It will soon be “case closed” permanently for the Instinct TV show on CBS. The network has cancelled the Sunday night series so there won’t be a third season for Reinart and Needham.
A crime thriller, based on the James Patterson novel, Murder Games, Instinct stars Alan Cumming, Bojana Novakovic, Daniel Ings, Naveen Andrews, and Sharon Leal. The drama centers on Dr. Dylan Reinhart (Cumming), a former CIA operative who is lured out of his peaceful retirement as a university professor and author, to help NYPD detective Lizzie Needham (Novakovic) catch a serial killer. Dylan’s old CIA colleague, Julian Cousins (Andrews), lends a hand, along with Lizzie’s C.O., Lt. Jasmine Gooden (Leal). Season two kicked off with Dylan reinstated as NYPD consultant, where he can both impress and irritate Lizzie. Meanwhile, Dylan’s husband, Andy (Ings), pursues adoption as a way for the couple to finally become parents.
Airing on Sunday nights, the second season of Instinct is currently averaging a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 3.39 million viewers. Compared to season one, that’s down by 50% and 49%, respectively. Instinct is nearly the lowest-rated TV shows of the summer CBS TV shows.
A pair of Instinct episodes will air tomorrow night on CBS and the series finale will run next Sunday, August 25th.
Series creator Michael Rauch revealed the show’s cancellation and Cumming and Novak shared their thoughts.
WELL THIS SUCKS BALLS. But when one door closes another… actually fuck that. This sucks balls. Love to all our fans and the most incredible cast and crew. Thank you all for an incredible two years. @Michael_Rauch @Alancumming @CBSTweet @CBSTVStudios @TVdub https://t.co/80QDAJvbTy
— Bojana Novakovic (@bojnovak) August 16, 2019
What do you think? Did you enjoy the Instinct TV show on CBS? Would you have watched a third season of this series?
I definitely want more of the show Instinct!!!!!!! Great cast of characters and storylines. Love the dynamic between characters and how well the writing was . Great and interesting dialogue with good pace.
Get it back!!!!!!! Another network? Another time slot? !!!!!
Another excellent show with an amazing cast down the tubes Wrong for a multitude of reasons! Given todays technology (dvr, on demand, etc.) the rating system needs to catch up.
I love the show. All the good ones get cancelled. Please keep it on.
I’m sorry to hear it’s been cancelled! Why do they base all these decisions on an age group that only goes to age 49??? There are tons of older people who watch these shows!
I’m so bummed that this show is being cancelled!!!
One of the best shows. Great premises, characters and actors. Different than most shows. Really quite surprised it is cancelled. Hoping CBS will reconsider.
So sorry this wonderful show won’t be renewed. It was all I looked forward to on Sunday nights. It was so fun to watch the interAction with the amazing actors as well as trying to solve the crimes along with them. Will miss it!!!!
I just started watching season 2 and love it. So sorry it is being cancelled. Hope it gets a second chance.
This was an amazing and extremely interesting show due to the storylines and diverse cast. This was in large part due to “Dylan” and “Lizzie” but all the other cast members as well, all excellent in their own right. One of the networks should pick Instinct up as there are very few shows that are not reality based and strictly for entertainment purposes! If you want to relax with a very good show that is pure entertainment, what TV used to be about. I don’t stream or watch Apple TV or any of the other IP based series. The way… Read more »
I love Alan Cumming, that’s why I watched. Its a bit campy but entertaining nonetheless. Too bad we won’t get to see Dylan and Andy as parents…..hope they wrap up the series with a good finale….
Yes, I would have loved another season, I love this show, I was looking forward to the adoption, it was getting good. They cancel the wrong shows, going to miss the whole cast such great actors!! The network’s don’t care about the people that do watch the shows they cancel, they care more about ratings & put on shows we don’t like in place of them!!!!
We definitely would have watched a 3rd season. It seams the kind we like to watch are the ones that don’t make it.
Insight was one of the most, if not THE most, intelligent – well-acted and well written – shows on network TV. Its cancellation adds to those of other ones of similarly high caliber, such as Person of Interest and Elementary. (I realize that these all contain violence, as do so many other shows, but these, unlike others, offered good stories, plots that engage the mind, insight into human character and current issues in society, and a strong moral grounding in terms of good vs. evil. What does their cancellation say about us? No wonder so many people are turning to… Read more »
My husband and I have really enjoyed the 2 seasons of Instinct. We enjoy the acting and different story lines; it’s well acted, well written. We hope Instinct is picked up by another network.
Personally we like Instinct and wish it was being renewed.