It appears that Battle Creek has lost the ratings war. The low-rated Sunday night police series has been cancelled by CBS.
Battle Creek revolves around two mismatched law enforcement officers — Detective Russ Agnew (Dean Winters) and FBI Special Agent Milton Chamberlain (Josh Duhamel) — who have polar opposite views of the world and end up being partners. The rest of the cast includes Janet McTeer, Kal Penn, Aubrey Dollar, and Edward Fordham Jr.
The show debuted on March 1st to a disappointing 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 7.92 million viewers. The numbers got even worse in later weeks and has fallen to lows of a 0.7 demo rating and fewer than six million viewers.
Those numbers aren’t good enough for CBS to order a second season so they’ve now cancelled it.
There are four unaired episodes remaining and the last installment is currently scheduled to air on May 24th.
What do you think? Do you like the Battle Creek TV show? Do you think that it should have been cancelled or renewed for season two?
My husband and I agree that we will definitely miss Battle Creek! It’s a great “who done it”… & the cast is perfect in their roles. This show is more than worthy of a good start…something so hard to get in a Sunday night lineup. Please rethink your decision to cancel Battle Creek!
Really enjoy the quirky characters. Sad to see it go.
There’s not much I watch on television lately, but this show is great! Please give it another chance, maybe a different night. Great actors, I love the way they play off each other.
My boyfriend and I are very busy and DVR our favs to watch when we have time. This is one of our favorites. We are very frustrated as all the shows we love are getting canceled. Please keep Battle Creek.
Agree! Useless nonsense like CSI:Cyber get renewed but quality shows like Battle Creek get cancelled?? I’m in IT and I can categorically state that CSI: Cyber is ridiculous fluff. Formulaic, unimaginative crap. But that’s the sort of out-of-touch decisions I expect from network suits. Battle Creek had temporarily restored my faith in network TV. Quirky, yet believable characters in a small-ish town setting…the cases actually kept me guessing. And it was great to see Kal Penn back on the job! CBS, you didn’t give the show the support or exposure it needed, then blamed the show for your failure. It’s… Read more »
Got better as the season went on. Very watchable.
We liked this show. Watched it every week
This is a really good show. I really like that it isn’t like all the other police shows. Battle Creek reminds me of another show I enjoyed: The Unit, canceled way too soon!
CBS you got it wrong!!
please don’t cancel.
Think they should give this show a chance. My husband and I enjoy this show. With all the terrible programs out there, why can’t a decent show be saved.
Huge mistake to cancel Battle Creek. It’s well written and the cast chemistry is great!
I like the show. It is different and refreshing. Please don’t cancel
So frustrated that this show is being cancelled. Love watching this show. Please give this show another chance or put it on at a different times.
Please don’t cancel. There is nothing worth watching on Sunday night except Battle Creek. It is so different than other shows. So entertaining and fun!