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 look forward to watching this show each week, please renew!
Love the show. Please renew!
PLEASE RENEW THIS SHOW!! Me and my family are totally addicted to it and would be completely devastated if it was cancelled. I would give this show a 5/5 stars for the cleverness and much-loved guessing game of the storyline. It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole season. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEEE HAVE A SEASON 2!!!!!
Love,
A die hard fan <3
Renew, this is a great show
Renew…Great show
If they renewed NCIS New Orleans and don’t renew Stalker they are a bunch of idiots.
Please don’t cancel it!!
The only show my husband, my son and I watch together! We love this show. Sure hope it doesn’t get cut.
Please renew it! My Husband and I look forward to this show. I have also got 2 people at work faithfully watching this show.
I love this show!
I love this show. Please do not cancel and renew the show. I’m looking forward th the next episode.
please renew Stalker. Very suspenseful. I also liked the show Hostages also with Dylan McDermott.
Stalker is an interesting and captivating series. I hope it will come back.
Please keep stalker for another season!
DO NOT CANCEL. CHANGE TO NEW NIGHT BUT DONT CANCEL