Tonight, Numb3rs finishes off its sixth season with episode 118, “Cause and Effect.” Will the show be back next season? A decision hasn’t been made yet but lots of people are betting that it will be cancelled.
Numb3rs follows FBI Agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) and his genius brother, Charlie (David Krumholtz), who helps the authorities solve cases with mathematics. The cast also features Judd Hirsch (as their father), Alimi Ballard, Dylan Bruno, Navi Rawat, Aya Sumika, and Peter MacNicol.
The series debuted in January 2005 and has long been a successful player for CBS on Friday nights. In season one, Numb3rs averaged a 3.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic and about 11.1 million viewers. They went up in season two, with an average of a 3.3 rating and 11.7 million viewers. Viewership has fallen since then however and last season, Numb3rs scored a 2.2 and 10.2 million.
This season, Numb3rs’ ratings have dropped further still — averaging a 1.8 rating and 8.26 million viewers each week. As a result of the decline in ratings, CBS (which is having a very good season) decided to cut back on the number of episodes and reduced their season order from 22 to 16 installments.
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The official reason for the decrease is that CBS had too much programming and needed space to try out new series. Next week, Numb3rs’ timeslot will be occupied by a new show, Miami Medical.
CBS has maintained that the fate of Numb3rs hasn’t been decided yet but, considering the series’ production costs and ratings, it seems fairly certain that the show is done.
In fact, ABC and FOX are betting on it. The networks have already cast Morrow and Krumholtz in new pilots.
Morrow will star in a dramatic pilot called The Whole Truth for ABC, opposite Joely Richardson. He’ll play a fiercely competitive and successful defense attorney who is close friends with his equally talented courtroom adversary (Richardson). Whole Truth is being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
Meanwhile, Krumholtz has been cast in a comedy pilot for FOX called Tax Man. The project’s being produced by Ron Howard and stars Krumholtz as an IRS Agent who’s trying to find nobility in his work. Judy Greer recently joined the cast.
If CBS does decide to bring Numb3rs back for another season, both Morrow and Krumholtz will be obligated to return. However, the other networks wouldn’t cast them in new pilots unless they felt it was a very strong possibility that Numb3rs would indeed be cancelled.
What do you think? Would you like to see Numb3rs return for a seventh season or is it time to say goodbye to the Eppes?
Image courtesy CBS.
Please don’t cancel Number, a brilliant series!
Numbers is an excellent program – one of only a handful of engaging, intelligent, always fun, and very appealing characters. (I agree, most “reality shows” suck.) CBS (or other station): Bring it back! Please.
bring back numbers, god forbid we get to watch anything with some math or intelligence
Best show ever keep and get rid of reality shows
it was a good show it is sad that it will not be back maybe they will think and it may be back that is a BIG may thank you
Bring Numbers Back!
Your best show. Now I watch Blue Blood is that on CBS. I am one of the 10mm people who is not watching CBS on Fridays, smooth move twits.
I agree with Catherine and Elizabeth. (Dump the trashy “reality” shows that don’t reveal a true reality anyway. Seems like people will do anything to get on TV.) Bring NUMB3RS back. We miss it. It was one Friday night show my husband and I enjoyed watching together.
I agree with Catherine! Get rid of the trashy reality shows and bring back a high quality, intellectually stimulating, and entertaining Numb3rs!!!!! Please! My Friday nights will never be the same! The younger generation (like me) needs more shows like this, and less of the trashy reality shows that show that it’s ok, and even cool to be, to be ****** and disrespectful — when it’s NOT!
Please don’t cancel this show, it’s a great alternative to much of the garbage that’s out there. It’s real, it’s funny and has appeal to many different audience demographics. Would be a mistake to give up on this yet.
Bring on season 7.
NUMB3RS WAS GRRRRRRRRRRRREAT! AND IF YOU’RE INTO MATH AS MUCH AS I AM…WOW!!!
THE WAY THAT “CHARLIE” DISCRIBES ONE OF HIS THEORIES TO SOMEONE IS GREAT, TOO!
ESPECIALLY WHEN GRANGER SAYS “LISTEN TO THIS” JUST BEFORE CHARLIE GOES INTO ONE OF HIS SPEILS.
BRING IT BACK!!!
HOPEFULLY;
MARY LOU
Numb3rs IS great 🙂
Loved Numb3rs…great chemistry between the characters. Enjoyed the math element! Bring back a well written show and get rid of all reality trash!
Bring back numbers!! Get rid of the Big Bang Theroy and My dad says .
Loved numbers for a Friday night. Of course competition on Friday night now is Blue Blood.
Numbers should be brought back!
Don’t cancel your best show!
Thursday night 7:00 – 8:00 PM (Central Time) would be a perfect time slot!
Yes, The Big Bang Theory and $…!My Dad Says can go. If you must keep them, put them in a deep night or early early morning slot—or better yet, put them on a sister station.