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 love Stalker, it has to be renewed! I agree with fellow posters, that if Wednesday is too competitive, maybe it should be moved up to another day. On Wednesday, the people at home have their standart shows to watch, many of them don’t even go to another channel to see whats on. If they would, they’d see that this is indeed a really good show that deserves to be on the air far longer than just one season. The show is different from other shows, besides that it shows these scary scenes, that might happen to some people, that… Read more »
please renew. something decent finally.
Hiii plz don’t cancel it best show better than csi cyber and madam secretary and other shows
I was hoping that you hadn’t canceled Stalkers Give it a chance. At least finish out the story. I hate it when shows are canceled, especially when they don’t finish out the story they started. Will they catch the stalker or will he kill the boss of the stalking team.
Please finish the story then decide.
I totally agree. I hate it when shows leave you wondering what would of happend
I love Stalker, it’s exciting and holds my attention. Not very many shows out there anymore that are this interesting. Please, please don’t cancel. Television is so boring these days, please keep this one good show.
So do I, and I really miss it. CSI Cyber is okay, but if I had a choice between the two, it would be stalker.
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW ESPECIALLY THE WAY IT ENDED WITH THE LATEST EPISODE IT GRABS MY ATTENTION AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NO SHOWS DO THAT ANYMORE
Me, my husband and 13 year old granddaughter, love this show. We always look forward to our Wednesday night of a little comdey and drama. Please bring this show back, do not cancel it. We really like Stalker.
I love this show. But it’s hard to compete with shows like Chicago PD on Wednesday nights at 10pm. Please give it another chance. The cast is great and the stories are very interesting.
My boyfriend and I love this show. Can’t wait to watch it every week. I am soooo sick of the CSI shows. I love the original CSI and have watched Miami and New York, but really how many can there be. Stalker had us going week to week, and honestly the time slot maybe some of the trouble. We also love Elementary, but 5 am comes fast and 10 pm is often not prime time for us. We manage to make it up, most of the time, at least one of us. We love stalker, and it just had us… Read more »
My wife and I love this show. We are totally dispointed about you guys canceling the show. We love the show and want it back. Please thank you
I LOVE this show! Please don’t take this off the air!
I like this show. I has good complex story lines and the cast has gelled together as a good cohesive unit-like Criminal Minds. If cbs has to cancel one of its new shows I vote for Battle Creek. It is dull and has lacks any chemistry between its actors. Move Stalker to Sunday if Wed. is too competitive, but give Stalker another season to prove itself!
Please renew Stalker it is way too good to be canceled
Stalker is a great program and I look forward to it all week. CSI Cyber has nothing on Stalker. I can’t even watch the whole program it’s so dull. Please show the last 3 Stalker episodes!!! And then bring it back!!!
I agree 100%.
I absolutely love this show!! I look forward to watching it every week. I really will be disappointed if Stalker gets cancelled:( It is truly a thriller!!!
I’m really confused. Shows like two broke girls is renewed. That show is painful to watch. The acting is horendous. Scorpion is another one. If ratings were better it was because there was nothing else on. I really liked stalker
I love the show Stalker. Better than some of the crap that’s on TV. Left us hanging can’t wait to see what happens.
Love stalker why would cbs leave us hanging? What happens with Beth?