This season, CBS has moved Person of Interest to Tuesday nights. Will the ratings fall off as a result or will they grow because of a stronger lead-in? Let’s wait and see.
On Person of Interest, former CIA officer John Reese (Jim Caviezel) and billionaire Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) continue to work together to prevent violent crimes in the Big Apple. Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Sarah Shahi, and Amy Acker round out the cast.
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.
3/13 update: This show has been renewed for the 2014-15 season by CBS.
Final season averages: 2.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 11.83 million total viewers.
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For comparisons: The second season of Person of Interest averaged a 2.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 14.41 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 fourth season?
Ratings will improve if the show goes back to simpler plots. Who can keep Decima straight from Samaritan? And the soft spoken nut case who hears a machine in her head is a huge turn-off for me. Get rid of her, get rid of the “other” machine, and go back to what works. In my mind, that’s more Jim Caveziel and the dog, less Head Hearer.
Unfortunately, the enlarged egos of the writers, specifically Nolan and Plageman, will assure plot lines remain convoluted, complicated and so difficult to follow that any new viewer will be repulsed, just as former fans were. What a pity! This once engaging drama has morphed into a combination sci-fi cartoon/horror show.What boggles my mind is how CBS, Warner Brothers and all “powers that be” remain steadfast in their belief Person of Interest is the best thing since “The X-Files”. In actuality, it is the worst thing, and it keeps getting more unpalatable and unbelievable. Just watch those ratings continue to decline!… Read more »
I hope the writers read these comments. This show has the ability to be as good as 24 or even better. When 24 went off the air I was looking for something that would replace Jack Bauer and along came John Reese and Harold and yes I do like Shaw and I loved it. Season 1 and 2 were terrific. I worked in law enforcement and I knew at least two women who looked like Shaw and were just as tough. So her character is believable. One of the reasons that Season 1 and 2 were so good is that… Read more »
Your well expressed thoughts echo the sentiments of so many. It seems Person of Interest has chosen a path of no return, sadly, and cannot turn back from its ill fated journey. I mourn what was once an excellent offering and purposely choose to never look upon it again.
I love this show and don’t think it ‘jumped the shark’. I loved the Joss character and was saddened by her death BUT, I also hate ‘red shirt’ shows. More and more often now, main characters are being killed off and its so much better for it. Much more realistic. As for those people who can’t seem to follow single or multiple plot lines, no matter how convoluted, try paying more attention and stop watching brain killers like the Kardashians and Bachelor/Bachelorette and similar trash. In every show I love there are elements I don’t like or wished to play… Read more »
What exactly is your point? Whatever it is, the ratings for Person of Interest speak for themselves.
All the networks do that. one or two new episodes and then a hiatus of other programming and/or repeats for 3 or 4 weeks. and then change timeslots to boot. its infuriating. i think the people that are running the networks are all psychopaths that need to be instutionalized. maybe they ought to go out of business if that’s how they going to operate! they all seemed to start operating that way about 10 or 12 years ago and it only seems to be getting worse. they destroy good series the way operate. and the rest of their bs reality/competition… Read more »
It should be cancelled. It is no longer a show of interest to me and to many others I have talked to.
Joceline should never have pashed Reese. It was just so out of place for John Reese’s character. Because of this, it did lose it for a while, but thankfully it has regained most of its mojo now. I love the current events, with multiple major back stories and a second machine. Give it a chance people – it’s got some of the best and most original writing on television at the moment.
This puppy is circling the drain. Enjoy it while it lasts, cause it won’t be renewed next year.
Looks like people just come here to post nonsense and not even check the ratings. POI is CBS’s best performer at 10 PM (demo wise) and 8th most watched TV show in the world including Cable and reality shows. Yeah so much for a poor performance lol
First they demoted Joss, and then they killed her. Heaven forbid there are two women with a testosterone filled show. The two machines was plot overkill. I like Amy Acker, but communicating with the machine in her head? Why is this show being renewed?
Ratings for the April 1, 2014 episode of Person of Interest speak for themselves. Chicago Fire was a rerun. What has happened to this drama is tragic and the producers and writers are in denial if they do not understand that was once “must see television” is now something to be avoided. A really good show has morphed into a cross between a comic book and a cartoon, and even the treasured 18-49 demographic is not impressed. The “egos that men do”….meaning YOU, Jonah Nolan!
Love reese and finch& kevin chapman while I am diissappointed with This season And thr new changes. I am watcbing because I hope the writers and Producers who had agreat. Show. Realize. Their mistake and. Go back. To what the show was origanaly about.
i actually think this is a very good show, different than your bog standard programs which are all the same e.g. criminal minds, csi etc it just goes over the same things but in a different way at least person of interest is building up for a big ending, just because a character has been written off you really stop watching? that is pretty silly to be honest, your not seeing the overall picture/storyline, unless your brainwashed from watching the same sort of material. Personally i think this is a very good storyline.
Never watched any of these shows…lol…why is everyone guessing people who stopped POI because its getting ridiculous are watching those other shows…that really make no sense to me… Maybe people just stopped watching because the show sucks…plain and simple!! and yeah the bigger picture…the big ending…oh come on…poor Finchy ll be kidnapped once again and oh wow samaritan ll go online…WHAT A SHOCKER!!! Maybe they finally kill off Root, who maybe ll give her life for either Finch or the machine…. No this show has turned into a terrible cartoon and there is no way it ll make it into… Read more »
Oh boy…i still can’t believe how worse Person of Interest had become! I mean last year we had HR, a little bit Elias, Carter, FBI! This year those lame Vigilance guys, Decima and that old man Greer (nobody wants to see) and those two “hot chicks with guns” not to mention this Samaritan crap! Thank you Mr. Nolan for your arrogance and ruin this show forever! Oh by the way what happened to Reese? He isn’t hardly on the show anymore!! So relieved that i’m not watching anymore, because it breaks my heart to see how worse this show had… Read more »
Used to be one of my favorite shows, but looks like I’ll be deleting “Person of Interest” from the recording list as it continues to go downhill. As so many do these days, it was good for a few seasons then goes stupid.
Ms. Henson WANTED off the show. She only signed up for two to three years from the start, so there was no racist anything associated with killing off her character. It was HER decision. CBS did what she wanted so she could go back to her movie career. Without Carter the show has lost its focus as a modern day robin hood saga and has switched to the “second machine” story line, which sucks. Its too complicated and convoluted, so the plots have major holes. The holes re then filled in later episodes but have people trying to figure out… Read more »
Please do your research. Henson was informed by Jonah Nolan on February 14, 2013 that she was being written off the show. Nolan admitted in January of 2014 that Henson was fired to make room for his “catwoman” and this was a creative decision made by him. Henson said what she said to save face and to not burn bridges. If you read the interviews she gave in February of 2014, you will learn her true feelings about leaving the show. By the way, she will be the lead actress in a new TV show called “Empire.” If you seek… Read more »
Person of Interest has been renewed for a fourth season. CBS has enough faith in this program to allow it to continue in spite of declining ratings. It will be more than engrossing to continue to observe how this once inviting drama fares in the future, even though plot lines and character actions have become cloudy and muddled. Many fans stopped watching after the death of a primary cast member. New fans find it difficult to relate to the history of the show. Those who absolutlely hang on every word of dialogue are delighted. I remain aghast at the hubris… Read more »
I’m one of the many viewers who stopped watching after the killing of Carter and the shabby treatment of Taraji P. Henson.
what shabby treatment? She was told 9 months before that she will be killed off, more than enough time to find yourself a new gig.
As far as storytelling goes, its not like she was made a mole or a traitor and then killed. She died a hero’s death, watch what her character was when the show began and what she became. Great storytelling, not every death is a racist one. Get over it, watch it or don’t watch it but don’t spout nonsense that she was mistreated.
Who made you God. People can think what they want and I happen to disagree with everything you say. No one has to “get over” anything, unless you want to get over the fact that Person of Interest has become garbage.
Looks like there are about 6,000,000 (six million) viewers who stopped watching, for what ever reasons. I, personally, have reasons too numerous to elaborate upon, but the death of Joss Carter is at the top of my list. I hope ratings continue to decline and I stopped watching after EndGame. I will never watch anything associated with Nolan and Plageman again, and I avoid CBS programming.
What a great post!! I so agree!
I hate the way the show is on for a couple weeks then gone for 2-3 weeks. I love the show but network must not like it the way the shred the schedule. this will surly be the death of ‘Person Of Interes’t.