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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I loved the show! Looked forward to every episode!..Since I can’t find it in the fall lineup -i decided to do a little research to find it was cancelled! So sad. I hope another network takes it and runs w it!.
I looked forward to see “A Gifted Man”. I was disappointed it was not on this fall line up. It was the only good thing on Friday nights. Maybe more advertisement would have helped. It was so good-the storyline, the acting, and the good it inspired. I will miss it.
I cannot believe this got cancelled. What a disappointment!!! It was soooo good.
I cannot believe that CBS had the nerve to take this show off the air it was one of my favorites and I looked forward to Friday nights…Please reconsider, this was intelligent tv…..what should have been taken off is the Bachelor which is legalized prostitution
I looked forward to Friday night and watched A Gifted Man as faithful as anyone who watched it did. Not understanding why CBS has cancelled. Please give it another chance it was a really good show a lot of people could learn from.
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They should never have cancelled this show. Too intelligent for this ignorant, reality TV country. I guess the dumbing down is succeeding just as it was planned.
Please bring A Gifted Man back. This was a very intelligent drama which was believable with its down to earth stories along with the spiritual factor added in. I looked forward to Friday nights to watch another episode of this show along with its talented cast. I am in the above 50s demographic. Our age group would rather watch moving, brilliant drama shows than the reality garbage (shows) any time.
Im very upset to see this show A gifted man get cancelled. I was always very excited to see this show at the end of every week, but i guess they keep the garbage of reality show or the bachelor going UNBELIEVABLE. The show is what motivated me to move on forward towards my nursing career.
My wife and I enjoyed this series. I am not in the demographic but I am in the demographic who has the money. CBS has its model but as a consumer it is pushing me even more towards alternative programming and cable. Why get involved with a show if it is going to be cancelled? I would rather not watch it in the first place. The likelihood of my watching CBS has decreased. I hope advertisers are looking at less expensive alternatives, where they can access people like me, rather than relying on hype of brainless reality shows. Broadcast TV… Read more »
I don’t understand how can this show got canceled… I so, looked forward to
the end of my work week, just to prepare for A Gifted Man. All those reality
shows are boring………..This has intelligent actors, a good script and they
cancel …. Not, everyone watching televison is 25 years old………
Please………. do not cancel “A Gifted Man.” I so enjoy watching this show and now with a bit of love interest between the two doctors, I’m hooked.
Dont cancel A Gifted Man My mom and I watch it every Friday Night. I am 42 and she is 45. It is a great show finaly.
I sure hope you don’t cancel this show “A Gifted Man” It is a great show. I love the spiritual aspect and the medical parts of it.
You should not cancel A Gifted Man. I wish we had more shows like this .It is a high light of my Friday nights.
This was one of our favorite shows, and we are in the 18-49 demographic. However, Friday night was not the best night for this show to be on, especially if relying on 18-49 demographic, who are most likely out doing something else other than watching tv on Friday or Saturday nights. Hopefully, CBS will consider renewing this show and moving it to a different night.