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?
Anything on tv like ncis or military themed is government funded along with video games keeps the people aware of terrorism and young people to think of joining…..
Ncis stays because government funded to keep everyone aware of terrorism and make people want to join Army…just like they fund military themed video games
Bring back battle creek we loved it actors were great stories were good.
I loved battle creek and was so disappointed to find out that a second series has been cancelled. It’s hard to believe that those that love the show are so low in numbers. Maybe if it was put on a bit earlier, people who prefer the less intense, non military based dramas would get a chance to find out just how good Battle Creek is/was. I vote for the second series to be finished and screened, please give us another chance to enjoy something different from constant soldiers!
Our family love battle creek a 2nd season please.
I just looked up to find out when Battle Creek was coming back, because I really liked the show, and now I find out it’s not?!? Why do the networks not give shows a chance any more? Sometimes it takes a little while to gain momentum. This is a great show with a lot of possibilities for stories. PLEASE consider bringing it back. There are so many crap shows out there… this is not one of them.
Please bring it back!!! Loved it!!
This was a great show. Seems anything that is slightly “different” has no place on CBS. The rubbish persists and the really great stuff gets the axe. Looked forward to it each week.
Loved the show! What garbage, I swear everytime I like a show it’s gone because the networks have no patience to let a following develop.
So sad there isnt going to be a second season. Battle creek was so funny, entertaining and much more interesting than all of the other policeseries i have seen, where the only real content is empty brainless action. Such a shame that a unique show as battle creek didnt got a chance another night or another time.
Please bring Battle Creek back! Maybe try another night. It is a great show. We have too many reality crap and copy cat shows. Battle Creek was unique, funny, and enjoyable.
I loved this show!!! when I found out it was cancelled it totally ruined my day. I love tv and movies. tv watching is like my favorite hobby. all the people my age in my town either watch reality tv or dumb kid shows. I seem to be the only one in my town who likes adult humor. it drives me crazy asking someone if they like a certain show and they say “what’s that?”. Battle creek was by far my favorite show and it totally sucks that they cancelled it. give it another chance, please?
battle creek really grew on me. I’m one of those people who get crazy about their tv shows and I would like to see them give battle creek another try. plus I’m also from a small town in Michigan so I can really relate to it.
They should definitely do a 2nd series. This programme is brilliant. It is so annoying that we see series that have been aired in the USA months after. I livr in the Scotland and this seems to becoming the norm with all good series. Just because people in America don’t want to watch it they should check the ratings world wide before cancelling programmes
They should bring it back on another day through the week. Give it one more try with season 2 on another day through the week and then check the viewing numbers. But I am not shocked that another network has cancelled a good show from what I had seen. You were showing it on Sunday night where it had to compete with Walking Dead, Downtown Abbey, Alaska the Last Frontier. Give it another try but on a different day.
Greatly disappointed to learn of the cancellation of “Battle Creek”. Josh & Dean were exemplary compared to the run-of-the-mill cop shows (especially the NCIS carbon copy tripe). When someone like Dean Winter comes along with such an interesting character (remember “OZ” ? ), why pull out so early on a project before giving it time to develop ? Of particular interest were the ancillary cast who added color to the stories. What were the shirts in programming thinking ? This is the first network program of interest and now you’ve lost it. Ask me why HBO is the reigning network… Read more »