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.
Fantastic show. Please bring it back. It’s veryuunique and interesting not like the other usual crime shows. I thought this show was appealing and very interesting. Love the cast. Great show.
Great show!!!! Please do not cancel. I agree with previous post…..you need to give the show a chance to acquire its audience. I watch it each week on Demand; I do not know how weekly ratings factor Demand viewers…….but I hope those numbers are not being overlooked.
I think it’s a great show and given time, will become a huge hit. It just needs time to develop an audience. Its certainly better than those mundane reality shows like Survivor and Amazing Race.
Please. Bring it back
PLEASE DON’T CANCEL THE SHOW ” STALKER ” PLEASE GIVE IT SOME TIME TO GAIN VIEWERS IT DOESN’T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME THAT IT HAS BEEN AIRED WE LOVE THE SHOW STALKER WE WANT MORE OF IT WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO BETH WE WANT MORE I WANT MORE IT’S ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS AFTER LAW & ORDER SVU PLEASE DON’T CANCEL IT, THANK YOU!
Love the show…music can be kinda off but please don’t cancel.
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL…REALLY LIKE IT
Great t show. I looked forward to it each week
I love Stalker! Pls keep it on!! It is just as good as Scorpion or Madame Secretary and Battle Creek is awful!! Maybe put it in that slot! You have enough way too many reality shows! Stalker is just as good or better than cyber Csi
Stalker is the best show in CBS and should not be cancelled.
Please don’t cancel. Needs a little more time to develop it’s audience. Excellent show. Definitely not your run of the mill cop show.
I think the show is GREAT and would hate to see it be cancelled!!!!
This show is great! CSI Cyber sucks
Please don’t cancel Stalker. At least finish the last 3 episodes.
My wife and I think Stalker is terrific. We also find CSI Cyber to be poor.
WE love stalker please renew or at least let us know what happens
Bring it back we love it!
The show stalker is really good I don’t think you should cancel it I don’t have time to watch it when it’s on so I watch it on demand. You can’t end the show like that it’s not fair to all those people that watch it. Please don’t cancel it!!!!!!