After an unsuccessful run on Monday and Wednesday nights, NBC pulled Chase from the primetime schedule in January. It was the latest bit of bad news for fans of the show. After giving the series a full season order for 22 installments in October, NBC cut the series back to 18 episodes in December. By the time it was pulled, only 13 episodes had aired and they averaged a very poor 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic and just 5.26 million viewers.
Though the peacock network has not officially cancelled Chase, it’s impossible to imagine that they’d renew it for a second season with such poor ratings. Still, there is some good news on the horizon.
NBC has decided to burn off the remaining five installments on Saturday nights at 8pm, beginning April 23rd. Here’s the network description for episodes 14 and 15:
“FATHER FIGURE” — A ROGUE COP PREYS ON VULNERABLE VICTIMS AND ATTEMPTS TO OUTWIT THE U.S. MARSHALS –ERIC MABIUS (“UGLY BETTY”) GUEST STARS–A corrupt police officer, Justin Tate (guest star Eric Mabius), preys on single mothers in an attempt to get close to their young daughters. The U.S. Marshals work to stay two steps ahead of Tate, even casting U.S. Marshal Annie Frost (Kelli Giddish) as a ploy to lure him in. The case brings up raw emotions for Daisy (Rose Rollins) while Luke (Jesse Metcalfe) is involved in an internal investigation that could potentially indict Jimmy (Cole Hauser) and Marco (Amaury Nolasco).
“SEVEN YEARS” — THE U.S. MARSHALS TRAIL A PRISON ESCAPEE SEEKING REVENGE– The U.S. Marshals hunt for prison escapee David Bottner (guest star Jason Butler Harner) who launches his own desperate search for evidence of his innocence. He leads Annie (Kelli Giddish) and Jimmy (Cole Hauser) through the horrific events that sealed his seven-year jail sentence, resulting in a twisted outcome. Reeling from a previous emotional case, Daisy (Rose Rollins) unearths a hidden vice, which lands her in some trouble she might not be able to recover from. Also starring: Jesse Metcalfe (Luke Watson) and Amaury Nolasco (Marco Martinez)
Though NBC hasn’t released a schedule that far in advance, it looks like the finale will air on May 21st. NBC will hold their upfront meeting for advertisers on May 16th and announce their upcoming schedule. We’ll know for sure that Chase has been cancelled before or by that date.
What do you think? Are you glad to see Chase is returning, even for just a handful of episodes? Why do you think the show didn’t catch on?
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dont cancel a good show like chase, remember what happened with seinfeld in the very begining?
i hope NBC will keep the show for another season. it is the best show on after Southland. get rid of all of those bad reality shows and give the show a chance.
Love the show, one of our favorites. Sure hope NBC has a change of heart.
Chase is an amazing show they just cancled my other favorite show. PLEASE do not cancle this one!
Bad time slot without good lead-in program. I think it should do better on Saturdays. I just hope it isn’t cancelled…
I love this show! PLEASE don’t cancel it!! Every time I find a show I really enjoy it gets pulled…I don’t like all the “reality tv shows” that are out there – their junk! NBC please please please give Chase another shot.
Yes!! Love this show, I don’t watch a lot of TV but what I do I want it to be good. Please try airing the show in the summer. Jeffrey was right, NBC you need to listen to your viewers!!!
THANK YOU NBC for airing the remaining episodes! Please renew this show for many more seasons. Our family loves it and will switch to any night it’s on! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
I would also like to agree with Jeffrey!!!!! I hope that someone at NBC sees your comment Jeffrey!!!!
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!! CHASE IS BACK!!!! OH HAPPY DAY!!!!!! I see that it returns Saturday. FYI to the NBC execs about ratings: when you keep switching the nights that a show is on it kind of effects the ratings as well because of all the confusion that the switch causes. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING CHASE BACK !!!!!!!
I love serious crime shows DON”T cancel the show.
Several people I work with and all of our family really like Chase. One of the few shows we took time to watch every time it was on. Big mistake for 43 wm, 48 ww, 15wm, 14wm, 38 bm, 62ww, 64wm, 32wm, 28ww just in this room of three families that are happy for the return.
I really liked this show and wish it didn’t leave.
NBC needs to wait… it takes time for people to get hitched to a show…
they should wait and run re-runs of the first season so people can catch up and then run the second season
geeze NBC is cancelling all the good show… (cough cough Trauma cough cough)
Love the show!!! Can’t wait for it to start agin BUT dosnt seem to matte reality sow right. Around the corner?:(:(
Please do not cancel Chase. This is an excellent program, not the brainless garbage that comes out that should be cancelled.