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?
i want a second season. i want the whole story
I like it very much. A season 2 will be fantastic. Please let the player play the game and see who wins. I’m still waiting for Mr Cane to take on Mr Johnson. That will be an interesting episode.
How can you just drop the player? Bring it back and finish the story
Just checking to see if this was coming back at all. I really loved this show. It had great characters, interesting concept, and each episode kept me intrigued. It was different. I’m so tired of ordinary cop show and TV clones like CSIs and Law and Order. So much crap out there and anything that causes thought or pause for thought gets canceled. TV caters to the unintelligent which is why so many intelligent folks stop watching TV.
Great Show the PLAYER. Please keep making them. You need a new player? I’m Available.
Bring the show back seriously it was good winchester brings the action especially after strike back and snipes is witty and still lethal I can’t believe you put shades of blue up instead like we need another lame cop show with some wannabe heroine the player had a new element of action to it wow nbc a shot in the foot on that one
This network is always cancelling some of their best shows. The player was a hundred times better than shades of blue. Believe was a great show that got cancelled too. It’s one of the reasons I rarely ever watch nbc anymore.
I thought The Player was a fantastic show. We were just starting to find out the pass of the Pitt Boss and maybe even some of the players. Winchester is great especially coming right out of Strike Back. He was will suited for that roll. Bring it back under J.J. Abraham and let’s see what happens.
The player was one of my favorite shows they need to continue the series don’t leave viewers hanging we wanna know did the player ever find his wife that’s the part they left off at
Love it Mr.Snipes really brought all of he’s a game to table
Bring it back I loved it bring it back
I love this show now Thursday’s are boring please air a season 2
MY FAVORITE SHOW without it I have no exitement in Thursday’s npleas air a season 2
Loved it one of the best shows of 2015 by far !! why on earth would you cancel such a good show ???????????????????
I loved the player yes put season 2 on and let it prove it self please
I absolutely loved the show! I became a fan after the premiere. This sucks! I was greatly looking forward to season 2.
Loved the show stinks it is cancelled