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.
I loved to watch Stalker. I watched it every week. I really hope it comes back on. It was an all around good show.Please bring it back. thank you
This show is amazing! I would absolutely be heartbroken if they cancel it. Please don’t do this, CBS!
Sick and tired of shows getting canceled. This is a great show suspenseful every week. DO NOT CANCEL!!!!!!
We love the show stalker. A lot of suspense. Will be very disappointed if it’s cancelled. Just started watching CBS instead of ABC. Was really impressed with a couple of shows in the past that they never brought back. Hopefully STALKER will continue.
I love, love this show!!! I even have my parents addicted to it!!! I think that it is well written and very entertaining!! It always keeps you on the edge of your seat, love it!!! I will be very disappointed if this show is cancelled!!! It is very disappointing to get addicted to a show and then it get cancelled!! Very upsetting!!!! Please continue this show!!!!
We LOVE this show and will be so disappointed if it is cancelled…makes me not want to watch any new shows as one can end up loving them and then they are gone!
I also liked Stalker, but it seems if certain folks in certain age groups don’t like certain shows off they go, not right in my way of thinking, we can’t all like the same shows so give us some concideration once in awhile. there are a lot of shows that are really stupid & not worth watching & if I had the time I’d mention them here, but don’t have time for that right now. Keep it on please , change the nite or whatever but stop bunching up programs all on one nite, so we have to chose one… Read more »
Love this show. Last episode left us hanging. Please don’t cancel this new show
Please don’t cancel Stalker. I have already refused to watch Fox because they are always canceling shows without giving them a chance. CBS please don’t follow in their wake. It is so disappointing as a viewer to get interested in a show and then have it end unexpectedly. How do you expect any show to survive if this is how your viewers are to be treated.
Don’t cancel one of the shows on tv
I will consider CBS like I consider NBC if they cancel this show. I was an avid, loyal fan of Revolution and it got cancelled. I am now boycotting NBC. I will NOT watch any new shows just to get sucked in and let down. The decent thing would have been to create a two hour movie and give the fans closure. That did NOT happen! I have never missed an episode of Stalker, and if CBS leaves me hanging, I won’t watch any more new series, only the tried and true. The shows they did keep, I never watched… Read more »
AMEN! I agree completely. At the very least, they need to air the final three episodes of the season.
I LOVE this show. I hope it is renewed. There are not that many shows on tv today that I enjoy. I truly looked forward to this show every week and now it is possibly being taken off. It figures….seems like only the shot shows remain.
Hi! I love Stalker me and my sister look forward to watching it each week that it airs. It has a great line up of stars as well as great story lines, if needed put it on a Saturday or Fridays @ 8p.m. give it a chance CBS. The station is so quick to cancel shows they got rid of Reckless which was a great tv show. Some of the other shows that r so similar to others on CBS should be considered for removal, diversity is always interesting consider it!
I love this show and it never fails every time I love a show and get into it than the station decides to cancel. There are a lot of other shows that really should be canceled but are they NO!!!!! There is a problem when you will not even give the show a chance. If you are going to get rid of it why leave the ordinance hanging wondering what happens. Please do the right thing this time leave the show on.
I like the show, so I hope it is renewed. If the various networks really want us to invest our time in watching shows that may be canceled, they should have the plot of where the show would go should it run to completion and have that available so that people could go online and see how it would have played out. As it is, it is like they have us start reading a book, but take it away from us before we can finish reading it.