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 really want Stalker to be back for 2015 2016
Seen one csi show , you have seen them all ! Try stalker one more year its a refreshing change . PS! Please cancel survivor and amazing race , they both suck big time !
Don’t cancel need some decent shows this is one I look forward to seeing
Keep it far better than alot of shows I make a point to watch
Friday’s right now are running repeats. Why not keep Stalker and Battle Creek to run Blue Bloods and Hawaii 5 O time slots?
Please don’t cancel the show, I love it! !
Love the show, why would you cancel it????
This is an awesome show please don’t cancel. Why is it something like Vampire Diaries stays on but something good like Stalker gets cancelled after 1 season.
stalker is an amazing show. It’s the best series I have seen in many of years.
Don’t cancel it!!! I felt the story line got better and better the last few weeks.
if I remember correctly Blue Bloods was going to be cancelled and Tom Selleck
took control and now its a hit.
Get Tom’s input and save the Stalker.
My wife and I are over 49 years old
Love the show- Don’t cancel – give it a decent time slot and keep it on and the viewers will be there
dont cancel it please
Don why our you taking a good show off? Keep it for a another season. The other shows our garbage.
Love the show. Please don’t cancel. I believe that there is a lot of truth in this show. No one ever talks about the possibility of stalkers.
I agree with Victoria, Please don’t cancel Stalker!! Not every show showed be be geared for the 20 somethings, us 48+ love our shows too
Please don’t cancel this series. It’s smart, educational, great personalities & story line. Every time cbs cancels a series it’s one that we really enjoy. You need to keep some shows the older generation enjoy. We loved Vegas. We enjoy the csi’s & NCIS’s. But give us break so we can have variety. We hate the reality shows. The younger generation love that & the drama that goes with it. You’re focusing on one group of people. We love Battle Creek also. It’s similar to the mentalist with cute personalities in a great story line. CBS has been our number… Read more »