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 myself enjoy Stalker more than csi cybor , so please give it another chance
I loved the show and I believe CBS should bring it back!!! Reality is portrayed on many levels. Romance is peppered in for a delicate balance. I loved the elusiveness, the build up to the arrest of the actual stalker is very thrilling. Team effort and compassion toward the victims from the group along with everyone’s input to solve the case depicts all training efforts endured to do everything possible to solve their cases. It needs to come back for another season.
Csi cyber stinks! Stalker is a much better show I don’t understand why you would take it off the air oh yeah and keep a really stupid show on like big brother now that makes no sense
I watched this show it was ok but it took forever to get to the end. Boreing as crap is the overall rating I would give it. None of the actors or actresses give anywhere near a stellar performance. And as I said the solving it part was soporific. It’s like the writers of these new shows don’t even try it’s like throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks. While doing away with awesom shows like regular CSI, CSI Miami. And watering down criminal minds. Even shows of yesterday year like the profiler with Samantha waters was better… Read more »
I’ve heard nothing but good about this series. I’ve never watched it, but have been anxiously waiting for it’s return.
Stalker was an awesome show! Please bring it back!
I loved the show and am eagerly waiting the return. Please do not cancel it!
Such a good show to watch, not like some of the other stupid dumb shows for teenagers. This is a good mystery show keeps me glued to the tv. Please do not take it off the air!!!
this is an awesome series.
i missed too many episodes due the the show’s scheduled time
please bring it back!!
I was sad to hear that Stalker may be canceled. The reason why the ratings might be low is it can be quite scary for some people. I know several of my friends can’t watch it. But for those of us who like this type of show, please don’t cancel it!!!
Please release season 23456789 & more of stalker…love love love the show!
Really hope Stalker is brought back for another season, one of my favorite shows!
My wife and I enjoyed the Stalker series quite a lot. It would be a shame not to bring it back.
Please don’t take Stalker off the air, it is a good show.
i so love the series stalker hope it comes back on its something me and my 2 daughters watch together