Moonlightaholics

Fabulous pics MSJ. for posting.

I always like seeing Vincent pics.

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!

redwinter101 wrote: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...

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

14.13 million

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

MSJ_sunglasses wrote: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!!

Overdamoon wrote: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.

RangerCM wrote:

Overdamoon wrote: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.

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

Yes.

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

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.

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

Red

Posted by Alyssa at Three Rivers Fans

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

Red

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

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