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.
We would be extremely upset to see this show go. Our friend is autistic and cried tonight when it didn’t come on at the same time tonight.
What the heck happened? I was all set to watch Stalker tonight. I so look forward to this show. My son and his girlfriend are also disappointed. Please don’t cancel it!
Yes I would like to see the remaining shows. I enjoy this show. CBS please don’t cancel this show.
Please do not cancel stalker. A group of us get together and have stalker Wednesday night’s, we watch every week and look forward to it. They can’t leave us hanging. There are always shows the I get into and then are canceled. It’s so disappointing please don’t let it happen to stalker.
Renew it. Love this show!!! Look forward to Wednesday @ 10 pm to watch it.
This show is awesome I don’t think they should cancel it;especially with a cliff hanger like the one from episode 17. I would love for them to finish this season and make a season 2 &.. 3
The show Stalker is very well acted.,Although Heinous in stalker pathology, it is incredibly well done,. For those of us that enjoy thrillers, this is it. It’s very creepy, but that is what it should be. Keep up the good work.
Sadly CBS has the bad history of cancelling perfectly good and interesting showsm\, for low RATINGS and that is why they are losing viewers by the millions, because the are soooo STUPID!!!!!!
Plz don’t cancel. I really want to finish watching the season but I’m not sure when its on again. I’m afraid I might miss an episode.
Don’t cancel!! We never miss an episode.
Please do not remove Stalker. Love it! I look forward to it every Wednesday. Come on!
Yes,as I love that show
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL!!!!! We were LIVING for tonight an are so disappointed it’s not on! We have told so many people about this show and we are dying to know what happens to Beth!!
Is stalker not Airing tonight? Please do not cancel this show. My Daughter and I watch this every week!
I really like this show and I want to know what happens to Beth! My husband and I never miss it.