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?
I loved this show SO MUCH! Admittedly I too started watching it because of Josh Holloway. I was a diehard LOST fan. I watched every episode and recorded at the same time so i could watch them again, but I got sick and ended up in hospital right near the end of the season. I missed the last few episodes. I deleted all episodes as my hard-drive was full… thinking I would buy the DVD when released. I searched high and low for the season 1 DVD as the 1st season was done I expected it to be out. I… Read more »
I really wish they would stop canceling really good, entertaining, sometimes educational shows, and replacing with all these horrible, crazy, reality crap that have little to no value other than to make the channels money. Sick of shows like Honey Boo Boo, Bachelor, Big Brother, Jersey Shores, Top Models, and Survivor what ever island of the season…
I am so with You, I really enjoyed this show, and shows like it, I am also sick of these mindless reality shows where the aim is to get as drunk as possible, sleep with as many people as you can, and cuss every second word. whats the world coming too if that has become the best form of entertainment?
I really enjoyed this show, too bad they cancelled it.
Shame for them. It was a great series
Why is it good shows get cancelled after 1 or 2 seasons and trash lasts for decades? It’s so frustrating. This was a great show but like all good shows it has been shut down which just means more time for pathetic ‘reality’ shows. TV has gone so far downhill this last decade. Chanel 7 didn’t even show the full season, it got interrupted by the tennis or some other sport and was never finished or if they did it was even later at night and therefor missed. I really liked this show, saw 2 eps while on vacation in… Read more »
The show is great.! Josh is good at his acting. Wishing that they’ll renew the second season. This time, I’m sure that it will be a great hit since everyone is talking about it the social networking sites. Thanks to the online streams. Hoping for the best! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Josh is <3
I loved the show
Hope they bring it back a second season.. Loved the first season… No idea why it didn’t have enough viewers :/
I don’t watch a lot of television but there are a few shows that I really enjoy and this was one.
It seems that the network gurus’ decisions are strongly influenced by the 18-49 age group who probably only watch sport or “reality” shows – super boring.
When I was in that age group I always enjoyed a good western or cops and robbers and still do so maybe the networks should start thinking about other age groups and give programs more then a season before dropping them.
It was souch a good show. They need to bring it back
We all loved the show, Intelligence. Please consider bringing it ack.
I really liked this show and was disappointed to see it go. I think the reasons it didn’t get the ratings necessary to continue into the next series was actually a lack of publicity. I didn’t find this show until well after March 31.
I was very disappointed the show was cancelled. Like two other shows I enjoyed The Glades and Longmier what is wrong with the networks do they just enjoy leaving us hanging. You could at least show a decent ending
I really like this Tv Series, Why did the cancel the Series ??? really sad to hear that 🙁
My whole family like the show. When we didn’t get to watch it at its time slot we recorded it so we wouldn’t miss a episode. The show was entertaining keeping you wanting to see what was going to happen next. I wish it was not canceled.
I believe the problem with Intelligence was that we were watching more of the same. The woman having bad relation with her father and there was no a real emotion on chapters. The acting was good but the writers had nothing new to offer and it became boring.
I think the problem with Intelligence is that there were some plot points that didn’t quite add up to the climax at the end of Season 1. It was a good show, I’m not afraid to admit it, something new and quite refreshing. I like the selling point of the show: a man gets a microchip implanted in his brain to be able to access the global network. But what DIDN’T add up is the fact that you have something called the Athens gene to be able to receive it. Why, exactly, I have no idea, as it was never… Read more »
It had Josh Holloway. I’ve missed him. Intelligence was entertaining, I liked the characters. And did I mention it had JOSH HOLLOWAY?! 😉
I agree! I miss Josh Holloway so much. I admit that he is the reason I first started watching Intelligence. However, I kept watching because of the great cast and we FINALLY had a different show. The great, different shows are so few and far between. CBS never gives great shows the chance they deserve. I’m sick of most of T.V. being the same junk. How many CSI’s do we need really? The only good one IMHO I’d SVU. There are all of these stupid so-called reality shows. Nothing will ever come close to Survivor. I’ve been watching Survivor since… Read more »