Hmm... I was kind of talking about this kind of thing, today. I think there are a lot of factors.
One is time invested. If I've put 4 or 5 years into a show, already (and there's only one show on my list right now, where I have! -- maybe two, depending how you splice it), I'll have a little more patience with an irritating storyline. But after only a season? I can let things go.
Two is: how bored am I, and is it worth the effort? Because I have to record almost every show I watch, it has to keep my attention to make it worthwhile to set up the timer. Like you, I kind of fell out of CSI, after it began to bore me, and become a little two invested in its own plot twists. It always scares me when the networks start promoting how big the twists are in a show, or how "shocking" it is. Give me a good story and some good solid writing, and I don't need the shock. Don't mess with characters simply because you 'can' or (even worse) want 'better ratings'. If a show abandons what it was to up its numbers, it can find one to replace me.
Three is when the off-camera drama threatens to overwhelm the on-camera drama. To be honest, I don't care about a celebrity's real life, I want them to entertain me.
Four is when the network screws up the schedule so much that I can't find them (which, I think is symptomatic of an even bigger problem).
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One is time invested. If I've put 4 or 5 years into a show, already (and there's only one show on my list right now, where I have! -- maybe two, depending how you splice it), I'll have a little more patience with an irritating storyline. But after only a season? I can let things go.
Two is: how bored am I, and is it worth the effort? Because I have to record almost every show I watch, it has to keep my attention to make it worthwhile to set up the timer. Like you, I kind of fell out of CSI, after it began to bore me, and become a little two invested in its own plot twists. It always scares me when the networks start promoting how big the twists are in a show, or how "shocking" it is. Give me a good story and some good solid writing, and I don't need the shock. Don't mess with characters simply because you 'can' or (even worse) want 'better ratings'. If a show abandons what it was to up its numbers, it can find one to replace me.
Three is when the off-camera drama threatens to overwhelm the on-camera drama. To be honest, I don't care about a celebrity's real life, I want them to entertain me.
Four is when the network screws up the schedule so much that I can't find them (which, I think is symptomatic of an even bigger problem).