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?
Battle Creek is awesome and a superior TV show…which is why my wife and I both knew this day would come. We understand that decision makers love to put shows in this time slot that are full of nothing but mindless, psychotic, and sexually perverse violence. Contrast that to Battle Creek, which actually has acting, strong story lines, humor, drama, tasteful romance…and do I need to mention acting again. We would LOVE for Battle Creek to stay on the air. I’m sure its replacement will not be worthy.
Battle Creek was a really good show. My husband and I both looked forward to watching it every week. I’ve talked with friends and family that say the same thing. I really wish they would bring it back.
Really bumming. I thought Battle Creek was quite funny. I don’t understand how it could have been cancelled. I agree with Mary. It should have been moved before being cancelled.
Please bring back Battle Creek!!!☺
Please bring back Battle Creek!!!☺
You know I would be willing to bet, some of the trashy reality shows have low ratings, but they are renewed year after year, This show was great fun. Please bring it back
I looked forward to Battle Creek every week. How could you cancel a good show that combines drama with comedy so well. The two lead actors were great together and each story was so creative. Bring it back !!!!!!
I just read the previous posts … and all says that they like the show … BRING IT BACK…. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just saw that it was cancelled… I’m so disappointed, I really enjoyed the show and the cast. Wish it would had been given a chance … :- (
Loved this program. ….it was well written and funny. Please bring it back.
Finally a good show and now it’s gone. Maybe a better time slot would have helped. I miss it a lot.
I’ve just seen the last episode and I liked it very much. Here in Sweden we have seen it on Wednesdays at 10 pm. Sorry to hear that it’s cancelled.
I didn’t like Battle Creek that much when we watched the first episode, but as I kept watching it, I liked it more and more. Would really like to have it continue for another season. Please consider keeping the show on the air.
CBS should NOT have cancelled Battle Creek. It was funny like Barney Miller was years ago and made my husband and I chuckle throughout the entire show. We are NOT in your hoped for demographics, but we have 3 college degrees between us and feel in today’s world that it was a GREAT counterpoint to the drama of daily life.
I loved Battle Creek. I was so sure it would be a hit, it never crossed my mind that it could be cancelled. Maybe it was the time slot. Most people are done for the weekend by 9 pm on Sunday evening. They should have tried moving it to a better time slot.