Tonight, NBC airs the ninth episode of their action drama The Player. Is this the last episode? Has the show been cancelled or will it be back with more episodes in 2016?
Set in Las Vegas, The Player follows a huge game in which world events are predicted, gambled upon and influenced by a shadowy elite. Controlling the game is the “The Pitt Boss,” a mysterious Mr. Johnson (Wesley Snipes). “The Dealer” is Cassandra (Charity Wakefield) and she recruits rogue FBI agent Alex Kane (Philip Winchester) as “The Player”. Alex is driven by the need to find out who killed his wife. Damon Gupton also stars.
Debuting on September 24th, The Player got off to a poor start in the ratings, averaging a 1.16 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.86 million viewers. The second episode’s numbers were even worse with a 0.95 in the demo and 4.58 million. The numbers have dwindled lower since then.
After the fifth episode, NBC cut The Player’s episode order down to just nine installments but kept the series on the air to finish out its run. The network (and fans) were likely hoping that the numbers would improve once CBS’ highly-rated Thursday night football concluded but it didn’t happen. The Player’s viewership actually dropped even lower.
NBC hasn’t officially cancelled The Player but then, networks rarely officially cancel any of their shows. One thing’s for sure, the network won’t be ordering any more episodes so tonight’s will end up being the defacto series finale. It’s game over for The Player.
They’ve also already committed the show’s timeslot to other programming. Starting January 7th, the Thursdays at 10pm timeslot will be taken over by new series Shades of Blue starring Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta.
What do you think? Have you been enjoying The Player TV series? Do you think it should have been cancelled or saved and given more time to prove itself?
Don’t cancel the player!!! I really like this show. I think it’s interesting and different. It had a tough start up against the baseball finals. Pleeeeese give it another chance. I love this show and am not looking forward to Shades of blue at all!!!
The show is amazing!! The only shows in my opinion that are better are the blacklist and the blinds pot!! Renee the show give it time to build an audience!!
Great show.We used to watch CBS until we started watching The Player. I guess we will go back to CBS!
I actually chose to watch Player over elementary and enjoyed the concept..
Did it have a lot of competition… Sure!
Maybe a spring roll out would be a good idea..
Good programs are a shame to throw away..
This is COMPLETE BULL!!!! It’s a great story line with so much action. Keeping you edge nd eager to see what happens next. To end the show in the middle of a season is completely absurd, now nobody knows what will happen and left wondering with unanswered questions!!!!! #P***ed
I think this show is great and wish NBC would give it a chance !! At least don’t end it with such a cliffhanger…Argh!! Ditch the dud show Undateable first.
I think NBC should give the show another chance, but networks don’t have the initative to do so.
shows should just get blown away,instead of getting another chance
This is a fantastic show. And to possibly end it on such a great cliffhanger should be illegal. Give this show a chance to build viewership, to gain a following, i guarantee it will be a hit for this channel. Maybe change the night it’s on, have it run with a show that’s a better lead in.
This is a great show. It just happens there were many new shows this year competing for viewers and I don’t think the Network has given it enough of a chance. People need to hear about it and get a chance to watch it. Please don’t cancel it – give it a chance.
Enjoy the show. Hope they would give it more of a chance. Between work, family obligations, and holiday preparations, I have only seen a few of the ones I have taped but have become invested in seeing what happens next. Perhaps they should try it on another night?
Please don’t cancel the player it is an excellent show problem is is that you have so many accidents shows running at the same time and it’s on the time that works it has to be recorded on DVR and we walked at the next day but it is an excellent show and please renew it for another season
The Player is FRIGGIN AWESOME! They will leave stupid shows like Keeping up With the idiots and all of the crap reality tv on – but they cancel shows that don’t ever get a chance to gain an audience. IT should be MANDATORY that shows get a FULL season run!!!!!!
Agreed!!!
Please don’t cancel… Give it a chance, they already ran 9 episodes… Do a full season with more advertising
Yes I like the Show, They should of move it day, on Saturday or Sunday
I don’t understand networks. Give the show at least one whole season or two. It takes that long for people to find out about the show. There are several shows I found on Netflix and hate that I just found out about them. A lot were already cancelled.
Networks should run new shows on Netflix and Hulu. This way they could get more exposure and hopefully get accurate numbers of how many people are watching the shows.
Sad. A 2 hour episode should be commissioned to fittingly end every show that is cancelled. It should be law. If people boycotted with this condition we would never have to worry about our favorite shows ending on a cliffhanger. This should be a part of the risk networks take for bringing in a new show, or at least the writers should treat every episode order as its own anthology with room for a sequel if successful, like a typical movie. It seems most new dramas do get cancelled, so this should be tradition already! Still waiting on how The… Read more »
Great idea.. yes forgot Revolution was on the NBC another dumb cancelled show.. stop it NBC GIVE THESE SHOWS A CHANCE!! Why waste the time making a show if not giving it a chance ?? Please renew it..