CBS’ ratings-challenged murder mystery series has been put on hiatus for next weekend. The network is replacing Harper’s Island with a rerun of the popular Mentalist series.
For now, it looks like Island will return the following Saturday night on May 23rd in its (now) regular timeslot. Could this be a bad omen that CBS won’t end up airing all of the remaining eight episodes? Possibly. The show’s first Saturday outing attracted just 4.65 million viewers and a 1.0/3 rating share of the 18-49 demographic. That’s about what the network usually gets for its Saturday night repeats. One would hope that the network would just go ahead and let the season finish.
Will the show be back next year with another mystery? Almost certainly not.
Note: We got our dates mixed up and this post originally indicated that tonight’s episode would be missing. It’s been updated to reflect the correct dates. Sorry for the confusion.
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I hope you will at least finish the series in some time slot so we can find out who the killer is. This is why I prefer cable to prime time TV. Networks show no consideration to the viewers that watch these shows. You at least finished Jericho and Moonlight. I hope you will do the same with Harpers Island.
I have watched this show since it started. Prior to that I watched all the plugs about the upcoming “event”. It really isn’t fair to get the public all excited about an “event” that will have a beginning and an end and then just leave us hanging. Shame on the network if they have intentions to cancel!! The least you can do is tell us who the killer is. Have a heart, won’t you????
I have never written in for a movie. But I need to see the end of Harper’s Island. Please leave it on the air. I like this show.
We were promised a beginning and an end to this show. That is why I started watching it. Now maybe we won’t have an ending. Do publishers leave out the last chapter of a book if it isn’t selling well. TV execs don’t care a hoot about the viewer only the sponsers.
I was seriously concerned when I saw that Harpers Island will not be on the this Saturday. So, I had to look in up on the web, as to why. . . I also have watched this series from the start and look forward it every Saturday evening. Please let the series run through completition.
Please! Dont cancel it…Im sooo obssesed with the show..I want to know whats going on with John Wakefield who came back with a burning face…cause i gues that was him….i want to know how it ends! i need to!!!!!
Holy cow…this show is awsome.I was hoping it would be back again but if not just let it finish already.I need to know who is doing all the killing.
Unanimous on the less than stellar acting, but come on! Let’s finish the series. I’ve followed it since the beginning and actually enjoy the suspense.
Hi:
We are disappointed to see that Harper’s Island is not going to be on this Saturday.
My hubby & I have enjoyed watching it since it started.
We agree the acting is not as good as good as it could be but the story line is good & very suspenseful.
Sure hope CBS is planning to keep it going for at least this season & not leave us hanging without an ending & let us in on “who done it”
I, too, really like this show. I have to say that the acting is rather lame — and I am pretty simple-minded, so this must be really bad. I agree that it would have been better to put it on in the summer when there isn’t anything else on. Much of the summer stuff if absolutely junk, so this would be a nice option.
I love this show and I really hope they don’t just pull it! That would be terrible! COME ON CBS! SHOW A LITTLE MOXY AND KEEP HARPER’S ISLAND ON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SERIES!
I get that it won’t be back next season – but don’t just stop! How else am I going to find out who the killer is?!
This show is truly awful but it should at least be played out until the end. We were excited about watching it but could barely get through the first episode. It seems we weren’t the only ones. A piece of advice to the grossly overpaid tv folks who thought this show was a great idea: hire some decent writers and actors and give us something of quality next time. T&A doesn’t always cut it for everyone.
this from an 80 yr old mystery buff – I too have become addicted to this show and would hate to see it ended mid-mystery as it were – I can count on one hand the TV shows I watch from the networks and this is one I have enjoyed and would like to see a resolution to the mystery – Good network shows are at a premium – I too am fed up with the talent (?) shows and real life (?) programs – a real mystery always needs an ending. Please continue this until the logical ending –
i cant beleive cbs did it again , im gonna start calling you fox because that networse is even worse one of the hottest female casts ever i hope some other channel will pick this show up. it is one of the best shows of all time
I really like HARPERS ISLAND and hope it is not cancelled this year or ever. It has a good story line and plenty of mystery. My family and friends don’t miss an episode.
PLEASE DON’T CANCEL THIS GOOD SHOW.