NBC has decided to pre-empt Chase once again but this time it’s looking a lot more permanent. The network has put the TV series on hiatus and replaced it with episodes of Minute to Win It. Though the network has not officially cancelled Chase, there’s certainly no compelling reason for NBC to bring it back.
Back in September, Chase debuted to mediocre ratings and things went quickly downhill from there. On Monday nights, Chase averaged just a 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic and a meager 5.44 million viewers. When the series moved to Wednesday nights for the new year, the ratings only got worse. It’s currently the lowest-rated scripted series on the network.
NBC pre-empted Chase this week and replaced it with a double dose of Minute to Win It. That move paid off with the game show literally doubling the demo performance of Chase’s last original episode. Not surprisingly, NBC has now bumped the remaining episodes of Chase from the schedule.
The peacock network had given the show a full season order back in October but by December had trimmed that back from 22 to 18 installments. There are currently five unaired episodes of Chase on the shelf and there’s no word from NBC on when or if they’ll ever be aired.
What do you think? Will you miss Chase? Why do you think it didn’t catch on?
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I really liked the show thats what happens when you like a tv show.Please bring it back .
RICK
What are you guys doing to us? Everytime a new show that is good comes on, you all take it off. A few years back, I was also a Third Watch fan, you all yanked it also. I’m starting to enjoy the other networks, CBS, ABC, Fox….. Win it in a minute, is about stupid, I watched it once, that was enough. Please bring Chase back….
Chase was fantastic!! It better stay on!!
Chase was awesome – my whole family thought it was one of the best shows on TV – maybe people didn’t have the opportunity to see it in the time slots it had – but if they watched it – would definitely have liked it. Definitely air the remaining shows
Must bring it back, better time slot and a little more advertising will keep it. No Conan and Chase means no reason to watch NBC specially since they eliminated original Law and Order.
Really? Finally a good cop show that centered around a woman. I can’t believe that the networks think the only good shows are reality shows. I am so tired of these type of shows. Game shows are a close second. If I want to watch game shows, there is always the game show network. Bring back something worth watching please!
Bring it back!! It was always a “good guys win” and very entertaining!!
Chase is a great show!It will be a tragedy if you cancel the show.Its always the good shows that get cancelled,but the really bad shows get kept on the air.Now thats a tragedy.
My husband and I have watched every episode since it started or we have Tivo’ed it to watch the show later. We looked forward to watching Chase every week. The show had good situations and scenios and it’s not too often you watch a woman kicking butt like how Chase does. We would rather watch Chase instead of Minute to Win it any day. Minute to Win is a Losing Show to us. Our household is not into game shows. We like watching action and drama, who cares on how much someone is winning doing something stupid in front of… Read more »
I love this show. Please bring it back. I think the ratings were low due to the days it was on. Try a Tuesday or Friday. There is hardly anything worth watching on those nights.
I really liked Chase, pretty disappointed they took it off. Bring it back!
brong Chase Back, it was an awsome show and had a great feel to it.
Chase was a good show, it was predictable, but still entertaining. The unscripted show like Minute 2 Win It and shows like that have too much air time as it is. They are shows that I don’t look forward to like I did with Chase.
Chase was a great show, and we looked forward to watching it whichever night it was on. We are so disappointed in NBC’s decision to cancel it. This was a “good guys always win” series; so why not let it win?
BRING IT BACK! Enough of the reality shows!!!!
Yes bring it back, I’ve been waiting for it to come back on. Why don’t the networks actually give shows a chance to thrive. I liked it on Wednesday nights before Law and Order SVU.