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.
Love the show. Finally something different for a change. Great story line. So tired of CBS replacing shows with another CSI show. Come on CBS, enough is enough.
Bring Stalker back! Way better than the shows that already renewed!
I love Stalker! It would be a huge mistake and disappointment for this show to be cancelled. I look forward to Wednesday at 10:0o!
I really like this show and would hate to see it cancelled. Cancel NCIS New Orleans instead. It pales in comparison to the original and LA.
I love it & look forward to it each wk. I will be upset at CBS (which tries to make u pay to watch some of their shows online). They r at the bottom of my list for news & this “give us ur cc but we won’t u charge anything”. If they take off Stalker I & others I know may ban their network altogether.
This was one of the best shows on TV and I looked forward to it every week! No it should not be canceled!
Please do not cancel this show. I love this show. No more CS I shows please
I love this show. Scorpion, Madame Secretary and NCIS, New Orleans don’t compare. Stalker is original and exiting. I love parallel stories that are weekly and ongoing. It is the most exciting show on television. Cancelling this series, particularly this way shows no regard for the viewer at all. I like Patricia Arkette, but I refuse to watch it if comes at the expense of Stalker. Shame on CBS for showing only 17 shows out of a 20 show run of an exciting series like Stalker. I will no longer invest effort in any of your new series, like Golden… Read more »
Agreed.
Please bring Stalker back for season #2. I love this show and so does everyone in my office. I’m a huge fan of the Law and Order franchise although this show brings some variance to the opportunities that L & A has offered up over the last 15 years. Additionally, Dylan McDermott has been awesome in his role and deserves a chance to challenge Olivia Benson for her position as the iconic prime time super cop. It’s truly a good show and we hope the network allows its fans a 2nd season to increase the ratings.
I love this show. Sure hope it is not cancelled. There is only a few shows I watch and this one of them. Watch it every week.
Please do not cancel it. I’m really into it!
We love this show. You have to at least finish this year out. Can’t believe you would just leave everyone hanging not knowing what happened. If this happens too many times will give up watching new shows at all! I agree with moving time up one hour might help with more people watching.
Moving the time up an hour could possibly have more people watching it. Such an exciting program. But such a shame to just stop it without letting it finish. We are now wondering how it will end. Give it a chance!
Do not cancel this show. Awesome show! It keeps your attention. Last episode left us hanging. We need to find out what happens. I think that they need to put it on another night where it is not competing. I think change the nights and give it another season.
I love the TV series Stalker. I will be very disappointed if it doesn’t continue.
Bring Stalker back!!! Excellent show!!!