Josh Holloway enjoyed a long run on Lost but unfortunately he hasn’t been as lucky with Intelligence. The CBS TV show has now been cancelled after one season of 13 episodes.
On Intelligence, Gabriel Vaughn (Holloway) is a high-tech intelligence operative who’s been enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain. It allows him to be connected directly into the global information grid. Other castmembers include Marg Helgenberger, Meghan Ory, Michael Rady, John Billingsley, P. J. Byrne, Tomas Arana, Lance Reddick, and Peter Coyote.
After the failure of Hostages, the network was hoping for Intelligence to be a ratings hit to fill their Mondays at 10pm timeslot. It wasn’t to be. Despite some impressive star talent and special effects, the show couldn’t draw enough viewers.
The network debuted it after NCIS on a Tuesday night and the show drew decent numbers but, once it moved to its regular Monday night slot, the ratings tanked. The season of 13 episodes averaged a 1.3 demo rating with 6.85 million viewer, making it one of the lowest-rated shows on the network.
That wasn’t good enough to mandate a second season renewal so Intelligence has been cancelled. The final episode aired on March 31st.
What do you think? Did you like this Josh Holloway series? Should it have been cancelled or renewed for a second season? Why do you think it didn’t catch on?
Love this series, it’s new without being out there, the story lines are original, the acting excellent and I think its a shame they’ve cancelled it.
I liked it. The story lines were engaging and each episode could stand alone. Can’t understand why it was cancelled.
This is a very good show.
Are you kidding me… This show is amazing… Seems cbs is starting to be like abc.. They get a good show, put it is a bad time slot and instead of admitting their mistake, blame the show and cancel… Bad, bad move cbs. This is one of the best shows you have put out in a while. Instead of canceling the show maybe you should fire the person(s) who don’t seem to know how to work the schedule …
This was the only CBS show I actively watched out of general interest for the subject matter. Cancelling the show was premature, the network would have benefited from either a temporary hiatus to film more episodes to continue Season 1 or a second season all together. With that said, the female version of Gabriel was milked as a tool in too many episodes and the show could have benefited from a greater depth of periphery characters comparable to Gabriel. Examples of situations for plausible episodes include: -Gabriel tasked with assassinating whistle blower but joins forces instead to smuggle him/her to… Read more »
I enjoyed reading your piece on the cancellation of intelligence. I couldn’t have said it better. They will never get the viewer ship like in the past. To many other options available. They always cancel the good ones.
I an very disappointed to hear this show Intelligence has been cancelled when I have just discovered it. From what I saw it was full of mystery not as much confronting violence as a lot of other shows .
I really liked intelligence, I thought it was really good and looked forward to watching it, I couldn’t believe it when it said it was the last ever episode. It might not have been a hit in the US but for me it was a big hit in the UK. Bring it back please.
This is always happening when the show is so good. It’s always the wrong shows that are cancelled
No of course it shouldn’t have been cancelled, was a fantastic show with extremely good characters and strong story lines. Real shame..
You’ve got to be kidding me! This show’s great, i was really looking foward to the 2nd series. #BringbackIntelligence
NO NO NO its a great tv show why plz make a season 2
I don’t get it….. Most popular on the likes of nowtv and other streaming services…. yet I know let’s axe the show, the mind boggles.
GUTTED !!
Please re-think
I can’t believe it has been cancelled…The only thing worth watching on Thursday nights…The same thing happened with John doe series…that was really good also…
What the hell! Brilliant well thought out futuristic. Get a 2nd series ASAP please best show ever
Don’t know why they cancelled it I thought it was great, very upset, please make a 2nd series 🙁 🙁
I want to see season two of intelligence. I like it very much. Bring it intelligence back plaesa