Akron Spells Death For 2 Popular Franchises

Today is a sad day for fans of both gratuitously graphic police dramas and geographically themed t-shirts as Akron, Ohio spells death for C.S.I. and The Hard Rock Cafe. The fall from stardom was a long time coming for Hard Rock. The restaurant has survived recent near fatal cities such as Gatlinburg, TN and Branson, MO, but expanding into Akron has provided the death blow. By moving into a city with only minimal ties to rock and roll (i.e. S-99.3 Akrons Smooooth Rock Station)and little or no tourist presence Hard Rock has effectively lost all the credibility that the once trendy and independent punk-rock burger-joint with cool t-shirts that have names of places on them your friends want to go / rock museum had left. Now even tourists to London from small American towns will dismiss H.R.C. as a dining option because "we want to eat somewhere you can't eat at home" before going to the 8 story London GAP. The fall from grace was more rapid for C.S.I. but still came as no surprise. After exploring every single way that one could kill a man (and subsequently be brought to justice) in N.Y., Miami, Las Vegas, Chicago and L.A. the show has committed certain suicide by deciding to focus on the vibrant Akron crime scene. The first two episodes, "The Cow-Killer" and "The Cow-Molester" both finished last in their time-slot behind Law and Order: Small Claims Court and Survivor-Great Plains.