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.
Oh no! This show is very good! Keeps you on the edge of your seat. Please renew it. Thanks!
Please bring stalker back for a 2nd season! !! My husband & I love the show*******
They should at least show us the remaining off the season please and thanks
Pleaae bring stalker back to the network better the CSI cyper
Please do not cancel Stalker. Give it more of a chance. I hope they air the last eposides instead of leaving the audience hanging.
Please don’t cancel Stalker! I love this show, very suspenseful, love it, love it, love it!!!!!!!
R u ******* kidding me. Your leaving all the ncis shows on air and canceling stalker? Holy **** !!!! Those others shows really suck ….. I think when people turn on the ncis shows they hate it so much they leave in such a hurry they done turn there ******* tv’s off. That’s the only way they could get any ratings.
So please for the love of ******* satain do not cancel stalker
Do not cancel!!
Please renew it. One of the few new shows that had potential, not to mention a realistic plot. Stalking is such a huge problem.
Do not cancel stalker. I think you would be making a mistake. Change the night it is aired. Saturday would be good Try it
Stalker was one of the few shows I liked. Please don’t cancel.
Don’t leave us hanging! I loved the show and I at least want to see the whole season. Come On!
I love CAN New show Stalker. Please CBS don’t cancel. Best New show this season. I like better then the new CSI cyber unit show. Try different time slot. Give it another shot.
I love the Stalker show I hope its not cancelled.
You can’t cancel Stalker. Maybe move it to another time slot. It was not aired at the best time. I love the show.