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?
I think Battle Creek should NOT be cancelled. I love this show.
Great show, the characters have been nicely developed. Sadly shows like this don’t last. It will probably be canceled along with Backstrom. Rake and Terriers were other shows that were fun to watch and did not survive the first season. The shows with the troubled characters and a slightly dark, sarcastic side never last. Garbage like Survivor and Big Brother live forever.
I love this show as well! I’m sad they have not renewed for more seasons.
DO NOT CANCEL BATTLE CREEK!!!!!!! YOU FINALLY GET SOMETHING GOOD TO WATCH AND NOW YOU WANT TO CANCEL…WHY NOT CANCEL ONE OF YOUR HUNDREDS OR WORTHLESS SITCOMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO NOT cancel Battle Creek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CBS finally gets a good show on tv again and now you are thinking of canceling??? Josh Duhamel is a joy to watch and the inter action between the two gentlmen,,very good. Why not cancel one of your hundreds of worthless sitcomes instead!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you listen to your viewers for a change!
Can’t believe Battle Creek will be cancelled. Maybe if the network worked as hard trying to market it as the handful of reality shows and “same show different city” line up they do currently more people would know about it. I think I only ever saw a couple commercials for it and that wasn’t what got me watching. I will miss this show.
Please find a network to take on and keep Battle Creek. It was fun to watch and the cast was great.
Please sign the Change.org petition to keep Battle Creek on the air.
https://www.change.org/p/cbs-savebattlecreek
Kate, please stop spamming this article. You can post a link to your petition once or twice a day at most, not as a reply to every person who comments here. Thank you.
My son and I really like Battle Creek! The actors are superb and the story lines have a little bit of everything in them. Give it another chance and renew it! Try another time slot, 9pm or night.
Why are so many cleaver and funny programs canceled? The entire cast brings so much talent to television. Please SAVE Battle Creek!!!
I LOVE this show. My new favorite, actually. Of course the ratings were down the last several episodes…it was publicized 5/8 that CBS had cancelled the series. People won’t stay invested in something that won’t be “wrapped up”. Please, please CBS… Give this show another season.
I can’t believe CBS gave the “ol’ screw you” to anyone old enough to remember what a decent TV program was! Guess they really only try to please a much younger audience because my friends and I love Battle Creek!!! Thanks for letting us know how you really feel about America’s older population CBS!
Awesome series! The finale was fantastic and the entire season has kept me engaged. I think everyone is tired of reality shows and competitions that are fake.
Battle Creek is a refreshing change from all the “reality” shows on. TV is becoming a mindless wasteland with every show a spin off or following selfish immature idiots.
I’m going to quit watching tv all together! There are too many reality shows (and those people can’t act), too many spin-off shows: I mean how many CSIs, Law and Orders, and NCIS’s do you need. Canceling shows like Battle Creek, Stalker, etc. is a real shame and very disappointing to hear about! The fact that Battle Creek has a nice comedic balance is something lacking in television these days.
My wife and I are senior citizens with college degrees. We love Battle Creek. Please renew it.