CBS’ ratings-challenged murder mystery series has been put on hiatus for next weekend. The network is replacing Harper’s Island with a rerun of the popular Mentalist series.
For now, it looks like Island will return the following Saturday night on May 23rd in its (now) regular timeslot. Could this be a bad omen that CBS won’t end up airing all of the remaining eight episodes? Possibly. The show’s first Saturday outing attracted just 4.65 million viewers and a 1.0/3 rating share of the 18-49 demographic. That’s about what the network usually gets for its Saturday night repeats. One would hope that the network would just go ahead and let the season finish.
Will the show be back next year with another mystery? Almost certainly not.
Note: We got our dates mixed up and this post originally indicated that tonight’s episode would be missing. It’s been updated to reflect the correct dates. Sorry for the confusion.
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What”s with these networks, get you interested in these shows and then stop in the middle of the series and say to bad suckers you can’t see the rest.
I liked Harpers Island, to bad it was going against playoffs and such.
I’ll tell you, it was the best thing going in that time slot.
This show became very good about half-way through (and the bloodiest show I’ve ever seen on network TV…but I loved it!). Trouble is, I don’t think CBS knew who this show was for or how to market/advertise it. The online webisodes are just stupid and the constant moving and hiatus of the show ruined any chance of another mystery next year. Hopefully the DVD sales will be good enough to maybe have another mystery next summer. I could do with a smaller production budget as long as the writers focus on removing any clunky logic that may have marred the show this year. I have to say, though, that this show was great fun…missteps and all.
omg!! i love harpers island i m obsessed with it more than people are obsessed with twilight even though i m obsessed with that too haha i was soooo mad when they stopped airing for like 2 weekes IT PISSED ME OFF,, i think if they start a series they should be chargged if they want to stop it!!!
I really lived the series and I wish CBS would make more Murder Mysteries because it is different than anything else is on TV. I know the ratings were bad but is there any chance of CBS doing another show along these lines?
*loved
You can buy the series at walmart.
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