It always comes down to money. CBS boss Les Moonves recently explained why the network cancelled Person of Interest and renewed Elementary, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
The fifth and final series of Person of Interest premiered earlier this month. Meanwhile, CBS renewed Elementary for a fifth season back in March.
At a recent New York conference, Moonves said part of the reason for Person of Interest‘s cancellation was financial. Warner Bros. was the producing studio for the drama, and CBS didn’t make a profit “because Warner Bros got all that additional revenue.”
On the other hand, CBS owns Elementary and made a “profit of $80 million last year,” according to Moonves.
What do you think? Did you watch Person of Interest? Do you think it should’ve been renewed?
Loved the show so upset it cancelec
Excellent entertaining series, left with regret that the Machine, on the verge of expanding it’s assets, and the possibility of an expanded story, is committed to the studio floor.
I subscribe to Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, and now CBS to follow POI
yes it was one of the best series that I seen in a long time
P O I. -SHOULD have been renued. To good to cancil
This is easily the best show on the air. Writing, acting and well done scripts leave me amazed every week. I wonder how many viewers see the parallels between Samaritan and the rise of Nazi Germany.
Person of interest is and has been the best show on tv – Apple TV for years
Please don’t cancel it
It’s an amazing show and the actors are grand too
Please reconsider
Thanknyou for your time
Cyndi S
It is about making money , not good shows. they said so in the statement.
Cbs owns elementary. WB owns POI
Why are you cancelling it? Did the show not get enough support? All comments over the internet indicate good support for the show. Obviously you could not care less of the opinions of the audience. Who do you run this show for, anyway?
they dont care about all the viewers, just the nielsen viewers.
all ratings are estimated from them.
This is why network tv is losing their viewers more each year.
poi should have been on cable.
I am losing interest in network tv, the better shows are on cable,
and they usually are better shows than network shows.
I have Loved Person of Interest from the beginning. LES don’t you make enough money with Big Brother and The Talk to let us have something we enjoy and takes a brain to watch? I used to watch Elementary but it became very different after a couple of years and I didn’t watch last season and wont start again.. please bring back POI.
We enjoyed POI…one of the few programs we watch…More reading, less TV I guess. I loath reality shows and never watched Elementary more than once or twice.
POI was, next to Black List the best of tv shows that I have ever seen. I dont doubt it will be replaced by some crappy reality show. the net-works never seem to realize what is really good and what is a waist of air time
Poi is the very best series -great acting, dialog, and fantastic storylines. Have not watched TV in years, gave up on the bad taste, agenda-driven shows, but poi is and will be my only exception. Also hope Netflix has enough business savvy to keep this show going-know I would certainly follow! Since the kept messing around with air time, no wonder ratings were lower because those I have talked into watching poi LOVED it!
Every time I enjoy a show it always seems to get canceled… so frustrating
Had great characters and story lines. They worked well together. Real mistake to not find a way to make it profitable.
Well CBS all I can say is that you have all totally lost your ever loving mines.To hell with Warner bros. find another way to keep it on
Loved the show. The ones I like, they seem to cancel. Must be me.