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.
Excellent program with many twists.It should definitely be renewed life next year and publicized.
This is a great show. I think the problem is that the network doesn’t advertise it enough for people to know it even exist.
I also love how they incorporate remakes of old songs to match the storyline.
Please don’t cancel this show.
don’t cancel it, I really like this show!!!
Stalker is my favorite show and I hope CBS will not cancel it. This past episode was bumped because of a basketball game. I actually set my alarm for 2:55 am so that I could get up and watch it at 3:00!! Then I went back to bed. I love this show and look forward to it all week!
Oh please don’t tell me CBS will cancel another series before it gets off the ground. I’ve seen some dumb reviews, one being on HuffPo that claims via its title that Stalker hates women and the first few paragraphs shows it was written by a mental midget, okay perhaps not a midget, how about a feminist who are mental. CBS did this two years ago with the Golden Boy and cancelled it. Since then I vowed not to watch any new CBS shows and its why I didn’t bother to watch NCIS: New Orleans. But I guess I didn’t learn… Read more »
Renew!!!! A couple of the episodes were a little over-the-top, but I love every single person on the cast…which is very rare!!
Please don’t cancel this show. It’s so good! I look forward to Wednesday nights now! Give it time…by week 3 i had my entire family watching it. By week 6 i had all of my Facebook friends watching and commenting on it. Renew, renew, renew!!!
PLEASE, PLEASE don’t cancel this show. We only have 3-4 shows that we actually think are worth our time…Stalker is one of them. It is very different from the other 9,000 crime dramas on primetime right now. I rushed home tonight from a friends house to catch it and was very disappointed to find the rubbish Amazing Race. I had no idea Stalker was in danger of being cancelled. Please give this show another season.
This is the best show on TV love love it!!!!!!
i loved the show and hope it is not cancelled.
My daughter and I love this show. We watch it every week. Please don’t cancel Stalker. We look forward to watching this together every Wednesday. You left us with a cliff hanger they just took Beth. Please have a season 2!
Plz dont cancel ! As mother an daughter we love to watch it together each week! Its alot better than so many csi’s! Dreamy dillion!
Wowwwww… If this show gets canceled I will cry. I absolutely love crime shows. I have watched every episode of each season of criminal minds multiple times and stalker is by far my favorite. I don’t see how anyone could not like this show.. My mind is blown.
Please do not cancel I love this show and so does my husband.
Please bring back the show…I’ve watched every episode and really enjoyed it. The episode last week was the best yet, and I have to know what’s gonna happen to Beth and Ben. Please give Stalker another chance.