Alex on CM: "The Big Wheel" - links, reviews, discussion

[coco]

Fabulous pics MSJ. for posting.

I always like seeing Vincent pics.

[allegrita]

I'd never seen the pictures from the 2007 upfronts or the CBS summer party. Alex looked so bashful and sweet in #65...before all the insanity happened... little did he know!

[wpgrace]

The link's fine, MSJ_s.

The fascinating pics for me are nos. 23 and 24. In an instant, the body language changes, and it's Alex again. Amazing.

Red

I noticed that too, Red... riveting isn't he? Tho it must be odd, being on set and regarding that change in person...

[Overdamoon]

Here's the number for the episode after The Big Wheel.

14.13 million

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/08/we ... more-18319

[Josefismysire]

While looking at those lovely new Alex pix that Jade posted, I found these behind the scenes pix of Alex's CM role on the same site. Hope it's OK to post this link here, if not, my apologies and I'm sure a mod will delete it. The pics are on pages 1-3.

http://vanparys-gate.picturemaxx.com/we ... 28173aa957

Thank you so much for finding these, msj..I love the behind the scenes shots..funny to see Alex laugh while still in Vincent-mode!!

[RangerCM]

Here's the number for the episode after The Big Wheel.

14.13 million

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/08/we ... more-18319

That may be because Nicholas Brendon (Xander in Buffy) made re-appearance as Garcia's
long-time but rarely seen boyfriend. She's something of a fan favorite and it's always nice to see the two of them together.

[Overdamoon]

Here's the number for the episode after The Big Wheel.

14.13 million

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/08/we ... more-18319

That may be because Nicholas Brendon (Xander in Buffy) made re-appearance as Garcia's
long-time but rarely seen boyfriend. She's something of a fan favorite and it's always nice to see the two of them together.

That got to be it, RangerCM. I stopped paying attention to CM after 4/29. My other guess is that the CM diehards may be turned off by the lack of screen times for the BAU team.

Did CBS run a lot of commercials for this 5/6 episode? It's a 860k bump from 13.27M.

[redwinter101]

I think it's really hard to compare ratings for a single show from week to week without looking at a wider context. The previous week was a big week for 2 other popular shows, Lost and American Idol, so there may have been a detrimental effect on CM's (and other shows at the same time) numbers. Plus what was the weekly trend overall for shows at this time slot? Did they show a similar increase or was it just CM? What about audience share and demos etc.? (And that's not a request for you to post more info - I really only have a passing interest.)

Without looking at the whole picture, we run the risk of extrapolating based on incomplete data and ending up with a wonky conclusion. The networks and ratings agencies pay number-crunchers huge amounts of money to analyse this data and they still get it wrong from time to time! I just think we need to be careful about drawing too many conclusions.

Red

[wpgrace]

Yes.

[MSJ_sunglasses]

What counts is that we know that Alex did a fantastic job as Vincent and it fully showcased his talents to a wider audience. Hell, even the crew on CM said so when it was being filmed, according to Simon Mirren

[VAsusieQ18]

Great point, Red. Criminal Minds has done consistently well in the ratings over a sustained period of time, rarely losing much of their week-to-week audience. They ususally hang around the 13 to 14 million viewers range. They might not do as well as CBS would like in the prized demographics, but I think their consistently is a proven comodity for CBS and they are not going anywhere anytime soon.

[redwinter101]

Just if anyone's looking for them, I'm moving all the "Big Wheel" threads into the "Past Projects" forum.

Red

[redwinter101]

Posted by Alyssa at Three Rivers Fans

"The Big Wheel" is being re-run on CBS on Wednesday July 15th @ 9pm.

Red

[MSJ_sunglasses]

Thanks for the reminder Red, I had seen Alyssa's note then promptly forgot all about it. How could I forget sad, damaged Vincent given Alex's amazing performance ? Big note to self now on fridge

[redwinter101]

And thanks for the bump, MSJ. I'll try to remember to bump this again on Wednesday for all those who want to catch the episode again.

Red