Why did CBS cancel Limitless? At this summer’s TCA press tour, network chief Glenn Geller explained why there will be no second season of the series, TVInsider reports.
Based on the 2011 film, the drama followed Brian Finch (Jake McDorman), who is given a special drug that unlocks 100% of his brain. The cast also included Jennifer Carpenter, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Hill Harper, and Colin Salmon.
During the panel, Geller said CBS cancelled Limitless because he didn’t “think it connected with the viewers”:
Ultimately we had to look at the show; it was a very good show, but I don’t think it connected with the viewers as well as other shows had. Yeah, we could have brought it back. But we also have to put on new shows and give other things a shot. It could have come back, but we have to do better; we want to improve time periods. That’s why we put on new shows.”
What do you think? Did you watch Limitless? Do you think the show should’ve been renewed?
REINSTATE !!! Thank you
Great show!! one very bad//dumb episode – #13 (the word games were stupid).
BAD decision to cancel!!
PLEASE reconsider bring it back.
Executive not in touch with audience viewing habits of today.
Show connected just fine with viewers,more like that mysterious viewer called a network that was afraid of not making enough money when they can instead throw 100 different mindless shows at you and hope one sticks. This is why so many shows are nothing but copies of other shows that made it, and poor ones at that ,and imagination has gone out of TV…sad.. Maybe the problem with selling comercial time are the dumb choices they make ..now there is a thought!
Best show I watched. Pissed it’s not back.
Are you kidding? This was by far THE best show ever! Great plot twists, intrigue, sharp, witty, wonderful humor and an excellent cast of incredibly talented actors! Please bring back this marvelous show!
YAAAAYYY!! CBS cancels an intelligent, interesting and witty show like Limitless but makes sure to renew a truly ridiculous show like 2 Broke Girls for what… It’s sixth season?
Great job CBS! Keep putting mind suckingly stupid shows like that on the air… We wouldn’t want the public to stop losing all those useless brain cells would we? ;-D
Yes thank you please tell me how 2 Broke Girls is still on. I am not trying to be mean but it is terrible actimg. The story line is funny but the acting is sad. I can’t watch it. I can’t even stand the commercials, my husband loves comedy he really tried to like but even he can’t stand it.
Two Broke Girls is trash TV! It doesn’t go five minutes without mentioning sex or drugs. I sound like my Dad. Thanks for nothing, CBS!!!
I really liked limitless and was looking forward to a second season
I love this show. Once again short sightedness from networks!!
I’m on NZT right now and my observation is that this is one of the better shows to come out of CBS. It is well-written and has a strong charismatic lead actor in McDorman; but unfortunately it is marred with the overdone TV tropes of magic black people and evil whites. The defcon-5-level of PC absurdity might be the reason that viewers didn’t “connect” with it. Wanna stump google? do a search for African astrophysicists. In one episode, 3 of the so-called “6 greatest minds in the world” are African. That’s laying it on pretty thick. The inverse reality that… Read more »
Networks want the biggest bang for the buck they can get. Drama and Sci Fi are the most expensive to produce. Biggest profits come from reality shows. Most of the people watching have the mind of a jellyfish. This was a good show, but the kids, I guess, weren’t watching it.
It doesn’t make sense. They renewed a few shows with ratings lower than limitless. CBS is ridiculous.
Loves this show…never missed an episode…really should keep it..one of the best!
I really enjoyed Limitless and cannot believe it was cancelled! Please bring it back!
Sorry….auto correct phone. Ncis:la and Supergirl
Not sure what your privious comments were but I am glad that cw picked up supergirl. It is a good fit for cw
I like the ncis shows still getting used to newest one. CW is on to something they tend to stick to a type. CBS needs to stick with its types. Quirky cop show works. Castle went off and Limitless was an excellent replacement.
I’m very upset at the cancellation and the ridiculous reason given, I hadn’the watched network TV for awhile for this reason and decided to give it another chance based on this series (limiless)ncis,ncis:last and supergrass. But I especially liked Limitless. So it’s back to cable shows.