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?
i love that show. So many interesting characters. Bring it back for season two. I love “Mayhem” aka Dean Winters!
I would hope CBS reconsiders it’s decision on Battle Creek, maybe try a different time slot. Did they take a close look who they were up against in that time, gee, lets see, oh, Mad Men!! Good writing, good cast, it’s not to late, think about it. Thank you.
I’m so disappointed. How do all the stupid reality shows make it and Battle Creek doesn’t? Pretty soon there will be nothing worth watching on tv.
Battle Creek has been one of the most unique and interesting series I’ve ever seen. During the first few episodes I did not like the main character snd that was almost reason to stop watching. The FBI agent was too perfect to believe. But as episodes progressed I realized there was a lot of depth to these characters and I wanted to see how they developed. After the last episode–one of the best I’ve ever seen, but only because of the character development leading to this episode–I am deeply attached to both characters. CBS made a big mistake not letting… Read more »
That sucks. Bring the show back. please!!!!!!!¡
So sorry to hear Battle Creek has been cancelled. Maybe if it was on a different night so it had a more consistent airing instead of being pre-empted by sports. It’s a good show with a unique plot and interesting characters. So, yes. Please cancel it. Replace it with yet another “reality” show. Those are always so refreshing.
PLEASE bring back “Battle Creek”. We love it and so does everyone we talk to about it.
Too bad. I liked it.
A great show. Such a shame. Bad network decision. Bring it back …pretty please…
What a great show! Come on people give it a chance!!
They always cancel the good shows. BRING BACK BATTLE CREEK!
Like others, started watching due to it being based on a Michigan city. Love the show, great characters and storyline. Extremely disappointed this show has not been renewed when other shows that are extremely awful keep getting renewed. Another time slot or network perhaps?
Once again a good, clean and fun show cancelled… Shame on you CBS, you’re getting beat out by other networks due to poor decisions.
CBS has yet to confirm the cancellation of Battle Creek but the fans are trying to get a #SaveBattleCreek movement going by starting a petition, which can be signed here: https://t.co/yqxQyjjmZI A feedback form can be sent to CBS as well through their audience services link. Please select Battle Creek in the drop down menu under ‘choose a category’ at this link: http://audienceservices.cbs.com/feedback/feedback.htm) and let CBS know why you think the show deserves a second season. We would love to see Battle Creek renewed and need all the help we can get with this campaign. So if anyone here wants… Read more »
Sorry to hear show has been cancelled. I was skeptical but after the third show aired I became a fan.