I think all this has been done on Sony's orders. They have told FW, 'you have to give us more' - one show per day, because your shows are the most popular ones. So, they decided to give Sony 4 Aahats and 2 CIDs per week.
Now, it is impossible to make 4 Aahats with the trio - obviously the actors cannot do it - 4 episodes is out of question. So they scrapped the 'trio' format there. When there is no 'trio' they can make anything they wish...they can have a free hand. Hence the quality seems good, if you watch it as an 'outsider'.
With CID, there can be no CID without the trio, so they added the crowd, but the result is that the quality of episodes is badly suffering. I am hoping they soon realise that the fall in quality is due to the bi-weekly thing.
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