# CSI: Miami on AMC **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317 "2012-01-04T00:47:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/1 "2012-01-04T00:47:49Z")
Ugh, why? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/2 "2012-01-04T01:39:18Z")
Wow, I had no idea they showed other network’s shows. Further Network Decay, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/3 "2012-01-04T02:01:21Z")
It gets viewers. Not a difficult concept. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/4 "2012-01-04T02:09:42Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > It gets viewers. YeeaaaAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! I guess. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/5 "2012-01-04T15:16:51Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > It gets viewers. Not a difficult concept. Yes, because my primary concern as a consumer of television programming is whether the networks have achieved a profitable mixture of programs, not whether they’re showing shit I want to watch. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/6 "2012-01-04T15:59:58Z")
Maybe the M stands for… /removes sunglasses Murder. YeeaaaAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/7 "2012-01-04T16:00:21Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Yes, because my primary concern as a consumer of television programming is whether the networks have achieved a profitable mixture of programs, not whether they’re showing shit I want to watch. It’s not about you. Never has been. This isn’t a secret: TV networks put on programs in order to increase their profitability. They don’t care if you hate a show, as long as enough people watch it for them to charge the highest possible ad rates. The purpose of any commercial TV network is to sell advertising. If they could show advertising exclusively, without any actual program content, that would be the ideal situation. But that would keep viewers away, so networks have to come up with the best mix that lets them have the highest ad revenue for the number of viewers. **CSI: Miami** was at one time the most popular TV show in the world (not just the US). It makes business sense to show it on AMC because it’s a popular show that will bring in enough viewers to justify their ad rates. It’s never been about you, and no network cares what you (as an individual) thinks about its programming. It cares about what a large group of viewers want to see. If you don’t like it, well, there are hundreds of thousands of others who do, and they can watch whether you approve of the show or not. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/8 "2012-01-04T16:16:27Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > It’s not about you. Never has been. > > This isn’t a secret: TV networks put on programs in order to increase their profitability. They don’t care if you hate a show, as long as enough people watch it for them to charge the highest possible ad rates. Wow, these are stunning insights. Are you a Hollywood executive or something? ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/9 "2012-01-04T17:14:00Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Wow, these are stunning insights. Are you a Hollywood executive or something? Well, although your 2-word OP did set a pretty high bar, he is actually answering the fucking question it posed. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/10 "2012-01-04T17:19:15Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > Well, although your 2-word OP did set a pretty high bar, he is actually answering the fucking question it posed. Only if you’re a boring asshole and take it hyper-literally. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/11 "2012-01-04T17:28:15Z")
Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here; this is the war room. Most people think of television shows as a product, and viewers as the customers. That isn’t the proper model, though. The customers of a TV network are its advertisers, and YOU, the viewer (or at least your eyeballs), are the product that they are selling them. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/12 "2012-01-04T18:41:21Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Only if you’re a boring asshole and take it hyper-literally. Don’t be a tool, because we will _not_ get tooled again. No, no… ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/13 "2012-01-04T19:47:34Z")
I’m not sure why CSI Miami exists either, original poster person. I think it gives sunglasses guy (the main detective/execrable actor) something to do. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/14 "2012-01-04T21:39:40Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Only if you’re a boring asshole and take it hyper-literally. Warning issued for personal insults. This is also a reminder that you’re not the boss of the thread. If you want a specific type of answer, posting a more detailed OP is a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/15 "2012-01-07T18:21:14Z")
Whenever I think of this show, I always feel just a little bad for Kim Delaney. She probably thought she’d hit the jackpot, playing one of the leads of a can’t-miss spinoff like this. But she didn’t fit in all that well and ended up gone after less than a dozen episodes. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/16 "2012-01-07T18:36:25Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Wow, I had no idea they showed other network’s shows. Further Network Decay, I guess. This morning, I saw \*Royal Pains \*on Bravo. I wonder what’s next. ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/csi-miami-on-amc/608317/17 "2012-01-07T18:41:44Z")
I think I have to take off my sunglasses and think about it.