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.
This show is great! I love it. Please bring it back this year & next!
I love Stalker, please do not cancel.
Stalker is my favourite NEW show. I looked forward to Wednesdays for Criminal Minds, followed by Stalker. I loved all the characters, and the story line. I am very disappointed to hear that it may be the end of this show, and to be replaced by yet another CSI. I tried to watch the CSI Cyber, but after about 10 minutes I was bored and turned the TV off. It was of no interest to me. From the first 5 minutes of Stalker I was hooked, and to leave it without giving it a real chance is disappointing.
Can’t believe they would keep Scorpions and another tired CSI and let Stalker go. Love this show.. Not just another cop show. Great cast.. My husband and I both love ut. So tired of loving shows and having them gone.. Ridiculous. Half the time networks don’t do a good enough job promoting them.. Keep this show.
Please keep stalker on. It’s a good show and I’ll go crazy if I don’t find out what happens in the end.
I love stalker. Please keep it on, it was starting to really get good.
What a great lead in from Criminal Minds, Stalker. I can’t believe it has low ratings. Great show and great cast.
Come on Les, renew it and also bring back “Cold Case and This is Your Life”
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I loved stalker and looked forward to it every week. I am a big fan of both Maggie Q and Dylan McDermott. Please bring Stalker back!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring this show back, i love it
We love the Stalker….please renew!!!!!
I love Stalker. This is a great show. It is awesome. They have cancelled to many good shows like CSI Miami n CSI New York. Keep the show on please.
Hope CBS doesn’t cancel Stalker. One of the best new shows on TV Yes, it started out iffy; but, man it’s improved greatly. Hope the big wigs at CBS at least gives it a chance. Unlikely; but, one can hope.
Love it. Love the covers at the end. Please bring back.
I absolutely love this show and thing it is a great eye opener as to what really happens in life and also what we can do to protect ourselves. I can’t wait for the next episode every week and I am very disappointed it may be cancelled. Get rid of other shows that hold no meaning at all like Bad Judge. I couldn’t even get through one episode
We watch Stalker and are fans of the show. Please don’t cancel it!