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.
Please don’t take stalker off, it is the only show besides reality shows that I watch.I have the whole season taped and have seen them al l at least twice. Please and thank you!
Please please please bring Back”STALKER” TV SERIES. I LOVE IT.MOZST
OF THE TIMES TV CRITICS’ DON’T KNOW
WHAT THE HELL THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT, ANYWAT.
I love that show. I hope they don’t rush to cancel it already.
I thoroughly enjoyed Stalker and hope to have it around for a long time. There is sooo much crap going on TV. This show is far superior to the ‘crap’ that’s been running.
Please bring it back?
keep the show on love it
Please do not cancel this show it is one of my favorites!!!!
My husband and I make sure we are home Wednesdays so we can see Stalker. Change the time or bring it back on Wednesdays, but bring it back. Great characters, good story lines.
I really like this show. It keeps me on edge watching the team solve the stalking cases. I was disappointed that it wAs replaced with the new show, Cyber CSI. I’ve been waiting to see if the star will stop her stalker. You can put the new show on a Mon or Thur night. There’s nothing much on these nights
RENEW!!! Show is great, cast is great, and series is like no other. I like it so much, I even recorded American Horror Story to watch later so I could watch Stalker. Can’t wait for it to come back on.
I love watching Stalker with my husband. We were so disappointed that it did not show the lady 2 Wednesdays. Please do not remove the show!!!!
What the heck this is a joke because stalker is the best show on tv ! leave the show on if you take it off your network people are crazy
LOVE THIS SHOW. Look forward to it weekly
This show is a very big help to those who have been stalked or continue to be stalked. Please don’t forget about these people. Please keep this show on the air and help save lives!!!!
stalker is an awesome show cbs is getting to be like fox always cancelling great shows too early cut down before the light. Hopefully it gets a second chance.
Renew Stalker!