Photo: Screen Grab/CBS ©2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
CBS made some difficult decisions when it came to cancellations this season. MacGyver, All Rise, The Unicorn, and NCIS: New Orleans have ended or will end this month, and Kelly Kahl, the president of CBS Entertainment, spoke about what went into the decisions to cancel all four shows, per Deadline.
MacGyver and NCIS: New Orleans (which airs its finale this weekend) have both aired on CBS for several seasons, and fans were surprised when the news broke about their cancellations. Kahl said the following:
“Every year you evaluate what is making the strongest statement for your schedule and what gives you the best circulation, what will bring you the most numbers of viewers. You ask that question for pretty much every show every year, how can we make the schedule as strong as we can in the fall, and that leads to some tough decisions. MacGyver has been an excellent show for us, New Orleans was an excellent show for us. But sometime shows hit the end of their cycle and we have to, in some cases, say goodbye.”
As for All Rise and The Unicorn, both aired for two seasons on the network. Kahl said the following about their cancellations:
“We creatively love both shows, it’s literally a numbers game on the schedule, and it’s a number game when it typically comes to getting a renewal. I think these shows were not living up to the potential in terms of an audience that we hoped to see in their respective time slots.”
What do you think? Did you want to watch more of these four TV shows on CBS? Which cancellation surprised you or upset you the most?
Should not have cancelled MacGyver. It was a great family show. Not many of family shows on these days. Big mistake.
MacGyver, Unicorn and All Rise deserved a better fate. Maybe a move to Paramount would be a good idea. A little less news each day would also work with finding space for these shows. Who ever said we need news repeated all the time.
I enjoy NCISNO and am very disjointed at its cancellation. I will NOT watch any replacement show in that time slot!!!!!!!!!!! I do NOT accept substitutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Goodbye ncis New Orleans look forward female Hawaii Ncis interesting crime show ridiculous getting rid of it New Orleans so good ncis fan never missed any of it.
All Rise was the victim of behind the scenes politics and drama, all due to the co creator & showrunner! was an EXCELLENT show! Shame on him and CBS! NCIS:NoLa should have been moved to Paramount+ at the very least! I’m V disappointed!
#SaveMacGyver
Too bad they didn’t include Magnum !
I realy when they cancel great shows and replace them dum shows. Its crazy takeing ncis new orlends and MacGyver . They should move pride to Ncis to work with gibbs
If you were really going by the numbers lady, you would have cancelled SWAT. Its numbers are lower than NCIS: NO, All Rise, MacGyver, Seal Team and The Unicorn. The only reason CBS is keeping SWAT, is because it makes more money for them Internationally than in the US at this point.
S.W.A.T is also a co-production with SONY TELEVISION who traditionally offers “sweetheart deals” to keep shows in production so there’s more shows for syndication, DVD, etc. In this case, SONY picked up more of the production costs. If it’s a similar set up with other co-productions (CRIMINAL MINDS comes to mind CBS Studios/ABC Studios), CBS Studios only gets domestic TV, Syndication, Cable ,Streaming, and DVD rights and the partner gets international – so SONY makes their money overseas – so you are right in that regard. Plus Shamar Moore has a VERY high profile and is one of CBS’s most… Read more »
All Rise is a terrific show. It doesn’t deserve to be cancelled. Maybe it appealed more to a different age group than expected. It should definitely be given a fair chance.
I agree 100%. Definitely politics were involved. Some of the best shows are being canceled because of politics.
I hope Paramount will pick up on all the shows CBS is also playing games with the cast. They don’t deserve this.
Between some of these cancelations and other FANTASTIC shows being transferred to Paramount+ maybe CBS needs a new President. These decisions are going to cost the loss of a lot of viewers. What’s the point of watching ANY new shows just to have them ripped away one way or the other.
my thoughts exactly!
I think several of the networks need new leaders and CBS is at the top of the list!!!!
Watch writers will soon have their own streaming platform. Cable will be gone by November this year. There in replying on internet providing only.
Kelly Kahl, the current head of CBS Television knows what he is doing – CBS is still the #1 network so he’s got to be doing something right. ViacomCBS would have kicked him to the curb if he wasn’t doing his job.
They killed ALL Rise by not scheduling it for weeks during the winter. People forgot about it. It was a great show,deserved a better fate.
It had covid-19 related issues and a 16 episode order. BLUE BLOODS got stuck with weeks of reruns in between new episodes that would not have been the pattern in a normal season. This was to adjust for the slightly longer production time due to the Covid-19. Usually you’d get 4-5 episodes, then a couple of weeks of repeats, then more new episodes – but this past season, except for the last few weeks, it was like 2 weeks new, a week or repeats, then a new,etc.
It was advertised all the time if people wanted to watch it they would have!
I HATE that they’re doing all this NCIS and other medical drama crap. Macgyver was fun and entertaining and good for the whole family. Well, it sealed the deal for me to cancel cable too.
All Rise should not have been canceled nor should Seal Team be moved to Paramount Plus you just killed that show
Moving SEAL TEAM to Paramount Plus SAVED The show. It’s a win-win. Now SEAL TEAM fans can support the show by subscribing to Paramount Plus!
All Rise shoulda been kept as a mid-season filler at least.
ncis and unicorn