It shouldn't involve CBS at all, unless they've reduced their overall budget for the show. The initial investment for any show is the producers, but once a show gets picked up by a network, they get a "budget" from that network. (I think the way it works is that the producers float the cost of production, and then after the fact they get money back from CBS from the advertisers, and the advertisers pay CBS based on the viewership for that show. The better the ratings, the more they pay for an ad to air during the show.) The producers get to decide how to allot that budget. So if they reduced the show's budget, then it would make sense. If they didn't, then this is the work of the producers of the show, trying to save some money for themselves.
Creatively, it might be CBS. If they feel that ratings are slipping at all, they'll try to figure out how to bring them up again. Bringing in new people is always a way to spice up an old show, but with the budget as it is, I doubt CM could afford to bring in new people without getting rid of others, which is what they did. :(
Yeah, I'm unaware of the ratings sitch rn, so if S5 ratings were down, that's a possibility. Although I'm sure it is entirely b/c the show really needs a new actress and not b/c... oh, the lackluster quality of the writing or anything like that. /sarcasm
Creatively, it might be CBS. If they feel that ratings are slipping at all, they'll try to figure out how to bring them up again. Bringing in new people is always a way to spice up an old show, but with the budget as it is, I doubt CM could afford to bring in new people without getting rid of others, which is what they did. :(
Either way, my opinion is now "meh."
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I second your "meh."
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