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?
Enjoyed each one of the Battle Creek episodes. I can’t believe they have canceled it. The characters were all great. Why leave stupid shows like Zombie on the air and cancel this one. I agree with the other comments. It wasn’t all about terrible crime scenes it was entertaining and very good. Please reconsider.
I wanted to set my recorder for this and se it is cancelled. I loved this show. Bring it back.
I loved Battle Creek! It was one of only two non-reality shows that I recorded and watched every single week! The mix of comedy, great cast and drama was super entertaining and hard to find on TV these days. The first episode was so funny and hooked me for the season! It may have been harder to get into it without having seen episode 1. I can’t see any other reason for it to have had low ratings. I recommended it to everyone and am really disappointed that it’s been cancelled.
You cancelled a super show. It was better than the reality, Vampire, and other creature shows on TV now. It was a great cop show and was both FUNNY and INTELLIGENT!!!! It also starred two GREAT ACTORS !!!! PLEASE BRING IT BACK !!!!
There should DEFINITELY be a season two of Battle Creek..and a season three. There are worse shows on CBS than this one.
I liked Battle Creek, I don’t know anyone who didn’t. I would like to see it back on. I checked once before and the site said it was renewed. CBS has had nothing but winners, don’t change mid-stream. It may take a little time; besides, CSI New Orleans isn’t going to last too long. And, both actors in Battle Creek are great. If CB S doesn’t renew the show can another network pick it up? I’d watch it on any network. However, CBS does currently have the best programming. Please do not put me on a mailing list or use… Read more »
Renewed. We recorded and watched every week. Maybe part of the low numbers, was because it was always getting bumped by football.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, It was one of our favorite shows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am EXTREMELY disappointed that Battle Creek has been cancelled. It had such an AMAZING CAST who seemed to mesh well together. Why are the networks constantly cancelling the great shows that bring such lighthearted humor, drama and entertainment into our homes. The industry has gotten so absorbed with ratings, yet they don’t give the show a fighting chance to succeed. It is no wonder folks are veering more and more to Cable TV, because all the great shows with substance are constantly being removed and replaced with more superficial shows. So sad 🙁 At this point, I like many… Read more »
I’m so disappointed. It was one of my favorite new shows last season. Great cast and story line.
Can’t believe Battlecreek is cancelled. I don’t normally like cop shows but this one was not all murder and mayhem, it was entertaining. The acting was great, loved the characters. Please bring it back!!!’!!!!
thought it was a really good show and enjoyed the characters very much. A shame not to renew it
I live in the uk and just watched the first season, I watch a lot of tv series and this has been one of the best of late , please don’t make the same mistake as they did with firefly.
Battle Creek gets cancelled, but “Zombie” gets renewed for a second season. The promo reads: “A medical student-turned-zombie tries to retain her humanity by eating brains at the morgue and finds she has an uncanny new gift for solving crimes.” (She started out at the studios, but couldn’t find any brains there to eat).
Agreed! One of my favorite shows next to Madam Secretary & Scorpion! Why does intelligent TV so often get cancelled!
My husband and I are very disappointed that this creative, funny, touching, entertaining show will not be coming back this season. It was one of the best on TV. Please reconsider.