There are more than one thousand videos made using the character on sites such as YouTube and a thousand more depicting his relationship with Sara Sidle. Of more than 25,000 fan fictions written about CSI on FanFiction.Net, more than half include Gil Grissom. There are also many other sites that update daily news about either Gil Grissom's status on CSI or William Petersen's activities in real life. On September 27, 2007, after CSI's season eight premiered, a miniature model of Gil Grissom's office (which he was seen building during season seven) was put up for auction on eBay. The auction ended on October 7 with the prop being sold for US$15,600, which CBS donated to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Association. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation executive producer and showrunner Carol Mendelsohn considers Grissom the center of the show. Grissom has received positive responses from critics, ranking number 82 on Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters list, along with Catherine Willows. He was ranked at number 9 on Sleuth Channel's poll of America's Top Sleuths. AOL TV named him one of TV's Smartest Detectives. Grissom's final episode as a regular drew over 23 million viewers. Succession Grissom initially appears as the Grave Shift Assistant Supervisor, a post he holds during "Pilot". He is succeeded by Catherine Willows. Grissom is then promoted to Grave Shift Supervisor, replacing Jim Brass. This is a post he holds from "Cool Change" to "One to Go". He is once again succeeded by Willows. References Further reading Marrinan, Corinne, and Parker, Steve (2006). Ultimate CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. DK Publishing Inc. . External links GSRForeverLove A Grissom and Sara Romance Fan Site "The Sexiest Man in the Morgue", Slate, February 11, 2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation characters CSI: Vegas Fictional characters on the autism spectrum Fictional entomologists Fictional forensic scientists Fictional Las Vegas Police Department detectives Fictional medical examiners Television characters introduced in 2000 Without a Trace characters