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?
Please don’t cancel! Have watched from the beginning and it keeps getting better. Love the characters, the stories. I think the writing is great, fresh, different. Give it a chance.
Agree with previous comments about how this show is well-written, unique, and often funny in an off-beat way. Too soon to cancel.
I think it should be given another season to see how it does… No body watches TV religiously anymore and I think a lot of shows are taking a huge hit this season but I think with everyone’s weather it is hard to stay in and watch so on demand and dvr has become the norm. It is a great show that I don’t think got a lot of advertisement that it was even going to begin. I like many came across it by accident. I am from Michigan and it is so nice to see a show that seems… Read more »
I am late getting to this show and am so sorry it is being cancelled. I am old enough to enjoy this sort of show and think Russ Agnew is a great role. Not thrilled with Josh Duhamel’s role, but he’s getting better. Please reconsider, but I don’t hold much hope. Guess the show isn’t brutal enough.
I love this show. It never fails, a good and clean show comes on only to be taken off before people can appreciate it. It saddens me to see this one bite the dust. I really enjoyed all of the characters and the actors played their roles very well. I guess only junk gets renewed now. It’s really a shame.
Good show wish they didn, t cancel it.
No shortage of disgusted viewers regarding this decision, but all in vain no doubt. in looking at stats on Sunday night viewers, this program would be a hit on FOX in comparison to their other programs, so hopefully they will look into picking it up. That is if the last episode will not kill off Milt and Russ, so that will be possible. Alternatively, my COMCAST rep who liked show showed me how to look up DEAN WINTERS in On Demand and I will go look at old OZ programs, 30 Rock episodes, etc. The empty suits that demonstrated their… Read more »
This show is too good for CBS. It needs to be aired on a channel that recognizes and promotes really great stories– I say AMC or PBS.
CBS, you really have something fresh and good with Battle Creek–less formulaic, better writing. I love Russ Agnew, who plays a hard-nose and a compassionate cop with equal ease. I find his character funny and endearing. I like Josh Duchamel as well. Don’t cancel this show while you keep stale old NCIS.
I truly hope that CBS , reconsiders and does not cancel
Battle Creek . It far surpasses what currently is on TV.
Please do not cancel !
Battle Creek is amusing, cleverly written, unique characters much like Barney Miller, Taxi, Mary Tyler Moore. Humor & action. It’s a bad call to cancell it!
Love watching the interaction of characters on the TV Series, BattleCreek. Hope CBS gives it another chance…..
You people who make the decisions on TV shows make me so mad. You cancel the clean, fun shows and keep the filth. Do not cancel this show. My TV watching is just about over.
I love this show! I cannot believe they have cancelled it. It’s become my favorite show since The Office and Parks and Rec have ended. Battlecreek is a refreshing show with a great cast and some really good writers…finally! I’m sure they will slap some already been done before reality show or a lame cookie cutter comedy with no real storyline in it’s spot.
Please do not cancel Battle Creek. My husband and I enjoy the stories, the acting, the banter, and the writing. It is not your typical cop show. The relationships and friendships, as well as the differences of opinions, make the program even more interesting.
I really look forward to seeing this show each week. I am so sorry to see it cancelled. I would hope CBS might reconsider their position on this matter. I love the writing, the characters, the dynamics of it all!
Please do not cancel the show ! My husband and I really enjoy the acting, the banter, the stories. It is not your typical cop show. The stories are also about friendships and relationships.
My husband and I love this show. It’s the best new show on TV with interesting plot lines and a bit of mystery, so it figures that it would be cancelled before it even got chance for people to know about it. Hopefully they will reconsider, or maybe another network will pick it up.
Fully agree. Give it another shot in a better time slot.