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.
Please DO NOT CANCEL this show!!! Everyone that I know LOVES it!! Who are they getting their ratings from? You’ve got to be kidding me!!!
I love the show!
Please don’t cancel this show!!!! A lot of people I know (me as well) LOVE IT!!!!!
Please DO NOT CANCEL it. I have recommended so many of my friends to watch it and now it stops which drives me crazy. Really wanna watch the rest of the show going.
Please do not cancel Stalker. I think it is very suspenseful.
please don’t cancel the show stalker, I really enjoy seeing the show it has me on the edge of my couch sometimes, I scream my children, and I we all love the show and the characters in the show. please do not cancel the show. if you must know the show is really good he has a lot of truth to it and it teaches us how we think and things we shouldn’t do, that one mistake can cost your life.
This is a great show. Cancel something else. Love the cast! Keeps you guessing!!
Love the show have been disappointed it has not been on lately
Please do not cancel Stalker! It’s an excellent show which has me hanging onto the edge of my seat, most of the time. Many shows take a full season before the “fickle” public make a real decision as to whether they enjoy the show or not?? My son (21 year old) & I (51 year old), look forward to each episode. Please keep them coming!!!!!! This request comes from South Africa.
It was a great show concentrating on preventing crimes and also awareness to people on the possibilities that these things could really happen. It helps people to understand as well the reasons and situations of people why they resort to such things. That people, mostly suffering with mind disabilities, should be given proper treatment and should be dealt with utmost care.
I love the show Stalker and I love Dillon McDermott. I will be very upset if they don’t renew it.
My husband and I love Stalker!!! Please don’t cancel it. Give it a second season at least than see how the ratings are. It’s better than ANY of the reality shows.
CBS would be foolish to cancel STALKER! I is a terrific show & we faithfully watch it. It seems a shame that networks don’t let a show run more than 1 season before cancelling them. It’s like anything else, it takes time. CSI CYBER is not even comparable to Stalker.
I love Maggie Q. I think this is a good show. It gets very intense and I need to know where Beth/Michelle has been taken. Hopefully it’ll be renewed for season 2. At the very least give us the last 3 episodes!
Please do not cancel Stalker! It is so fabulous and everyone I know loves it! Give it another chance!!