CBS has had mixed success with their new crime dramas this season. NCIS: New Orleans has been renewed for a second season while Stalker has been dropped from the schedule and may likely be cancelled. What will happen to Battle Creek? Stay tuned.
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 ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/8 update: CBS has cancelled the Battle Creek series midway through its first season.
Final season averages: 0.75 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 6.12 million total viewers.
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Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like the Battle Creek TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
Why was Battle Creek canceled? You kept 2 Broke Girls. That show is horrible. Bring back Battle Creek!
Please keep Battle Creek! It’s a refreshing change from all the CSI’s! Please give it another season, maybe change the night on which it airs, see if it picks up a larger audience. It’s such great banter between Russ and Milt, plus their cases are interesting!
We love Battle Creek! Refreshing concept of detectives at work. Has everything…..intrigue, humor, romance, you name it.whose idea was it to cancel. Give it another chance. Finally, somebody gave a small town some exposure. Please reconsider and renew.
Please, please, please renew Battle Creek. I can’t believe they’re considering canceling it.
It’s such a refreshing take on TV police shows. The premise is fun and Dean Winters is delightful! And Josh is super easy to look at.
PLEASE DO NOT cancel Battle Creek, it is a great program. It always makes us smile.
SAVE “Battle Creek”!!!! This has been a refreshing show for once. It`s offbeat and it has satirical wit, which has been seriously lacking from the tube for many a season.
Please do not cancel this show. It is well written, has excellent drama and humor and great acting of a cast that has synergy. IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS AS WELL AS MANY OF MY FRIENDS! Please reconsider.
DO NOT CANCEL-This is a great show, smart storyline, great characters. So much better than other shows that have been renewed.
Please CBS, don’t cancel this show!! It is SO well-written and acted. My husband and I both love it and we have vastly different tastes in TV shows! We always DVR it and watch on Monday, so you definitely need to take those numbers (people who record it) into consideration when judging popularity.
The best new show of the season and CBS cancelled it? You’ve got to be kidding me!
Very well written, character development paced nicely, why is this being cancelled? This could be a big hit if you’ll just treat it right.
PLEASE DON’T CANCEL!! Are these ratings also based on the people who DVR the show or watch it On Demand? Because that’s what I have to do, and I DON’T miss an episode! PLEASE don’t take Russ away from me!! :'(
I can’t believe that CBS cancelled a Vince Gilligan & David Shore show! They never promoted it or gave it a decent chance. I hope that another network picks it up and shows CBS the huge mistake they made in burying this show before it had a chance to bloom. Sign the petition and share it to get as many signatures as possible! https://www.change.org/p/cbs-savebattlecreek
I LOVE THIS SHOW! Nothing else on but violence, this show is good natured and fun to watch. PLEASE don’t cancel.
Battle Creek is one of the most delightful shows on TV. It just kept getting better and better. DO NOT CANCEL PLEASE.
Unbelievable that this show has been cancelled. Why cancel a good show? Makes no
sense to me.