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?
What? No please don’t cancel! I just discovered this show a couple weeks ago. My friend stumbled onto it and told me about it. We both love it!
If I new of it, I’d watch from ep 1 but there were no ads 4 it here. Never saw any.
Good show. CSI, NCIS, Bones all boring, this one’s funny and I like the people in it. All good and bonus! Josh is so hot! He can act too. <3 <3<3 Josh!
<3 this show too!
I’m in love with Russ. he’s so cynical and funny. But love Milt too. He’s kinda naive but smart at the same time.
love Candice bergen as Russ’ mom. love their relationship.
<3 this show
Such a great show. One of the only good shows on tv right now.
Love Dean Winters, love Josh Duhamel, and even the other actors are really good. Good writing, love the quirky side of it.
This show is smartly written and well acted. How is it not doing better? Oh right, crappy time slot for this genre and target audience
Why are you talking of cancelling it? It just started. Networks are insane not to give shows a chance. Lots of shows went two whole seasons with low ratings (much lower than this show) before people started watching then it to took off. Supernatural was mediocre ratings for a few years and now it’s insanely popular. You need to give this show a chance. It has good writers actors and creators so that should be enough for you to give it another season. And what you should do if you want to get people to watch the show is to… Read more »
I love this show!
Honestly, the pilot kind of sucked and I wasn’t sure if I would keep watching, but each ep keeps getting better and better and better! This is a great show and I hope it stays on!!
I love everything about this show. I just got my mom into it too. Sadly most people I know have never heard of it. You need to do better advertisement! Better commercials & more often. Pay for ads that pop up on Youtube or something (since we have to watch those things anyways…) Seriously, this is the only show I watch on your network so I hope you realize that if it’s gone, then you’ve lost at least one viewer… I love Dean Winter’s character, he’s my favourite. Russ is just great, but then Josh Duhamel’s character is great in… Read more »
Renew!
Such a funny show. My wife and I love it.
Great how it can go from serious and real to funny. Feel for Russ but love the way he and Milt play off each other.
Good actors too.
I love this show! Please renew! It’s quirky, funny, interesting, with great writing and great actors. I love the Milt / Russ dynamic. I love the other cops on the show too. If you want better ratings, have better promos. I didn’t even see any ads for it here until a few days before and set my PVR so that when I came home from work I could watch it right away. The ad was kind of bad but I like Dean Winters and Josh Duhamel’s work so I made sure to give it a try. And as soon as… Read more »
This is a great series!! Don’t cancel yet!! It really needs a new time slot. Everyone in my family records it, but we have only seen portions because of the time slot the series doesn’t record in its entirety. But we love what we’ve seen.
This a wonderful show that should be renewed. It would be sad if CBS doesn’t try another time slot
Great show! Horrible time slot, and coming on closer to 11 during the NCAA tournament definitely also hurt ratings. Move it to a better time slot and watch the ratings soar. It’s already getting numerous great reviews.
Renew this quirky, very well done show! It is a top-notch cast and so well written! Love the show!
I love this show. It has much potential. Very entertaining and has heart.
Love the show! Quirky, funny, good acting; the reason for the rankings has a lot more to do with a bad time slot than being a good or “bad” show. Please keep Battle Creek on the air!!