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 this show! Hopefully it will make a second season!
Please don’t cancel this show. I can’t wait to see it each week. I am dying to know what happens next. I think Stalker is one of the best new shows to watch!!
Oh no!!!!!! I love this show!!! They cant leave us hanging with Beth in the trunk that is so unfair!
I love the show and I’m begging CBS to plssss renew it
We love this show! Please give it a chance! We feel that the first few episodes weren’t great as Jack wasn’t treated well by the team at all. A classic case of bullying! We thought bullying a coworker is so wrong! Since bullying has been spotlighted so much lately and for the last few years we believe that is the main reason why the ratings are down so much! Viewers got so fed up with the team treating Jack so badly that they simply gave up and didn’t check back to see how it was going! We believe that the… Read more »
Please don’t cancel it. Our group loves it and we sit around talking about it!
I love the show stalker please bring back for another season please don’t cancel the show
I want this show renewed! This is a wonderful show and I love it. I think that cbs should advertise it more so more people will know about it.
Love the show and will like to finish the season
It should stay on .
I love this show, though their idea of demographics is misinformed. It is more of an “adult” show than most 18-25 yr olds would appreciate. Considering this, maybe it should be put in the 8 or 9 pm slot, so we ‘old-timers’ can watch it before our bedtime 🙂
Please don’t cancel this show. I don’t usually watch tv becaus everything else is so similar to everything else that’s on television. Finally a cop show that’s different from every other cop show!
I would like to see Stalker renewed!!! Love the show!!! Do we get to see the last three episodes of season 1?
Please do not cancel this show. It is exciting and pulse pounding. It deals with issues about stalking which is a situation that many are confronted with in today’s social climate.
This is one of my absolute favorites shows, it has a very great story line and overall the show is completely amazing!!!! Please renew!!!! All of us fans of the show will be so thankful!