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. FOR ONCE IN A CRIME DRAMA, THIS
HAS A GOOD AND DIFFERENT STORY LINE. SO TIRED OF NETWORKS
CANCELLING GOOD SHOWS BECAUSE OF SO CALLED RATING SYSTEM.
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS. IT HAPPENS ALL
TOO FREQUENTLY WHEN I FINALLY FIND A PROGRAM TO LOOK FORWARD
TOO.
Don’t cancel. My husband and I enjoy the show very much.
Stalker is my favorite show. It can’t possibly be cancelled! Something must be wrong with the ratings monitor. Stalker is the best!!
DONT CANCEL STALKER I LOVE IT
Pleaseee dontttt cancel! The show is awesome 🙂
Love Stalker! Want to see more. Please do not cancel!!!
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL STALKER!!!!!
Please do not cancel Stalker…it has to be the best show on T.V right now and what a disappointment it would be if it were to get cancelled. I look forward to every Wednesday night.
please do NOT cancel this show CBS!
I am sick and tired of good, well-written and entertaining drams being cancelled because of “ratings”. Most people record their favorite shows and fast-forward the commercials anyway, so stop being so stupid and leave good shows like “Stalker” and all good drama shows alone. I think the only requirement for being a network executive these days is STUPIDITY!
I love this show have watched it from the
very beginning. I found it is one of the better
shows on TV. Seems like all the good shows
get cancelled and there are some that are much
worse that don’t get cancelled!
Please do not cancel this show it is the best on TV right now.
My Mom and I are so upset if this show gets cancelled. Please give it chance or else!
Don’t cancel it in a different time slot! Market it better too!