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?
Everyone I know wants it back on, change studio do whatever you need to do, it was kind of left open to the possibility of the machine coming back and Shaw being the new Harry so let’s get on with it already!! And kudos to Jeanne Sullivan, she’s absolutely right, you wonder what’s going so wrong with upcoming generation, we’ll look at the crap you feed them through TV!
Person of Interest was a great show with a great premise. Does everything always have to come down to money ? Elementary is a good show too but not as good . Why does no one care about the fans ? Why must we be deluged with mindless reality shows ? Soon there will be no point in owning a TV
Elementary is not a terrible show, in my opinion. But to renew it over POI clearly shows that it doesn’t matter what the public wants. I only discovered POI last year and it quickly became my favorite show. I’d love to see it come back, but given the ending I don’t know how it could be done well. No Mr. Reese? No Root? Then again, the writers were brilliant so I’d love to see them try. Netflix, are you listening? By the way, Mr. Moonves, all due respect, but you couldn’t renegotiate the contract with Warner to bring this great… Read more »
I didn’t become a fan of POI until about Season 3. However, the show quickly became one of my favorites. I thought there was more story to tell, but the series producers and writers did a fantastic job of ending it.
Warner Bros. greed have gotten their own show canceled. They lost in the long run. This is why horrible shows like Elementary get to stay on the air and good ones like POI get cancelled all the time. These are the brilliant people running TV companies nowadays and we have no choice but to choose from mediocre shows. They only care about money not quality.
person of interest was well written and challenging to watch. I was hoping that another network would pick it up
This is why Made for Netflix series are taking people away from network tv.
Maybe Warner Bros. should pitch Person of Interest to another network that appreciates an intelligently written, well acted show. I believe that, in light of the evolving state of surveillance, the series still had more stories to explore. It’s sad that CBS didn’t give it a chance to do so.
This is the best show on tv. I am so sad that cbs has made this terrible decision.
So basically CBS couldn’t come up with the original programming for the series and didn’t want the studio that did come up with the idea to reap any profits. Strange.
Yes, I just got interested
best show ever. Can’t believe it was cancelled and elementary was renewed. I couldn’t make it through one episode of elementary. The good shows always seem to get cancelled.
Easily the best show on CBS. Please renew it and be a winner!
It should have easily been renewed compared to all of the other crap that is currently on CBS. This show was by far the best.
Yes. It breaks my heart it is over. Please renew…