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.
I love the show and especially Dylan D. Networks need to give dramas time to gel and get people hooked
great show please keep it going
Please don’t cancel the show! Well at least finish this season!
Love the show and hope it gets renewed. My niece also watches it and since we are in different cities, we text during the show. We are huge Criminal Minds and Stalker fans!
please briNf back Stalker. Such a great show!
I saw Cyber tonight. It was so bad! Bring back Stalker please.
Please leave it on I love it
Please do not cancel this show!
I love this show! Please don’t leave us hanging! I want to know what happened to Beth.
Who rates these shows ?
A whole group of us get together to watch this show each week. We love it and are hooked. Please don’t cancel it!
Please don’t cancel this show!! It seems as though CBS doesn’t want to keep good shows on. Please, please don’t take this away, too. Why is the 18 – 49 demographic so important? We spend more than the average 18-49 year old makes.
I am very disappointed that this show is no longer on. It was beautifully crafted for suspense. One of the scariest shows out there and I loved it!
Love Stalker….
When you check ratings do you know if viewers are putting it on the D V R?
I also love Chicago PD big time competition…..Same time…can’t watch both…
Please advise when and if the last three episodes will be aired….
Thanks
Jack
i so agree with all of the other comments-PLEASE DON’T CANCEL THIS SHOW!
I never watched other drama’s in the evening-BUT, when this one came out, I made sure I taped it to never miss an episode. God forbid we eliminate one the CSI shows (they make a CSI for just about every city-enough already!) think about this… if you have this many people begging you to keep the show ongoing, and there has been many, that tells you that people are wanting to stay with your network. i’d have the exec’s rethink this one!
Don’t Cancel Stalker. I love that show