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 don t cancel great show and how could you leave us hanging on what happens to Beth
Stalker is one of my favorite shows!! I’m only 26 but it is hard for me to stay awake until 10 to watch it! It would get way more attention of it came on at 8! Please don’t cancel!!
Please do NOT cancel STALKER! My husband and I live from Wednesday to Wednesday to watch this show! It is an on the edge of your seat, suspenseful, well written and acted show! I love everything about this show!
Please DON’T cancel!! I LIVE for this show!!
Last night I contacted CBS asking them to renew the show. I would advise that everyone do the same. Here is the response I received; Dear CBS Fan, We apologize for the inconvenience, and we have yet to determine if Stalker will be renewed for 2015. Please check back on our site periodically for updates regarding this program. Regards, CBS.com Support Team Select Contact at the top of the page and you’ll see two choices; feedback or submit a question. I chose question because I wanted a response. We need as many people as we can get. Please use social… Read more »
CBS NEEDS to keep this on ! Its a great show has a great story line as well as has real life events that could happen ~ If its canceled I will have to look at the network again and see if its worth my time
One of the best new shows in a while. Great characters and the suspense factor is awesome. It will be a shame to cancel this one!
i think the show is well written, well acted and suspenseful it should definitely be given a second season.
Stalker is one of the best series I’ve watched in a looong time!! Watched episode 17 last night and it CANNOT just stop there !! 🙁
I agree w all the majority. CBS needs to bring it back. I’m disappointed, they need to show the rest of the episodes. Come on CBS, one more season. I can’t believe stalker’s rivals get more viewers, what a joke.
Love this show! Please do not cancel.
Noooooo….u can’t cancel Stalker! I force myself to stay awake to watch it.
Noooooo, you can’t take this show away. My friend and I look forward to this show every week. Judging by some people who commented on here I think it will be a bad move removing this show. It shows the type of stalkers to be aware of. DON’T CANCEL! BAD MOVE!
I love STALKER! Please don’t cancel it. It’s right up there w/Blue Bloods for acting, scripts, etc. For those people out there (and most of us didn’t know how prevalent this was) who are being stalked this is giving the rest of us some insight into how terrifying this can be. I hope you keep this one, CBS. After all, you kept Scorpion & NCIS N.O.~
Stalker is great drama! I never miss an episode. Great storylines and great cast. Fingers are crossed that it gets renewed!