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.
My daughter and I love this show. It is our favorite new show! I don’t know why networks keep cancelling shows without any notice. This is such a great show. Why do you keep cancelling great shows? This doesn’t make any sense to me! Please keep this show. This is the first time I have ever expressed my opinion about a show to a network but I feel very strongly about this show! Thank you for your time!
i sure hope you do not cancel the show Stalker. I enjoy it very much. They always seem to cancel the good shows.
Yes. Bring Stalker back. Loved this show.
please,please dont cancel stalker.
Love stalker and i know alot of others that do too please dont cancel it!!
I think it would do better on a different day. There is just too much competition from shows with a longer history.
Our family loves stalker! We really hope tjat it does not get cancelled.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE KEEP STALKER! EVERY TIME I FIND A SHOW ON CBS THAT I LIKE, YOU GUYS CANCEL IT! This is what keeps viewers from watching! Its a great show!
Bring it back !!
Didn’t watch it at first because, having been stalked before, I thought it would creep me out. But after finally watching one episode, I was hooked. Now I’m really into it, and it’s not on any more. I regret missing the first several episodes. Can’t catch up either because I don’t have internet at home. Please bring it back, CBS. I don’t know how shows get rated, but it looks like this one has a lot of fans in spite of the low rating.
No please do not cancel stalker it’s such a great show. Please show the last three episodes how can you leave everyone with that cliffhanger that Beth isn’t rescued that would be wrong.
I love stalker!!! I would rather watch stalker than any of the other shows CBS renewed for a second season. You can’t cancel it please!!! So sick of NCIS and those other crap dramas. This is actually an incredibly well written show that is suspenseful and entertaining and different from anything else on tv right now. It’s my favorite show please bring it back!
Do not cancel Stalker. It’s my grandparents and cousins favorite show ever.
My wife and I are big fans of Stalker and hope that it will continue to show ion CBS. The show you can take off is NCIS New Orleans, I’ve had an overload of NCIS.
We love Stalker!!! Please stop taking shows off the air!!! Every time we get into watching new shows and really get into it they cancel it. If this show gets cancelled I’m not watching any shows on cbs anymore. I will give up!!! You could at least announce it that the show is not doing well and will be ending instead of just keeping us hanging. This really sucks…….