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?
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Not much on television is worth watching. But, I LIKE THIS SHOW. Have trouble finding it and unfortunately the name is forgetable. I just happened to click on it on my tv guide channel and realized this is the show NBC managed to misplace. I don’t understand why so many stupid and downright mindless shows are on but good shows are tossed or misdirected so badly you don’t want to watch them anymore. I HATE shows that disappear with no real ending ex. Kyle XY or that have a lame doesn’t make sense ending. I NEED TO SEE THIS TO… Read more »
I love this show it has serious potential and I have no freaking clue what is going on and that just screams “GOOD MYSTERY” so Keep the show before you can it and advertise more I haven’t seen one damn thing about it anywhere, is the show a secret? if you want a show to survive,,,,,, advertise. Invest in your tv shows rather than canning them in seconds. Seinfeld had horrible viewer ratings for YEARS and then it became one of the greatest tv shows on television HELLO.
This show is absolute garbage. I’m only watching it to see how much worse the writing gets.
Put a bullet in this horse while it’s on the track. It’s not going to make it to the finish line.
DON’T CANCEL THE SHOW!!!!!
this is a really insightful series. my only trouble is locating it. keep this , please
I loved the show and can’t find it on anymore or any where. what is going on?
We really like the show – it was a slow starter while they were setting the base story for the show, but as of the end of the 4th show it’s getting pretty good. This is not a show that you can easily jump into mid-season! Let hulu.com have rights to play all episodes to get viewers caught up on the story! DO SOME ADVERTISING OF THE SHOW OR PUT REPEATS ON TO LET NEW VIEWERS CATCH UP. PLEASE DON’T PULL THE SHOW MID WAY THROUGH THE SEASON!!!
keep it on we need to have moore season of it it’s a great show so please keep it on or give it to scif channel. so it can stay on i like the show it’s first of it’s kind so please keep it on ok . Lisa
please keep the show running!
Keep it, but adverise it ! I lost when it was on, how can you get ratings if you can’t locate the show?
Please keep the show running. I need to know what happens at the end!
NBC’s mental giants are responsible for the following decisions: 1. With the Law and Order brand, they let the original CI cast go. I like the new cast (always have enjoyed Goldblum and enjoyed the female lead when she was playing the role of ex hooker, now attorney on Boston Legal), but could they not have kept both casts and alternated? On SVU, they work Hargitay and Meloni to death while having reduced IceT ( a truly sexy individual) and Belzer to virtual window dressing. They completely dumped the original L and O just as people got to know the… Read more »
I started watching this show from the pilot–then all of a sudden it is not on—it is moved and no info on how to find it. I think that the inmates are running the asylum at NBC!!
Great show! Do not cancel like so many other good shows are – keep it going!
Keep it the show great. One of the few shows I recorded