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?
Perception cannot be enjoyed by dimwits, yahoos or anyone who thinks Honey Boo Boo or Two Broke Girls is as good as television gets. I realize everything is based on revenue, but when something exceptional comes along, couldn’t an exception be made?
I loved the show. The actors were terrific and the content was great. It really made you think & it was an excellent glimpse into a character who was above average in intelligence but still had problems coping with mental illness. I also hope that another channel will pick up this show & give it the support it needs.
Geeze, another good show gone. Can’t any one of the networks at least keep one cerebral, intellegent, witty, cleaver, funny, no bloody-gore-sex type show???? Perception was a nice, pleasant and entertaining show that I am sad to see cancelled. Again, one of the few shows that made you THINK and possibly learn more about human behavior and poof! it’s cut off. Please, someone, pick up this show so it can continue!!!
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I like the show and it is one I can watch with my grandchildren, not explicit sex and violence. Seems like the good shows get canceled.
Please put it on somewhere. All intelligent shows are cancelled and replaced with crap. Please find a network for this show
Yes both my wife and I really enjoyed this show. We were deeply disappointed to find out it had been canceled. I sincerely hope ABC finds a home for and renews this series.
I like this show. More thoughtful. Warm characters, which I like. I want shows with interest and nuance, not violence. Solving everything with violence is immature, past time to get beyond this childishness of fighting and bullies on the schoolgrounds!
If this show was on another channel, I would search for it, to watch it.
Great show. Please either resurrect or find it a new channel.
Great show. Great stoty line. Wonderful actors. Dont cancel
PPPlease!!!!
Love love the show don’t cancel it…
Great show, great story line. Love the cast. Please let it continue; don’t cancel it!
They cancel one of the three best dramas on tv, and give us the intellectually stimulating Bang theory and reruns of castle or heaven forbid life with the kardashians.
Great show…..do not cancel!!!!!
Intelligent, thought provoking, cleaver…much rather watch MMA blood and screaming half wit audience…NOT! I “perceive” this to be good programming. Please let it continue.
Please do not cancel it is a really good show why do we not get a vote i was so looking to watching another great show please put it on different channel we finally get really good shows and they take them away and put a really trashy stupid reality show that probably costs more to make and reality shows make me want to scream we have enough rich people behaving badly.
please let it stay on.