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.
My husband and I absolutely love the show Stalker. Its one of our favorites, and we look forward to it every Wednesday. Please keep Stalker!! Now for this new Cyber show, we just watched the first episode, and we wasn’t that impressed. Just another crime show..they get a case they solve the case..end of story. Their all the same.
I love stalker! Please don’t take it off!
You can’t take it off the air! This show is well acted and has great story lines! Come on …There are worst shows out there to get rid of!!
This show is great. It is different from the other crime/legal dramas on TV.
We look forward to Stalker every week! Well acted! Good story lines! Come on COS don’t touch our show!
I love this show. Please continue to have it run. It has me sitting on the edge of my seat.
You can’t cancel the show its one of the best shows on Wednesday nights Dylan McDermott Maggie Q are a hit I love the show all the others show are like this one the cast real get into the characters Please don’t cancel the show Wednesday nights are boring
Keep it on! ONLY SHOW THAT KEEP ME ON EDGE OF MY SEAT1
Don’t take it off it was an awesome show and I am very picky with what I watch..I love it and it needs to come back! !!
Don’t cancel the show its one of my favorite shows its different and creepy and i really like it! Maybe change the date make it saturday or thursday nights but dont cancel it
I love the Stalker. Don’t take it off the air.
Yes. Please bring it back. Don’t need anymore CSI’s. A new show with a new idea for a change and the cast is great.
Maybe if they quit taking it off every other week the ratings would be better but at least bring some closer for the people that has watched it for 17weeks don’t just leave us hanging if this is how they are going to do things it don’t make me want to watch any of their new shows
This is our favorite shows! It is different from all the other crime/legal shows.. and is very suspenseful! Please keep Stalker!!
My husband and I look forward to Wednesday nights because of Criminal Minds and Stalker. We love these shows! Please don’t cancell Stalker!