The peacock network recently premiered a new mystery series for the summer called Persons Unknown. Will the series last? Will viewers get answers to their questions or be left hanging?
Persons Unknown revolves around a group of strangers who wake up in a strange hotel and find that they’re in a ghost town and unable to leave. They see security cameras observing them and their unknown captors create mistrust among the group by offering freedom if they hurt the others. The cast includes Chadwick Boseman, Lee Purcell, Jason Wiles, Andy Greenfield, Daisy Betts, Tina Holmes, Alan Ruck, Kate Lang Johnson, Sean O’Bryan, and Gerald Kyd.
The NBC mystery series debuted on June 7th to very disappointing ratings. The premiere attracted a poor 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic and just 4.38 million viewers. That represents a distant third place for the timeslot and is an even worse performance than last year’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!.
In week two, the numbers dropped to a 1.2 rating and 3.52 total viewers. Episode three’s ratings dropped even further to a 1.0 in the demo and only 2.87 million viewers. How much lower can the numbers go?
The network is promoting Persons Unknown as a mini-series and say that all viewer questions will be answered by the end of the 13th episode. There have been talks that if the show is successful, it could return for a second season (like CBS’ Harper’s Island). The series was created with international buyers in mind so if it’s successful in other countries, year two could be forthcoming (ala The Listener). However, with ratings like these, NBC wouldn’t likely have an interest in buying it.
Actually, the peacock network could pull the show off the air before all of the current episodes have even aired. NBC has moved it up to 8pm for the next couple weeks, trying to attract a few more viewers. Hopefully, the network will let all 13 episodes air and allow faithful viewers to see the story reach its conclusion. At this point, a move to Saturday nights or forcing people to watch episodes online wouldn’t come as a surprise.
What do you think? Is Persons Unknown worth watching or would you just cancel it before all the episodes have aired?
Image courtesy NBC.
please bring this show back, i really enjoyed it. this is the only show i looked forward to watching after work… so please let their be another season
i vote yes too i love that show
Love It to bits…..PLease bring it back with a Season 2,….Pretty Plaese
let the people vote.i vote yes, on person unknow session 2. so does everyone eles bring back on. lot more people will watch u will see most people didnt know about the show .get the word out for people to watch it,.ur family,friends
Love it Love it……..bring it back for season 2. It must have been on at a bad time or something because I loved this more than Lost and I am Lost fan. It moved along faster than Lost. I am sick of all the reality shows. Give us some mystery and the actors were fabulous!!
This show definitely had me hypnotized though out it’s whole first season. Reruns should be once again play on cable so that new viewers can get a just chance on seeing how incredibly suspenseful, mysterious and dramatic Person’s Unknown truly is. I mean, honestly people, it kept me wanting to see more and more of it every week and enjoy, stressing and guessing on what could possibly go wrong on the next episode’s intents on escape. Not only that, it also brought out in me a strange sense of wanting to escape from that weird place even when I was… Read more »
I absolutly loved this show.. i just happend to run accross it on netflix and watched the entire seson in 2 days….it really would be such a shame to not make another seson and continue this pretty interesting story.
‘lost’ and ‘heros’ had low rating in the beginning and ended up beeing the most popular shows for howlong?
the casting is great, the acting so real and the storyline so intruiging, i want more!!!!
PLEASE let there be a second season!!!!! I watch tv all the time but very very few shows hold actually any real interest for me. I love odd confusing series like this one. I just really want to know more about it. I love that they ended it with them going to level 2 but I would “yet again” hate another tv network for setting up so many of us to be let down by them like usual if they ended it there. This series has so much potential and they need to keep it going. At the very least… Read more »
PLEASE let there be a second season!!!!! I watch tv all the time but very very few shows hold actually any real interest for me. I love odd confusing series like this one. I just really want to know more about it. I love that they ended it with them going to level 2 but I would “yet again” hate another tv network for setting up so many of us to be let down by them like usual if they ended it there. This series has so much potential and they need to keep it going. At the very least… Read more »
Myself and my husband loved the show. I want the show back. The way it ended it had real potentional to add another level to it, my husband is a writer as well as a graphic artist. Please bring back the show. Maybe it didn’t do well the the night it was on. Try a differnt night. Saturday night stinks for tv.
My gf and I loved the show! i dont know why it got bad ratings because we thought it was awesome
My wife and I love the show when will it be back so we can see more of them
I loved this show. I would love to see season 2..
Come on bring it back. Southland V Chuck and other shows were on chop block to and yet they are going strong. Give it another chance
I really hope there will be a second season. I think this would take off better than “Lost”