NBC rounded out their Monday night schedule with a new cop series, Chase. Police shows have performed very well for the networks for years but how did this one perform? Is it a keeper or will it be quickly cancelled?
Chase follows US Marshall Annie Frost (Kelli Giddish) as she heads up the Houston Enforcement & Apprehension Task Force. Annie and her team (played by Cole Hauser, Amaury Nolasco, Rose Rollins, and Jesse Metcalfe) hunt down America’s most dangerous fugitives.
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The premiere garnered a disappointing 2.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 7.3 million viewers. That put Chase in third (last) place in both categories. It lost a significant number of viewers from lead-in The Event — 36% of the demo and 33% of total viewers. It also lost about 15% of viewers in the demo between the start and finish of the episode.
While this is much better than last year’s The Jay Leno Show, this mediocre start doesn’t bode well for Chase’s future. If the ratings decline in week two, as they typically do for new shows, it could be in real trouble.
Based on this performance alone, it seems unlikely that NBC would bother ordering any episodes beyond the initial 13 installments.
So, what do you think? Is Chase worth watching? Do you like the show or should it just be cancelled?
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Chase is one of the better cop shows, better the 50, and I only started watching cop shows again. This show is very good. If they cancel the show, so be it, I will stop watching (not as if they care) any police shows they bring on. I doubt they even know alot of people record to dvd HDD to watch later. And how in the how do they know how many people are watching anyway? Big Gov. watching and reporting to the peacock?
If I watch it it will be dropped…and so it goes
Chase is an excellent show! I am tired of seeing great shows cancelled. I only watch over the internet, and I watch both Hawaii 50 and Chase! I hope they keep this show around for another season!
I enjoy the show well enough but I am not a big fan of the “one off” episodes and prefer more epic base story throughout with the weekly chases being more of a setting rather than the only thing happening. Lots of shows seem to not hit that type of stride until their third or fourth season and I am afraid this one won’t live long enough to even try a larger story. Ya know like with a show such as Dexter, there are plenty of character stories happening each week but the entire season is a larger story headed… Read more »
This is an excellent show. The cast has great chemistry together and Kelly Giddish is great!
very enjoyable well written,looking forward to uncover the problem with our leading marshall past,keep it on
I never heard of this show until I was browsing fancast I was hooked right off the bat. I watched every episode they had listed I’m bummed I didn’t see it from the start. NBC would be foolish to cancel this show. I actually had to search to see what network this show was on. This show is a keeper in my book.
I think they need to make it more believable, the main lady , annie is not believable she got beat up last week, choked, pick up and throw down and at the end she was standing around one of the other officers who also was beat up by the crook was getting help from the doctors, please, it might be better also if she stop trying to be everybody, the story lines are good when annie is not in the scene. need work on annie
Scott I think your wrong Annie is very believable it’s clear she has some issues in the past and I like her character. As for her not getting treatment that come have been a scene that was left on the cutting room floor. I liked the ending:)
I absolutely love this show and will be so disapointed if it is cancelled. It seems like all the good shows get cancelled. If this time slot is not good, try another. Please do not blow off an excellent show without giving it a chance. This is the knd of show I tape if I cannot be here to watch it. I’m really getting to know and like the characters and look forward to seeing how they develop.
Ditto! I think NBC just wants to fail. They get a good show and won’t do what is needed to make it work! Move it if necessary but don’t canx it!!!
We absolutely LOVE this show!! It’s like a thriller every week! Hawaii 5.0 has NOTHING on chase! We love the story line, we like the fact that the characters are developing into a family. It actually gives hope that the people of this country are protected. It even has a little romance and shows love at different points in the show. PLEASE keep chase, you have viewers that will support this show.
IMO Chase is better than Hawaii 50 and is action packed with great stunts. The story lines are good but leave it to NBC to get rid of a good thing they do it every year.
I think its time to fire the heads of NBC and get some people in there that actually knows what they are doing…
I love this show! I love the characters! I look forward to watching it every week. If this time slot is not working try another. It’s a show worth fighting for!
Please keep this show. Smart, well written, great cast, Jerry out did himself w/ this. Its the CSI receipe that works. Much more entertaining than Blue Bloods and Hawaii 5-0 and for the love all all things good in this world – WAY better than American Idol. So, if NBC cuts Chase for American Idol – it would be in there best interest to keep a second and third season.
They should absolutely keep “Chase” and set it up with at least a full five year run! All of the characters are fabulous and the stories are interesting, unlike so many other prime time ‘dramas’ on the tube!
I think it is a great show and better than Hawaii 5 O. But Hawaii 5 O has the name recognition and Chase did not have a chance because it is on the same time slot as 5 0. If Chase was give a different time slot…I think it could pull better ratings. They put this show up against 5 o….I am not sure why they did that. Most people that watch 5 o would also watch this show if they knew how good it is. Release this show in a new time slot say after Sunday night football or… Read more »
I totally agree. Chase is way better than the new Hawaii 5 0. I hope there is a season 2 and more.
Agree!!!