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 hope NBC reconsiders, the show started off a little slow, but now I want to know more about the HOUSE, Alex’s wife and learn more about Wesley Snipes character.
The player is one of the best new series this year. They action is thrilling, the humor is great and the mystery is intriguing! I’m not watching this new j lo show for sure. They should have aired the pilot before the blacklist instead of after the heroes 2 hour premiere. They did not give this one enough time.
This is one of my weekly “MUST SEE’s”….I like the uniqueness that other shows don’t have and Wesley Snipes character keeps you guessing each week whether he is a good guy or bad guy. The chemistry of the characters is great too. Please don’t cancel….
Very upset on why everybody didn’t feel the love for The Player even though it was on a Thursday night @ 10 and it had very tough competition since its premiere. Hope the series should move to another network and I think that USA Network will be a great fit for it.
The Player is a well written show with a stellar cast. I don’t understand why people aren’t watching!
I watched all the episodes even though it was obvious the suits were going to kill the show. it was that entertaining.
Go figure all the good shows get cancelled. But what do you expect to happen why dont you put a good show like this on a different night than football nights. Of course football nights during football season these shows ratings are not gonna be high no matter how good they are. Its football season! Put these good shows on opposite nights than football and i bet the ratings would go up!
man u guys do only cancel the good shows, wtf? at least they finally brought heroes back i was pissed that one didnt have an ending, this was a bad ass show too!
Love the show! Enjoy watching it every week! Why do they cancel the good shows and keep the crap on TV?? I hope another network will pick it up!
Please consider renewing the Player as it is a unique story concept. The cast has good chemistry. We enjoy viewing this program and would continue viewership providing the show remains interesting and unusual. The time slot provides a good transition from the Blacklist.
Man i hate this crap everytime a show gets good they cancel the dam thing. I am sick of watching anymore new shows then.. this was a good show. Now you cancel it.. screw you NBC i am done with you and new shows. We dont need anymore of these bull crap reality tv shows.. let me guess cancelling heros too. Why not blindspot too.. ?? Maybe if you put the player on before blindspot it would be watched. Why put it up against football ?? This Sucks ..
Awesome show, I am hopeful for season two
The Player should have been given more time. Outstanding show. Martial arts in the middle of the week from an intelligent, and handsome actor.
I loved all the characters as well as the story lines. Maybe Someone will give the series another chance.
I watched the first two episodes and then decided my time was better spent watching something else. The show bored me. So, glad it’s going off; clears the way for a new program.
You need to get cancelled.
It appears to me when NBC has a great show they end up canceling it and replacing it with a show that isn’t with watching. They should at least give a show two seasons to prove its self. But I guess it’s all about the greedy Executives of the company. The commercials for its replacement does not look like something that I would watch. The Player was an awesome show. Just had to voice my opinion.