Earlier this season, CBS renewed newbie shows Scorpion, Madam Secretary, and NCIS: New Orleans for another season each. The network’s other new drama, Stalker, was glaringly missing from that list of early renewals. Is it doomed? Will Stalker be renewed for a second season or will it be cancelled instead?
A cop thriller, Stalker follows the work of the LAPD’s Threat Assessment Unit, a team that investigates incidents of stalking. The TV show stars Dylan McDermott, Maggie Q, Victor Rasuk, and Mariana Klaveno.
The series debuted in October to a 2.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.07 million viewers. It wasn’t exactly an impressive start for the new series and the ratings dropped 10-14% in week two. That wasn’t too bad of a decline and CBS ended up giving Stalker some time (a “full season” order) to prove itself.
Unfortunately, the ratings have been dwindling downward for most of the season. Last week’s episode hit a new low with a 1.2 rating in the demo and 6.74 million viewers. CBS has no shortage of successful crime/legal series and numbers like those are too low for CBS. The network could bring it back for a second season but that seems highly unlikely.
Last week’s installment was Stalker’s 17th episode and CBS supposedly only ordered 20 of them for the season. It’s unclear if or when the remaining trio of episodes will be shown. Saturday night airings seem like a natural move at this point.
New series CSI: Cyber — starring recent Oscar-winner Patricia Arquette — takes over the Wednesdays at 10pm timeslot next week. It’s a natural fit for lead-in Criminal Minds since both revolve around FBI units.
But, what do you think? Should CBS cancel Stalker or renew it for another season? Would you change the show to try to attract a larger audience?
4/1 update: Stalker returns on May 4th. Details here.
My family and I love it….we don’t want to see it go away. Needs more time and better marketing. The show is great!
Please bring back “Stalker”!!!!!! It’s a terrific show and it needs more advertising.
wat the heck was that i was so interested (a bit scared) in this tv show i loved it and is better than law and order, and then all of a sudden CBS has to cancel it so not cool
The writing for this show is unique and mind bending. Mistake to cancel.
Do not cancel this show! It’s smart, exciting and very suspenseful! I look forward to it every week! Good acting and unique story lines! CBS, we do not need another csi or ncis! Enough already! Not all of your readers are senior citizens-yet!
My vote is to keep the Show !! I think it’s an excellent addition to the Crime Show lineup !!
My daughter and I spend ever Wednesday watching stalker, we taped every episode, I loved it, what the heck, every time a good show comes on you pull it 🙁 Bring it back!!!!!
One of my favorite shows…update if needed, but I liked it just as it was…move to another day of the week …maybe needed more advertising trailers…Many folks did not know about it, when I ask if they are watching, but I find it hard to believe they would change the channel after watching Criminal Minds!!
Please don’t cancel this show! This is my new favorite weekday crime drama. Started out slow and with too much drama focused on the dislike of new guy on the block character but now it’s great!
The Stalker is among the best shows on TV, I look forward to watching the show every week. This Cyber show in my opinion does not even come close to
The Stalker series. Criminal Minds is my very favorite show of all time and I feel
The Stalker is right up there with entertainment .
It is very foolish to take this show off the air..
One of my favorites- I’m no teenager yet it can raise the hairs on the back of my neck at times. Great acting, mostly good plots. Keep it on, give Stalker a chance.
My husband and I love the show. Please do not csncel. The story line is new and different. We don’t need another CSI.
Plz don’t cancel love the show! We all gather round and watch as a family. Not too many shows out there that my while family likes. Pleas give another chance
Please keep Stalker! We love this show. Definitely a keeper
Don’t cancel, love that show ! Watch it every week !
My husband a I loved watching Stalker on Wednesday nights. It was getting better and better. We never missed an episode and then suddenly it was gone. It didn’t even finish the story-line. It ended right in the middle. What was that all about?? The network has to
give new shows a chance. This show was definitely a keeper and CBS is making a mistake if they cancel it. The personal story-line of the detectives had a lot of potential to go in many different directions. It’s a perfect show to follow the great Criminal Minds. Bring it back!!!!