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?
So disappointed. No real ending, just left dangling. Great show. Have been looking at a lot of the new series coming out and they all look like JUNK. Give “The Player” another chance. Tell me where I can vote for a show to be renewed or cancelled. Love the show.
This show was great!. A lot of action and the acting by all 3 actors were good. Please let it return and give it more publicity. Change the night, anything. There is nothing on Saturdays.
Sad to see this show go. I loved it! Disagree with NBC. Give it a chance.
More to add: changing it to Wednesday night would help too or sell the whole series to CBS and it will fit in real good with their other programs. I just binge-watched the 9 episodes and you CANNOT end it there without giving it another chance with a different night to broadcast the show. I’m not the only one who feels this way.
I just finished watching the Player. I really enjoyed it. I’m hooked and really want to find out what happens. If you’re going to cancel it at least run a few more episodes and finish it. They did that with the show Jericho. They canceled it and then because of the fans sending peanuts to the shows headquarters everyday they finally did a half season to finish it for the fans. Look it up on google. We could be that kind of fan as well. Please at least finish what you started and don’t leave us hanging. Do it for… Read more »
Give the show another chance. I love this show what it on NBC app @ work.
I think most NBC shows suck but when blacklist came out and followed up with the player they had finally come up with some decent shows but by canceling the player I’ll just give up on NBC because they are Stupid……..STUPID !
My husband and I love this show – bring it back please.
Loved the show.
The player was a great show that my hubby and I both enjoyed .There are not a lot of shows we both like so when he said he liked it I was extremely happy. Now I am going to be lucky to find another show we both like thanks a lot NBC
The Player is a great show the best martial arts action on television. I searched to find out when the new season starts up and I find this?!? Cutting this show is a big fail for NBC!!
I enjoyed The Player, very intense chase and fight scenes. Why not move to another time slot and give it a chance?
that’s bull was as good as the blacklist screw NBC
I loved the player not sure why this happened
I meant no more shows