The network giveth and the network taketh away.
Even though the Chase series performed poorly right from the start, NBC gave the TV show a full season order of 22 episodes. Now, the peacock network has trimmed back that order to just 18 installments.
On the positive side, NBC is moving Chase out of the Mondays at 10pm timeslot. It’ll no longer have to battle against Castle and the new Hawaii Five-0. Unfortunately, beginning January 12th, it’ll be airing in a far more competitive timeslot. Chase is moving to Wednesdays at 9pm where it’ll do battle with American Idol.
The most recent episode of Chase garnered a 1.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.03 million total viewers. That’s the second significant increase in two weeks but the series is still doing terribly and is consistently in a distant third place for the timeslot.
Chase has averaged a 1.6 rating for the season, just slightly better than now-cancelled Undercovers. Unless there’s a significant turnaround, it’s pretty clear that Chase will be cancelled at the end of the season.
What do you think? Does Chase still have a chance to be renewed for season two or is it already doomed to be cancelled?
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We love Chase and are so glad it’s back on. Our family always picks one show a season to watch together and this year we happened upon Chase and have loved it ever since! We started telling our friends about the show, but by that time, it was no longer showing. So glad to hear it’s back and we also like AI, but will chose Chase when forced!
Chase is one of the best of the season. Hawaii five o is a poor repraise of the old Hawaii five 0 show. The characters are great and the stories are good. Love the action. Hope they keep it and I’ll be watching it on wednesdays.
I think they show schedule Chase for another time slot–where it is not up against shows that are so popular. Hopefully, this show will continue. It is a great show with a great cast. Ever episode had a great story line. Some of us are sick of the crab that is on tv now–like all the stupid reality shows.
Chase is a really good show. The cast is great and good story lines too. Please do not cancel–give it another chance. Maybe put it against shows that are not hits already.
Chase is so much better than Hawaii 5-0, which is mainly shootouts and explosions. Chase has better plots, better writing, better actors. It was the only show I looked forward to seeing last fall and I have missed it. NBC, this is a quality series; please keep it! Reality shows are the worst possible choice.
I love Chase and really missed it last night (1/11/11), but glad to hear it will be back. I think the actors do a great job and the story lines are very good. Have watched it from the beginning and really enjoy it!! Don’t cancel Chase!!
I love Chase, I’m so glad it is back on. They should sh*t can some of the other crap shows and keep Chase. Great acting, great characters and suspense.
NBC never give their new shows a chance!
I have watched Chase from the beginning and was looking for it again after the holiday break. I am so please that I found it again starting this week. The acting is great and the story lines are always interesting. I, too, hate reality shows and truly like cop shows, please keep this program on the air!
Love Chase. Hope it doesn’t get cancelled.
I just checked the guide on the TV, & I’m sooooo glad that chase is back on, I love love love this show….I love to watch action shows like this one, any hospital/cops show is great to watch. I hate reality shows about other peoples life or weight loss…..& lately that’s all that’s on. But I just hope it makes it thru, when American Idol comes back on… I didn’t catch Chase from the beginning…..but when I did, I can not stop watching it, & was wondering what happened to it, since I haven’t seen it on for awhile…..I thought… Read more »
I hope they don’t cancel Chase. It is a great drama and intelligent writing. I have watched it since the beginning and will definately watch it over American Idol.
I did not like Hawaii 5-0 because there were too many excessive shoot out scenes in it. I started watching Chase and I liked it. I hate reality shows and like good drama shows. It seems to me that there are not many creative writers out there in TV land anymore. With all the reality crap that is on these days TV is not worth watching. We took out our cable and are on an antenna. We watch what we want through Netflix.
I work nights so I can’t watch the show at 9 but my wife records it for me before she go to bed . She is off on tuesday we watch it togther , it’s a great show great plots and great cast theres always somthing new each week . Im glad your giving it a chance to fight I think the actors need that fighting chance to keep the show going can’t wait for it to restart back .
Please tell me no! The chase is no comparison to the cancelled Undercovers TV show! Chase is far better than that show! We have watched The Chase since the beginning and have missed it the last few weeks. Glad to see it will be back on Jan 12!!! We will be tuned in!!!