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?
I loved to watch POI and am very sorry to see it canceled. Sherlock is boring and impossible to understand.
I like them both!!!
The computer was re-booting in the end. If we make enough noise, perhaps CBS will change its mind!
How can we convince cbs to return POI
I am so hurt. I don’t even know the other series that replaced POI. This story was my bible. Best story line ever. Best characters. Can some rich someone fund this series please.
I watched P of I religiously,(still do in reruns).Would LOVE to see it return. Have never seen a full episode of Elementary.Tried but, just doesn’t grab my interest….at all.
Have been watching Person of Interest since the beginning, always keep your interest, and look forward to the next episode. Love too see it come back.
Something is very fishy here. How would any broadcaster sign a deal to air a show earning no revenue from it? I can understand if the broadcaster was new and this was a loss leader to get noticed, but this is CBS. There’s something else going on that we’ll probably never know, but it is very disappointing, this show is one of the best show’s I ever watched. I still can’t believe NCIS is on the air, let alone a lot of the other junk on TV. Anyways, my favorites include Colombo, Millennium (Chris Carter / James Wong/ Glen Morgan),… Read more »
Did you just ask why NCIS is still on air? Its the most watched TV Series on air. It has the most total viewers in the whole of Tv for a scripted show. And you’re asking why its still on air. You are funny sis.
I dont gey why people are complaining. Its been explained already that it was a financial decision. People are asking why does it all have to be about money. well i’ll say when you become the head of a network, u’ll understand. No matter how crap a show is, if its bringing in huge money, u always wanna leave it on air. So even doe elementary has poor ratings, it still gets to stay because of the financial gain. Its a business world so yes its about money. If they aren’t getting any profit from a show as dey should,… Read more »
This show was the most intelligent and intuitive show on TV, what is wrong with CBS that they can’t see this??? The popularity and out cry of fans should have SUNK IN! PLEASE BRING BACK “PERSON OF INTEREST”… The BEST SHOW ON TV!!!
BRING IT BACK!!! Person of Interest has a HUGE FOLLOWING!!!
is there any way to renew this show plz do, it is awesome show that i ever seen in my life.
AGREE!
It still haunts me that this show was cancelled. As a single working mom, it was my special place to go to when i got home from work, it was my time. I loved this show so much! It was captivating and the acting was superb! This show was intelligently different and welcoming. Now when i get home from work my evenings are not the same without Team Machine..
While CBS has it’s reasons and money was the one here, I personally think it was a bad decision. I have watched both shows and Person of interest is exponentially better. The complexity of the show and the characters may have been a problem for some people. People today seem to like short and sweet more so than complex. People think they are getting smarter but in fact the opposite may be true. As for the executives that made his decision..I don’t know. I only like a couple of there shows myself “The Big Bang Theory” and “Person of interest”… Read more »
This is crazy! It’s an amazing show! You guys need to bring it back! One of the best show in a while!
Person Of Interest was the most different, smart and enjoyable new tv show ever. I would love if the producers of the show can make the show to come back with the same actors, finding the way to have saved Mr Reese , like someone from other building saw him he was getting attacked and went to help him and saved him, so he can find Finch, Shaw, Root, and Fusco and continue to help people.
I will watch the show only with the original cast it won’t be the same with other actors.
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I love the show !!! They need to put it back on !!! Can’t we get a position or something to get it back on?
Great show and will be missed. I got the premise from the start. The quality of the writing and acting is better than most movies. In ireland we were a season behind every year. I used to read the screen play from wiki of interest each week and was still entralled when i got to see the programs. The reading shows the quality of the writing and the viewing the quality of acting. There is no show on tv with the science fiction basis which grabs my interest as an engineer. Poi is the star trek of its time. Teaching… Read more »
My husband and I loved this show can’t believe it was cancelled please would some other station pick this up