.55 million.
Episode 13-05: Wednesday, 10/31/12
2.4 in the demo (0% change) with 10.91 million (+10% change).
Season averages: 2.44 in the demo with 10.59 million.
Episode 13-04: Wednesday, 10/24/12
2.4 in the demo (+4% change) with 9.95 million (-6% change).
Season averages: 2.45 in the demo with 10.51 million.
Episode 13-03: Wednesday, 10/17/12
2.3 in the demo (-12% change) with 10.63 million (-1% change).
Season averages: 2.47 in the demo with 10.70 million.
Episode 13-02: Wednesday, 10/10/12
2.6 in the demo (+4% change) with 10.70 million (-1% change).
Season averages: 2.55 in the demo with 10.73 million.
Episode 13-01: Wednesday, 09/26/12
2.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 10.76 million total viewers.
Season averages: 2.50 in the demo with 10.76 million.
Compared to its season premiere a year ago, the show was down by 22% in the demo (vs a 3.2 rating) and down by 16% in viewers (vs 12.74 million).
Reference point: The 12th season of CSI averaged a 2.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 11.37 million viewers.
Note: These ratings are collected by the Nielsen company and are the final national numbers. These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings and are reported on by most other outlets. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you still like the CSI TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a 14th season?
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I love the new characters on CSI. It gives the show new direction. I loved the old character too, but life goes on. I like all of the CSI shows and I am sorry that Miami is gone.
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CSI MIAMI WAS THE BEST ONE OF THEM ALL!!! WHY OH WHY DID YOU TAKE IT OFF THE AIR. I JUST CAN’T UNDERSTAND YOU SUIT & TIE GUY’S WITH
HOW YOUR BRAINS WORK. YOU ALWAYS TAKE THE BEST OFF FIRST, OH CSI MIAMI HOW I MISS YOUR NEW SHOWS THAT WILL NO LONGER COME TO BE !!!!!!
IT SUCKED
It was nice, I have to agree. A bit too much, with all the color filters added to the image and the super saturation of colors, and David Caruso was clearly doing too much, but hey, that’s what made it different, sort of glamourous.
Now that CSI Miami has ended (poorly! last episode was a joke, couldn’t even tell it was the last episode), there is no more good CSI left. Sad.
I’ll go watch The Mentalist.
David Caruso is such a bad actor.
Please don’t cancel CSI Las Vegas!
I love CSI, I have watched it since the beginning. I don’t care what other people say, I will continue to watch CSI no matter what. When I can’t find anything worth watching I can usually find a channel that is showing CSI and enjoy it all over again. Thank You!
Still the best show on the air!
I have never missed any episode in 13 years. To me the addition of Ted and Elizabeth was genius. I love CSI: Miami and think they got a raw deal. Please keep the original going for a 14 th and15 th season! But I do have to agree, it would be a dream to have Marg H. And William P. to come back. Why did they leave? You haven’t seen them since they left. Doesn’t make sense to me why actors do this.
I don’t watch CSI for one reason, it’s not real. The lab people don’t go out and solve the crime and arrest people. They provide the evidence the police need who then arrest the criminal.
if you don’t watch a show because “it’s not real”, i don’t think you get the point of tv 😉 it’s a drama show, not a documentary!
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still love the show, danson does a great job, shue sucks, harnois is doing okay (but i could live without her) and the original cast is as great as always!
Terrible, inaccurate misrepresentation of how our criminal system works. One does not get instantaneous results as the shows demonstrate. There needs to be some semblance of reality for these shows. There isn’t any here.
@Why watch: You seem to know a lot about this great series for somebody who says it’s not worth watching it.
Ted Danson sucks! Horribly!
Laurence Fishburne was waaaaay better and of course, the Grissom character was infinitely better.
Shue is unbearable, simply put. Just seeing her arrogant face makes me want to turn the TV off.
This show has nothing left of what made it cool. No more mystery, no more “noir” aspect, it is all drama, it is headed straight to the telenovela style.
No more CSI for me.
Can’t even watch it anymore now that Ted Danson is part of the cast. He has ruined the show. Really miss Catherine and Grisom.
While I think Shue was a great addition, CSI is just tired and has nothing left to say. Time to put it out to pasture.
Compared to Laurence Fishburne, Ted Danson has made it enjoyable again,. However, the show is still not the same since Grissom left.
Ted is horrible in this show! It has run its coarse! He was good (Maybe Great) as Sam Malone! But he has run this show into the ground.
I agree, can’t stand to watch it now with Ted Danson.