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?
The show is great from beginning to end. Im a Duhamel fan from Vegas and Winters from SVU. They worked well on screen. I appreciated the dynamics of the characters, as it was not cookie cutter. Also, the show sticks to the story line of “small knit community”. The show is left very open ended. Needs another season….or 2 say the least.
No way! They cancelled this show!? I too discovered it on Netflix and loved it. Please someone else pick it up and continue it. I really enjoyed! 🙁
I, too, just watched the series on Netflix. Both my 12-year-old daughter and myself LOVED it, so it wasn’t just a one-demographic show. Can’t believe it had such low ratings. I wish they’d try again and give it a second chance, even if they did try to wrap up the story line by the final episode.
I, too, just watched the whole season on Netflix. It was a great show; can’t understand why it didn’t have ratings. My 12-year-old daughter loved the show, too, so it wasn’t just a one-demographic show.
Please re-consider Battle Creek. I just watched the entire season 1 on Netflix and I totally enjoyed it. Couldn’t stop watching episodes. Did not know this show was ever on. I like both Josh Duhamel & Dean Winters. Best combination.
Awesome show. CBS mistake.
Loved this show. So sad it has been cancelled. Hate all the reality shows and horror types. Wish another network would pick it up. Loved Forever also.
This was a very entertaining show with engaging characters so, of course it was cancelled, probably to make way for some more boring, vacuous reality shows. Will that trend never end????
Loved this show. So sad it was cancelled.
I love this show and I don’t want it to be cancelled it is great and I love the main characters!!
Battle Creek is a decent, family friendly, thought provoking police drama that I found very appealing! It makes me angry that shows that are so disgusting, violent and depressing get better ratings. Hey when I watch TV I want to entertained not repelled or depressed…I can go on Banker online for that!
Battle Creek rocks! This show far exceeds the casting, directing and just plain enjoyment of so many shows that keep getting renewed. Please reconsider your decision. NETFLIX would have a total winner if they picked up this show from CBS!
We were exceedingly disappointed when Battle Creek was cancelled. We find the writing to be superb along with the great cast and acting/directing. It is inexplicable that a quality show such as this in an age of foul, dummy-down junk polluting the airwaves has been cancelled. Kindly reconsider this poor decision. Give this thoughtful show another opportunity to succeed.
I LOVED THIS SHOW. cbs IS CRAZY NOT TO RENEW.
iT IS AS GOOD IF NOT BETTER THAN NCIS OR CSI ONLY MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY. CIS IS VERY GRUESOME.
Missed it on CBS But saw it on NETFLIX. I think this is just a network that didn’t know how to market it. Great cast. Great story lines. Deserves to be shown somewhere. Maybe NETFLIX should pick it up. Fingers crossed