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.
RENEW STALKER! It’s a great show!! Sorry but really another CSI show? Or NCIS? I’ve had my fill of those types of shows thank you very much!! Finally a show that’s different and CBS is looking to cancel it! Stalker should be renewed! Stop bailing on shows because they don’t meet your so called demographics! Give the show a chance! If I have too see one more spin off show I’m going to scream! I won’t be a fan of CBS if they continue on this path! It’s boring! Stalker, Person of interest & Big Bang theory are the only… Read more »
Please bring it back. I absolutely enjoy it.
plz renew it… i love to watch stalker
Please don’t cancel this show! It’s unique and its so much better than Madam Secretary. Switch the time slots and I bet the ratings change. That is my only problem with this program, it’s on so late. I don’t have dvd. But, I always stay up late to watch Stalker. I have the TV on Madam Secertary only so I don’t miss Stalker. I love the cast and can’t wait for the next airing. I wound love it to move to Saturday night. Then I could watch it without suffering from lack of sleep on Thursday morning….Please keep it.
Great chemistry. Love this show
Please renew. We love it. We can’t wait to see season 2
Please Renew. We can’t wait to see the next season
Need to renew stalker… Please… Need to know what happens to Beth (Michelle)
Are you guys crazy? You keep cancelling the good shows and keep the dumb ones. After almost watching CBS exculively, I now only watch Sunday night. Cancel Madam Secretary and The Good Wife and it is bye-bye CBS.
Keep Stalker great show really enjoy watching the stories unfold
I am getting tired of watching a series and then it gets cancelled. This practice makes it difficult to be able as a viewer to even want to start to watch anything on TV. I now wait a year before watching anything just in case it get cut. This is an amazing show !!!
I love STALKER !!!!!! Please RENEW it……………..
Please don’t cancel this show!!! I love it and so do a lot of my friends!!
Please renew!
Please renew Stalker! I love this show! We watch it every week. I need to find out if Jack and Beth will end up together or will he end up with Amanda. Is Ben going to be ok after getting shot? What about Beth? She’s locked un a trunk with a dead Perry. You need to give this show a chance. Maybe a different time slot would attract more viewers.