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 liked my criminals and stalkers just fine on Wednesday evenings
Do not cancel I love this show
Please do not cancel! I love this show!
Please do not cancel this show. The actors are quite good and convincing and the plots are great. This is a better show than the replacement–csi cyber–in my view.
Bring it back!!! CSI Cyber is crap and a reboot of all the same old story lines. Stalker is much more original and suspenseful.
please DO NOT cancel this show. It is riveting with a great cast.
Over 6 million viewers, is hardly a shortage. And why in the world would you cancel the show so close to the end of the season? The viewers would like to know what happens after the cop got shot. At least finish the season. It’s an awesome show!
Please continue it!!! My husband and I have watched every episode from the beginning. We love it!!
please keep show
Please do not cancel. It is a great series!
Do NOT cancel. But at least show us the last 3 episodes of the season for goodness sake!! you can’t just NOT show us those episodes. Not only is not fair to the cast and crew for wasting their time but its completely unfair to US fans! ugh.
I really like the actors in this program. I watched it once and got hooked. Been watching it since then and trying to find when it comes on again. I have it programed to record and nothing has come up lately. Please return it so I can continue to watch it.
I hate that they took Stalker off & put CSI syber on instead. Stalker was a much better show & I miss it on Wednesday nights, don’t take off another great show because of the ratings!!!
I love this show. PLEASE do not cancel!!!!!!
Love it!!!!!