CBS is no longer interested in Person of Interest. Deadline reports the series has been cancelled after five seasons.
Person of Interest stars Jim Caviezel as a former CIA agent who teams up with a billionaire genius (Michael Emerson) to prevent crime.
The cancellation isn’t new news. Though the series was renewed for a 13-episode fifth season last year, Person of Interest has been rumored to be coming to an end for awhile.
Ratings have declined for the series in recent years, and last season, the show took a dip when it moved nights. This winter, series producer J.J. Abrams even said the fifth season would probably be the show’s last.
From series creator Jonah Nolan and executive producer Greg Plageman, in a press statement:
We’re extremely excited to be able share this final season with the fans. We’re eternally grateful to our amazing cast and crew, as well as our partners at the studio and network. Most of all, we want to thank the show’s fans — the best fans in the world. This subversive little paranoia-inducing cyberpunk-thriller is for you and would not have been possible without your support. As life has come to imitate Person of Interest, it’s been our great privilege to work on the show for the past five seasons. We can’t wait for you to experience this thrilling and final chapter.”
The fifth and final season of Person of Interest premieres on May 3rd on CBS.
What do you think? Are you a fan of Person of Interest? Do you think it should’ve been cancelled or renewed for a sixth season?
CANT BELIEVE THAT ITS NOT COMING BACK I LOVED LOVED THAT SHOW AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT COMING BACK ITS A VERY GOOD SHOW NETWORKS NEED TO QUIT PUTTING ON GARBAGE AND LEAVE THE GOOD SHOWS ON TV IT WAS A GREAT SHOW
It’s too bad that this will be the end of Person of Interest. It is an intelligent, well written show and certainly gets us thinking about the ramifications of surveillance and AI
I am disappointed, but not really surprised. It seems to me that CBS lost interest in the show LAST YEAR, so I’m just glad there will apparently be some closure,
Deadline.com says season 6 will start May 3rd so I’m guessing we’ll get to see however many eps have been filmed already. I hope they get Shaw back at least so she and Root can have their happy ending.
There is no season 6. Please read the article above: “The fifth and final season of Person of Interest premieres on May 3rd on CBS.” There will be 13 episodes and then it’s done.
I love Person of Interest, but they did get off track and too complicated for most people who want pure entertainment and don’t want to think. I think they need to get back to their roots, no pun intended, and move it to a time slot that is not hotly contended so that it can regain a base following.
I hate that Person of Interest has been cancelled. It was a terrific show. I really LOVE JIM CAVIEZEL & I think that he would be FABULOUS on WAYWARD PINES. I think he would be perfect for WAYWARD PINES!! Just an idea….???
This is one of the best shows ever to be on tv. It’s a shame that it is ending. I feel someone lacks vision to allow this to happen,
As much as it saddens me to see POI end, I am grateful that there will be closure. They need to include all the previous stars, in one capacity or another, to make the final season spectacular! Thanks POI for the best entertainment that I could ever imagine, you will be missed!!!
Hadn’t they already filmed some eps of season 6?
No.
CBS did the right thing to end POI after five seasons. Can’t wait to see how it will end in the final 13 episodes.
I am a fan of Jim Caviezel and I started watching Person of Interest because of him. I was very surprised how much I came to love the show,
and all the other characters. The cast is truly amazing and gifted.
It is very rare for a show to have action, humor and humanity.
Person of Interest is a show about heroes and doing what is right
for your fellow man and woman and children of course- a message
that the youth need to see. I only hope that another station picks up
Person of Interest- like WGN?
Jim was THE reason I continued watching the show 😉
I started watching because of Michael Emerson. I was a big “Lost” fan. While I like JC in Count of “Monte Cristo”, I really didn’t know too much of his other work. This is my favorite show. However, I am in the minority. Kevin Chapman’s portrayal of Lionel Fusco and the character growth done by the writers make him my favorite, if I had to choose. Great ensemble cast. Wouldn’t change a thing, except to make this show last as long as “Gunsmoke”!!!!
Jim C was great in the movie Passion of the Crist and the others in movies and TV shows. Awesome cast!!!
I think another network (cable) will renew it for a couple more seasons. Other shows have done it, POI will gt picked up too!
Say It Isn’t So I have been waiting for a long time to see Person of Interest come back on I love the show I’ve watched every episode at least three times and I’m really unhappy that they’re not going to wrap it up and make things turn out good makes me really cross wish they would reconsider
Please try to keep POI on the air!! I always look forward to each episode. It would be great if another network would pick it up. There are so many foolish shows on the air ,but this one is a true gem.
What a disappointment! POI is one of the very best shows on tv; the cast is phenomenal and if Netflix or another channel picks this up, I will surely subscribe to that channel!
You and me both. CBS is full of crap, once NCIS and Hawaii Five-0 end; that’s CBS gone as far as i’m concerned.
I agree and ABC included as well, both of them have gone too far.
CBS is full of ****; renewed all the crap shows. Hopefully Netflix or NBC pick POI up for more seasons.
POI is doing poorly in its syndicated run on WGN America. There’s no chance that another outlet will pick up a 6th season. There simply aren’t enough viewers of the show.
There’s more than on most of the new, crappy, shows which have been renewed, just not in the specific demographic they want.
Specific demographics are what pay the bills at CBS and every other network. Getting angry and yelling about “crappy shows” you don’t like won’t change the fact that POI is done. It got 103 episodes which is very good in this day and age. Why can’t you be happy with that? Most shows don’t get close to 100 episodes any more.
Really, that is what TV was about. Twenty or so episodes a season. Season 5 still owes us a few more. Keep POI
A brilliant show like POI gets cancelled yet garbage like two broke girls get renewed. If that reflects the ratings, I weep for the future of America!
I agree with you completely!