The axe keeps flying over at TNT. The cable channel already cancelled Dallas and Franklin & Bash and now, they’ve cancelled Perception as well. There won’t be a fourth season.
Perception follows Doctor Daniel Pierce (Eric McCormack), a talented and schizophrenic neuropsychiatrist, as he assists his former student, FBI Special Agent Kate Moretti (Rachael Leigh Cook), solve complex cases. Other castmembers include Kelly Rowan, Arjay Smith, LeVar Burton, and Scott Wolf.
The show is currently in its third season. Ten of the season’s 15 episodes have aired so far and have averaged 2.78 million viewers with a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic. That’s down about 10% when compared to season two.
While Perception certainly isn’t TNT’s biggest series, it’s been a respectable performer. It seems that the cancellation is at least in part due to the cable channel’s desire to move towards airing edgier series.
It’s worth noting that Legends, a show sited as being more “edgy”, drew only 1.53 million viewers and has yet to be cancelled or renewed.
The final five episodes of Perception will being airing on February 17, 2015. It’s unclear if they will give viewers any kind closure to the series.
ABC Studios produces Perception so there’s a chance that they might try to find another home for the series. There will be 39 episodes at the end of season three — a far cry from the typical 88 episode minimum needed for a syndication package.
What do you think? Do you like the Perception TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled, or renewed for a fourth season? Would you watch it on another channel?
Every time I find a show worth watching they cancel it. Perception is such a wonderful show. It is written so well. It shows that mental illness is real & people who have it are intellegent,productive, caring members of our communities. I love watching it. I hope some network picks it up. It will be a great loss if they don’t.
figures they always cancel the good shows. my teenage son and I both watched this show ..figures it seems to be the kiss of death that I actually like stuff
Sad news, it is a very good show. Every intelligent show I like seems to get cancelled and all the dumb nonsense that I don’t watch gets renewed.
That seems to be the common theme on this website. I just wished the people who run TNT would read what everyone is posting, and it’s not just a handful of us either.
I can’t believe TNT is cancelling this wonderful show. I’m hooked on it. I don’t get it?!!!
I’m so upset, Perception and Rizzoli & Isles are the only shows I watch faithfully!!! I will will be very disappointed if another network doesn’t pick it up!
I love the whole cast of Perception!!!! It seems like the tv audiences don’t get enough time to anchor in to new shows any more. I like the line up of Rizzoli and Ilses on tuesdays and then Peception soon after. I am bored with New Girl and Mindy. No brainer, bordering on rank humor. And I don’t know how Coach showed up. I would rather watch TNT for Perception any day. What a great casting job on all involved. Sad to see the show go. Is there anything to safe the show??
This program does for mental illness, and specifically, schizophrenia, what Elementary does for addiction. It takes mental illness out of the shadows and places it in an admirable, highly intelligent and productive member of society. It doesn’t get real world edgier than that.
Please renew or go to another channel. I don’t like violent or reality
shows, just a well scripted story. Perception is a great show. I will probably no longer watch TNT when this show goes if this is going to be their new policy.
Perception is a good show and I don’t understand why good shows are the shows that get the ax. TNT wants something “edgy” – not all of us viewers need to go that way.
This series was one of the most interesting series TNT has had since leverage and I was extremely sorry to see leverage go my favorites on TNT were leverage perception Rizzoli and Isles and covert affairs and now half of them of been canceled it’s absolutely crazy they need to renew perception
I don’t think you can get much edgier than a person with such incredible mental delusions. The show is so unique in its portrayal of this kind of illness and mixes humor as well as excellent premises to showcase the quality of the show as well as the actors’ ability to make it come to life. ABC please seriously consider picking up this wonderful program.
I really enjoyed Perception. It reminded us all to use our minds and not assume that those with mental illness are all lost. I enjoy the pace of the show, the actors and the plots. As murder mysteries go I often said “I didn’t see that one coming”. Hope it moves to another channel. All these reality (haha) series are a just that “a joke” and a harbor for mindlessness.
why do the shows that have substance get cancelled and those that are supposedly”edgier” get cancelled. Big mistake on the studios part. We love Perception. It makes one think!.
I liked the series it got me thinking. Go figure hahaha.
Is there any way of knowing if ABC Studios tried to find another home for Perception? Is there a name at ABC Studios we can write to for information?
Yes Mel. I suggested that we cut and paste all of these requests to not cancel the show. We have at least 400 comments about how much we love the show and how are hoping another station picks it up. If we work together maybe we can make it happen!!
Gann, perhaps copy and paste all the comments as well as an online petition.
I have posted this website address on Twitter a few times. I don’t know if anyone has done it on Facebook, but if anyone can (http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/perception-tv-show-cancelled-by-tnt-no-season-four-34708/) we might get more people to respond.