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 stalker! My husband and I love this show.
Please don’t cancel Stalker my husband and I love this show only show we look forward to! Please let it build a following .
My husband n I love the show. One of our favs. Love the story n characters.
With all the junk on TV I can’t believe CBS is thinking of cancelling this show.
Keep Salker!!!!!
Kept stalker it is very good good story lines
When a series is good they end it. No wonder I don’t watch the local channels much. There is no reason to get interested in a series cause it won’t last long.
“Stalker” is our very favorite show! Please don’t cancel it!
Thank you!
Please dont cancel Stalker. My family and my daughters family love it. Please !
Please renew I love the show
It’s one of my favorite shows. I’m going to be so disappointed if it cancels.
Renew stalker. Great show love the characters and the suspense . Just seen on 3 more will be airing. Can’t wait!
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. DONT CANCEL IT.
Please don’t cancel this show. It’s my new favorite!
Love stalker!!!!! Great show!!! Much better than cyber by a mile!!
One of the best show CBS or any other network has premiered this season. Promote it more and give it a chance to build a following. Put it in a time slot that doesn’t set it up to fail. Something!!! Every time any of the networks premier a new show thats worth watching, it gets dropped after one season!! Plus, does tv really need another NCIS or CSI, not really….I don’t care for either of the latest installments!! #savestalker