Last season, Person of Interest moved to Tuesday nights and lost Taraji P. Henson. The show also lost a lot in the ratings. Will the numbers continue to fall or will they rise with a new lead-in? Is it essentially guaranteed to be renewed for a fifth season by CBS (because of syndication) or, could it be cancelled? Stay tuned.
On Person of Interest, a presumed dead former-CIA agent (Jim Caviezel) and a mysterious billionaire (Michael Emerson) work together to prevent violent crimes in New York City. The rest of the cast includes Kevin Chapman, Sarah Shahi, and Amy Acker.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/11 update: Person of Interest has been renewed for a fifth season on CBS. Will it be the end?
Final season averages: 1.53 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.42 million total viewers.
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Due to a Nielsen glitch, some of the early ratings of the 2014-15 season were revised a few weeks later.
For comparisons: The third season of Person of Interest averaged a 2.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 11.83 million total viewers.
Note: Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you still like the Person of Interest TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or be renewed for a fifth season?
Please Please don’t cancel. At LEAST not leaving it with a cliffhanger like that. The show deserves at least a 6 ep. resolution season! BUT preferably a 2 more seasons (or more) It’s a great show
Let it go! Everyone is right, the ratings for the season finale were the lowest ratings ever for Person of Interest 1.1 (18-49) and 8.18 million total viewers BUT it will return for a fifth season. I would just remind fans of the show that is a ratings website so the negative comments can provide some insight into why the numbers have fallen this season from a 1.8 for the season opener to a 1.1 for the season finale.
Enjoy the show. It is the only show I make sure I do see each week. Considering what is going on in the world, it makes you think. Curious they got rid of 3 continuing characters in the season finale. I disagree that this season was too slow. I think season 2 started slower. They only thing that kept me watching were the clues toward the end of the show into the past of the characters – finding new puzzle pieces. Would love to see where they take this program.
Please renew it for a season 5. The finale was very good and left a lot of questions in the air, or I must say in the grid. I really like this series.
It was the most epic ending till yet and it should definitely be taken on for another season.
I don’t understand why more people are watching it. They are missing on something special.
Please don’t cancel!!
1.1 rating! it has steadily declined since late last year. 1.1!
season 4 final epic video
By far one of the best shows on television! Smart writing, suspendful and great acting! Thank you for giving us something to look forward to.
I really find a person of interest to be excellent
Please renew person of interest
I hope that the show is renewed. I agree that Season 4 started off really slow and for a while I was almost put off and felt it had lost it’s way….but I’m really glad I stuck with it as the final few weeks of the season have been building up to a brilliant finale for the season end. IF it comes back for a fifth season, I would like to see the ‘machine’ become much more compact and mobile (stop with the public phone boxes!)……it’s not impossible as it’s core is now in a briefcase using Calebs compression algorythm.… Read more »
Love show..Don’t cancel
Ratings don’t lie. And exec don’t see the emotional responses in this forum.
1.10 rating this week. What could i say but it’s not good.
Please do not cancel !!!!
I would be extremely disappointed if CBS cancels Person of interest! It is absolutely fantastic.I wait the whole week and so does my husband just to view this thought provoking drama. It is too bad that CBS might not recognize the value of this show. I too would implore the writers to go back to the simplicity of the good versus evil that endeared so many to the uniqueness of this show. I have no idea what I will do if they decide to can this drama, but I do know one thing: I will be purchasing the four seasons… Read more »
I’m so glad to see I’m not the only one who feels that way, POI is one of the few shows i look forward to watching every week. I do miss the simplicity of the show’s first few seasons, but I’m hopeful that they can create some common ground between the seemingly apocalyptic Sci-fi and the day-to-day numbers, without having to sacrifice one entirely.
I agree I hope POI writers keep both story lines. The two AI’s at war and the human side of it.
Okay, when you were just posting as different people, it was whatever. But now you are replying to yourself as if you and you are multiple people? The avatar is the same dude. C’mon.
Wow a series low in demo and viewership!!!!!! CSI Cyber did even better on Tuesdays (that is the real shocker to me) What happened to this – once – great show? Ah yes, they killed Carter, Shahi got pregnant, the core characters were no longer important…it’s all about A.I…..not to mention that many of the former writers left the show after Season 3. Welcome to POI 2015 a shadow of what it used to be. The series/season finale was boring and cheesy “Father”?, are you kidding me? That was even worse than Finch landing this plane in 4C. The ending… Read more »