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.
Don’t cancel Stalker. It is a great show
I love stalker how can you leave us hanging not fair….at least finish it
Bring Stalker. You left us hanging. I will boycott CBS. If you do not bring it back Stop renewing crappy realty show. We enough CSI this and that. Put Stalker on another time and show us the last 3 episodes.
I think this is a great thriller & should become a regular, It is the best thriller on tv. Don’t cancel it or at the very least give us an ending…..
Best new show out in a long time. Love the characters. There is humor, suspense, some flirting it’s just a great all around show will be very disappointed if CBS takes it off the air! We record it every week so we don’t miss an episode.
One of the best new shows on TV. Why do the networks cancel shows with real substance and continue producing the mindless reality shows?
love Stalker!! Please bring it back ~ I DVR’d but have caught up within the last week my husband and I both enjoy this show!! Did Beth get out of the trunk? Did she kill Ray? What happened to Ben?
It wasn’t that exciting of a show and lost viewers every week. It lost me after the third week. Maybe it to be on the weekend like CSI: MIAMI was.
Can’t believe you left us shingling…you could at least finish out the rest if the 20 shows.
Love this show!
This can not get cancelled. Great show and great night
We love this show. You can’t cancel it!!!!!! Good scarey show.
I love this show despite the critics negativity around it. My whole family loves it. I hope if it’s not canceled if it is CBS should at least give loyal fans a finale because they really have had a pattern for not giving shows a finale I can think of plenty of shows too numerous to mention through the decades that weren’t given the chance to do so let’s hope this show isn’t one of them. I think this show would have done great on HBO or Showtime due to it’s subject matter. Maggie Q and Dylan McDermott are excellent.
I love stalker it’s the only thing I look forward to some days! You can’t just decide to cut a show cause of money and leave everyone wondering what’s going to happen. This show is one of the best I’ve seen, so keep it
Hopefully CBS won’t cancelled that show. It love this show, and we just have to find how they will save Michelle. Bring it back , please!!!!
Please bring Stalker back. Great show!!!!!