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Robyn won’t be fighting for those needing help anymore. The Equalizer has been cancelled, so there won’t be a sixth season on CBS. The show’s fifth season of 18 episodes finishes airing this Sunday.
An action crime series, The Equalizer TV show stars Queen Latifah, Tory Kittles, Adam Goldberg, Liza Lapira, Laya DeLeon Hayes, and Lorraine Toussaint. Jennifer Ferrin, Donal Logue, and Indira Wilson recur, while Mike Epps guests in season four. The story follows Robyn McCall (Latifa), an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background. She uses her extensive skills as a former CIA operative to help those with nowhere else to turn. To most, Robyn appears to be just an average single mom who is quietly raising her daughter (Hayes) and living with her aunt (Toussaint). However, to a trusted few, Robyn is The Equalizer, an anonymous guardian angel and defender of the oppressed who is dogged in her pursuit of personal redemption. Joining Robyn as champions of justice are Melody “Mel” Bayani (Lapira) and Melody’s husband, a paranoid and brilliant white-hat hacker named Harry Keshegian (Goldberg). As Robyn aids the oppressed and exploited, her vigilante work garners the attention of shrewd NYPD Detective Marcus Dante (Kittles). He once sought to uncover her identity but now respects the need for Robyn’s type of justice, even as he often questions her methods.
Airing on Sunday nights, the fifth season of The Equalizer averages a 0.26 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 4.26 million viewers (includes DVR playback through 3:00 AM). Compared to season four, that’s down by 40% in the demo and down by 32% in viewership.
According to Deadline, this Sunday’s season finale was created to also potentially serve as a series finale. There had been talks about potentially renewing The Equalizer for a sixth and final season of 13 episodes with a reduced budget, including Latifah taking a cut. Ultimately, it wasn’t to be, and the network cancelled the series.
Latifah took to social media to share her thoughts on the cancellation:
What do you think? Have you kept up with The Equalizer TV series on CBS? Are you sorry this drama hasn’t been renewed for a sixth season?
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL EQUALIZER
I’m sorry the show has been cancelled. I watched the show from the very beginning.
I love this show! Sorry to hear it is cancelled.
I looked forward to the team’s weekly adventures each week! I am very disappointed with CBS.
I love this show. Please don’t cancel it.
The story lines were wearing thin, but I will miss the actors who do phenomenal work. Hope to see them in something else soon.
I will definitely miss this show. It was great.
How can you end a series like that. That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.
How could you cancel the greatest show ever Equalizer. She should have been given 22 seasons just like ncis. i also loved swat FBI international. When i have a choice i am not going to pick cbs/paramount
Why do only cancel the really good shows???
I am so very sad that Equalizer was cancelled. I always played the new show 10 times before the next week came out. The chemistry among the actors was so wonderful. CBS cancelled the FBI international SWAT and Equalizer. these were my favorite shows. Equalizer should have been on for at least 22 seasons like NCIS. I am really going to try not to watch any CBS/Paramount shows.
If it was doing well in the ratings, it wouldn’t have been canceled. I watched it twice & was not impressed.
Good riddance…..
CBS has lost all its credibility. First you cancel SWAT, a show that was even better than Law & Order on NBC, and now you cancel The Equalizer, a show with the strength, intensity, excitement and some of the very best casting and writing on TV! What is wrong with you? Obviously you don’t give a damn about what your viewers want, so I can only hope that the loyal fans of these shows stop supporting CBS’s lame attempts at other entertainment going forward. You suck!
At last, someone has come to their senses.
It’s dross.