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?
Is there anyway to save this show??? I don’t watch many series but this was entertaining.
I did enjoy the show and watched each week
I had it on series recording so I never missed an episode and would have looked forward to more seasons
It was smart and entertaining, and not a cookie cutter show. It is very disappointing that it is being cancelled
Saddens me that such a great mystery program is being sent to the proverbial bone yard. It really was a fun show to watch, Alan Cumming deserves to be on a program, such as this or in any other current type programming such as political, law, medical, mystery that includes travel by plane, train and auto, ect. Come on writers, put on your thinking caps and bring Alan back.
This totally sucks, but it just another example of WHY I have stopped watching any new series. I really loved this show, but I guess it will be one more hour I’ll get back in my week. I won’t be starting ANY new series, and especially when they generally don’t bother “end” things when they are canceled like this.
I completely agree with this comment. After hearing this sucky news I will not be starting any new series. I’m very disappointed Instinct has been cancelled; my mom and I loved it. It was intelligent, but also made me laugh.
So very disappointed and saddened about Instinct cancellation! Such an intelligent show, wonderful actors, interesting stories, and character interactions. Kudos to excellent cast and crew for such enjoyable viewing!
I loved this show. It was one of the best on TV. CBS was much too fast cutting it. You can’t expect summer viewership to be as steady as other times of the year and it is a travesty to end it!
Quite frankly, I was surprised “Instinct” was renewed for season 2. I’m a big fan of Mr. Cummings and the cast was agreeable enough, but the writing! The plots were so formulaic and predictable. I’ll miss Cummings sartorial splendor, though.
I am very disappointed this show is cancelled. I really enjoyed the whole cast. What about the 60+ age people that don’t like the stupid reality shows. Guess I will go back to Netflix and PBS in the summer months….
I would love to see season 3 of Instinct. It does not deserved to be cancelled. I am not ready to let go of that beloved show.
Nooooo! I love, love, love Instinct. Yes, I would watch a Season 3.
This is a great show and I cannot believe it was not renewed, I loved the whole cast.
We love the show and would be watched a third season.
I love this show and hate to see it go. Perhaps it will get picked up by another network or media service.
This ain’t right. A show with character and substance get cancelled while some weird ass **** shows go on forever. Netflix please pick it up, you don’t care about ratings and Instinct would be a show case in your line up. Many heartfelt thanks to all of you on Instinct, you broken down barriers and prejudices in a increasingly intolerant society and the LGBT community owes you big time.
I agree with Bojana. This sucks balls. This was a great show, and I looked forward to it every week. I’m watching the first episode from tonight now, and will continue with the second of tonight’s episodes. I just hope they found some way to wrap the series up, since they decided to tell all it’s viewers to “f off, we don’t care what you think”, basically. (My opinion.) I guess they (CBS) don’t care about their viewers, if they’re not watching that fake reality garbage. Those shows are scripted trash, and I don’t understand why they are kept on… Read more »