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.
Bring it back!! I love Stalker!! It’s a great show!! Cancel scorpion or madam secretary!!
We love Stalker! Looked forward to it coming on every week… Was an exciting new show that was actually unpredictable which was exciting in itself. Please DO NOT CANCEL this show!!!
I LOVE Stalker!!!!!!!!!
Please don’t cancel Stalker!! It was the best show on TV! Couldn’t wait to watch it every week!
Please DO NOT cancel Stalker….one of the best shows on TV. Very intense and exciting to watch!!!!
I enjoy this show and hope it doesn’t get cancelled. It gets confusing when times and days of week the shows get moved to.
Please don’t cancel, I love this show and look forward to it:) There is a lot of crime shows and we definitely don’t need another CSI show..
Renew it please.
I really enjoyed the show; i am looking foward to the remaining episode of the first season following a second one. Also is nice seeing Maggie Q in another TV series (:
I think Stalker is an excellent drama for late at 10:00 pm. I cannot understand what the networks think when planning some of the new dramas. I think NCIS New Orleans is not one of my favorites and some of the comedies are awful on CBS. I will miss stalker.
Yes bring stalker back.one of my favorite new shows.please at least finish the story line 4 the people that have been loyal follows.
Don’t cancel I love it ,
Please don’t cancel!!! Will be highly disappointed. Well-written and exciting show to watch!
Please don’t cancel Stalker. It’s a great show. My husband and I are hooked. The cast is great. It’s frustrating every time you come up with a show we like you cancel it. Ratings would be better if you would quit changing the time it comes on.
Don’t cancel stalker its a great show