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 really hope they don’t cancel it! This is one of the few shows that my husband and I watch together!
Please don’t cancel Stalker!! It’s the best! It has a plot and the characters aren’t dry and boring like other shows!
Please renew this show. It’s DIFFERENT and that’s needed.
I Watch other prime time shows too. By far Stalker is my favorite.
Please renew it for a second season!!
Why was such a good show removed from television. There such crap such as survivor, amazing race, schitt’s creek should be cancelled. The good shows they seem to cancel.
PLEASE KEEP THIS SHOW ON!!!!! ITS THE BEST SHOW EVER!!!!!
I think that Stalker has very well been cancelled by CBS due to poor ratings
I LOVE this show — please don’t cancel it. People over the age of 50 watch lots of TV too — their opinions should be considered!!!!!
I love this show. It’s very interesting and frankly I am getting tired of
shows being cancelled without notification before hand. I loved CSI
New York and Miami and both were cancelled and they kept Vegas
which I quit watching when William Petersen left. I am really tired
of the reality shows that keep popping up on all stations.
Please don’t cancel love this show please find another slot
I love this show, it’s my favorite of them all!!! Please keep the seasons coming! Stalker is soooooo awsome!!! Thanks CBS!
Stalker is the best new show in a long time. It keeps you on the edge of your seat without all the continual killing and gore every week. Please keep the show!
Love love love this show! Look forward to it every week. It’s very well written & scares us to death. We love being scared. The situations are all plausible which is what makes it so creepy. I love the remixes of the songs they play during the episodes, too. My family watches it together each week – one of only 3 shows we all watch together. I hope it’s not cancelled. A drop in viewership doesn’t mean the show isn’t excellent!
Yes Bridget, the remix of he songs they play at the end of the shows are really good too, I forgot to mention them in my plea to keep this show going, I am so upset the CBS has just stopped airing Stalker and left us all hanging
I love this show and will be extremely disappointed if it doesn’t renew. I haven’t had a show scare me like this in ages. I love the anticipation and the unexpected. I think the show ebbs and flows very creatively.
Are you kidding me? Cancel? I keep watching for the next episode. WTHeck??