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.
This is one of my favorite shows…I never miss! Very believable, suspenseful…better than many other shows that lost my interest quickly.. Please don’t take it away! I was upset to see it missing this week;-(
Please don’t cancel give it a bit more time. Love the suspense and story line. This is one show my daughter and I look forward to watching.
Let’s just hope they don’t screw it up and bring it back late in the season after we already found something else to watch. That happened with Lost and I refused to watch it after it came back
Please renew!! Very good show! I also enjoyed hostages!!!
Stalker is the most interesting suspenseful show on TV. I record it and watch it each week. Give it a chance.
Stalker is on my list of favorite shows with criminal minds svu and csi, and last weeks episode was amazing.. Its not the show its the time change that but dont cancell the show plzz cbs i and im sure many others agree.
There are too many csi shows. Renew stalker. I quit watching the Csi shows because they took on too much of a soap opera effect. Good thing you still have the original NCIS and criminal minds or I would be done with CBS
Leave it!!
I love this show! Please don’t cancel it!!!!
Stalker is an excellent tv series with a complicated suspenseful plot. Please renew the series. I think the reason for declining viewers is because the network keeps messing with the schedule making it difficult to find or record. It started late in the season, had interrupted or preempted episodes, etc. the same thing happened to The Mentalist. Stalker should definitely be renewed for another season!
Finally a show I love and DVR every week!!!! Please renew!!!
I love this show! Please renew it!
Wow! FINALLY A SHOW I LOOKED FORWARD TO EVERY WEEK! I REALLY HOPE YOU KEEP IT ON. WOULD REALLY BE A SHAME TO LOSE IT! SOME OF THE OTHER AWFUL SHOWS WITH TERRIBLE ACTING STAY ON THE AIR AND THIS ONE IS AWESOME! ! COME ON CBS!
CBS please don’t cancel Stalker it is a great show.Golden Boy was really good and you cancelled that!!CBS don’t be stupid twice!!
The best new show on television. I agree with a previous responder, Golden Boy was also good. The suits at CBS are the worst. If they cancel Stalker, I will stop watching CBS and so will my friends.
I can’t imagine why the ratings would be low. If your not watching it you should be! The suspense keeps you on the edge of your seat with every episode. It’s one show I can’t wait too watch each week!