This evening marks the last episode of A Gifted Man of the season. Will the TV show be back for a second season or will it be cancelled by CBS?
A Gifted Man follows the life of Michael Holt (Patrick Wilson), a talented but selfish surgeon who begins to change his point of view after being visited by the spirit of his deceased ex-wife. The cast also includes Jennifer Ehle, Margo Martindale, Liam Aiken, Julie Benz, Pablo Schreiber, Rachelle Lefevre, Afton Williamson, Eriq La Salle, and Mike Doyle.
The show premiered in September to a disappointing 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.45 million total viewers. Week two saw Gifted Man drop to a 1.2 in the demo and 8.18 million. The numbers stayed at those levels for several weeks but then perked up to a 1.3 in the demo. Rather than give the series a full season order, CBS added just three installments.
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Last month, CBS moved the show to 9pm. The time change seemed to help the first week but last Friday’s installment dropped back to the usual 1.3 demo rating. Undercover Boss, which took over the 8pm timeslot, has been doing significantly better than the drama.
The season to date has a 1.3 demo average with 8.50 million total viewers. It’s CBS’ weakest drama in both the demographic and total viewers, even when you adjust for the Friday night timeslot. To put things in perspective, Medium was cancelled with a 1.4 demo average.
If A Gifted Man was on NBC, the network would no doubt be considering a renewal. That’s not the case of course. CBS has the largest number of successful shows and, for whatever reason, A Gifted Man just didn’t find a big enough audience. It’s sure to be cancelled sometime between now and May.
What do you think? Are you sorry to see A Gifted Man leave the schedule? Why do you think it didn’t catch on with a bigger audience?
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This is a quality show i just discovered on amazon prime and was disappointed to find it was only one season.
i think i remember it being announced originally on network tv and waiting for it to start but then when searching for it I didn’t ever find it. i thought maybe it was cancelled before it ever started.
Most likely replaced by cheap mindless crap.
sad that the show was cancel everything about the show was great did not know about a gifted man till Netflix
I never knew this show existed til i watched it on Netflix! I watched this show within 3 days! Please put it back on! I’m so disappointed come to find out it got canceled. The acting was great and kept me wanting to see more.
Sad to see it did not get renewed. I am so tired if reality shows and saddend to see that CBS did not promote such a quality show. I am going to miss watching it.
I just watched the whole season over a few days on Netflix. I had never heard of the show, and was so impressed with the acting and true-to-lifeness of the production. Yes, there was an emergency about every five seconds, some of them preposterous, but the show was nonetheless riveting and touching. I cared about all the characters, got to know them, believed in them — really good actors all. I was so sorry to learn there was only one season of such a high-quality series. I wonder if the scenes in surgery put off some viewers. Maybe, but it… Read more »
I didnt even know this show existed, until I found it on my phone.
I watched all the shows in two days. Please put it back on its great there was no
promotion, thats what happens when no one knows about a great show.
Never heard of the show til it showed up on netflix. This is a great show. Sad to see it go and wish I knew it was on sooner.
I never knew gifted man was even on T.V. It popped up on my netflix and my husband and I watched 16 shows in 5 days. I was hoping to see more. Im disappointed really liked it.
No one knew about it….CBS did a poor job of promotion
I loved that show, please put it back on. The acting was great, the story was great.
Poor promo = no audience. Don’t cancel the show please. I found it on Netflix and want more!