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?
CBS SHOWS A LACK OF INTELLIGENCE!!!! I AM SHOCKED AND SADDENED TO HEAR THAT ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS HAS BEEN CANCELLED, INTELLIGENCE! I AM JUST APPAULD AT CBS’ DECISION. IT WAS A REALLY GREAT SHOW, GREAT CHARACTURES BEING CREATED AND DEVELOPED BY GREAT ACTORS, A GREAT IDEA FOR A SHOW AND THE PREMISE HAD REAL SUBSTANCE, GREAT SCRIPT AND WRITERS. IT HAD, WHAT I BELIEVED TO BE A GREAT FUTURE, BUT NO, CBS JUST CANCELLS IT, DON’T MOVE IT OR GIVE IT ANY REAL TIME FOR PEOPLE TO CATCH ON AND GET IN TO IT? NO, JUST CANCEL IT… Read more »
I AM SHOCKED AND SADDENED TO HEAR THAT ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS HAS BEEN CANCELLED, INTELLIGENCE! I AM JUST APPAULD AT CBS’ DECISION. IT WAS A REALLY GREAT SHOW, GREAT CHARACTURES BEING CREATED AND DEVELOPED BY GREAT ACTORS, A GREAT IDEA FOR A SHOW AND THE PREMISE HAD REAL SUBSTANCE, GREAT SCRIPT AND WRITERS. IT HAD, WHAT I BELIEVED TO BE A GREAT FUTURE, BUT NO, CBS JUST CANCELLS IT, DON’T MOVE IT OR GIVE IT ANY REAL TIME FOR PEOPLE TO CATCH ON AND GET IN TO IT? NO, JUST CANCEL IT AND THAT IS IT. TYPICAL!!!!
This was a well-written script with excellent cast and a premise that is actually based on plausible neurophysiology and computer science. Atrocious that it was so badly marketed by CBS. My compliments to all involved with creating and producing the show.
Networks love to move TV shows around , when they die the executives act shocked. Firefly is a well know example of how execs move shows around to boost ratings for a times slot only to kill the show.
Completely in shock. Cannot believe you could have not tried another season. It was one of my husband and I favorite. It was fresh and they were developing the characters so well. Very Very Disappointed…….
Great show and a big mistake by CBS. My husband and I both enjoyed watching it and recorded it to ensure we did not miss an episode.
I was so disappointed to hear this was cancelled–I have been impatiently waiting for more episodes!! BRING BACK INTELLIGENCE!!
I can’t believe they canceled Intelligence and kept The Mentalist. I agree that they did not give it a chance with a late night slot on Mondays.
Cannot believe they cancelled this great show
Concur with the other comments…. Good show… CBS has lots of winners, and this should have been left on!
Intelligence is a great show that landed in a bad time slot; however, I continued to watch the show because I enjoyed it. I put up with the late regular time slot and suffered with fatigue throughout the next day. I did it because there is a dearth of quality programming with which I connected and invested time.
As a quality show it should have been renewed for a second season unlike some of the other stuff that passes for programming on this and other networks. It is/was one of the few shows I watched every week.
Bring back Intelligence!
Loved the show as did my husband, which is unusual for him as he doesn’t like a lot of TV shows. Great show, did well on Tuesday but then moved to Mondays and you cancelled it for that reason. Not a good move on your part. Why debut on a Tuesday and then move to Monday – it was in a bad slot and should be renewed !!! We liked it a lot.
As usual CBS has done it again, great show bad slot. I am really tired of getting invested in shows, like them, always watch or at least record and watch if traveling, getting cancelled after the first season. Not worth it. I really enjoyed this show.
No wonder cable is kicking the daylights out of our main run stations.
I enjoyed Intelligence, so please produce next season. I wish that people can hook u to the internet through a micro chip installed in their brain, that would make life a whole lot easier.
Great show but lousy slot management probably crashed the whole thing.
perhaps the saying ‘if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it carries its weight here’