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?
are they going to release the rest of the season online?
Can’t another (preferably cable!) station pick it up? Was it too expensive to produce?
It’s really too bad, my family and I enjoyed The Player! I don’t know why we even bother watching network television anymore.
Love this show!
I was really looking forward to more of the back stories. Wanted to see where it was going.
Why are they cancelling The Player? It’s one of the best shows on TV. The one they should cancel is the one with the lady covered in tattoos, that show is terrible. Tried watching it but just couldn’t connect with it.
I Loved this show!!!! Please don’t cancel it!!! I had to DVR it because of work, never missed an episode!
Let’s boycott NBC until.they bring back the player
The player was a.great show why do they always get ride.of the most amazing shows and bring stupid ass shows to replace them I hope they bring back the player for a season two if not I am just going to get of cable its not worth getting into a show u like and love and them.take it off
Put it on their sister network, USA Network, or sell it to Hulu or Netflix, etc.
Great show. We could not wait till Thursdays to come every week.
Went from watching NFL Thursday night football to this show.
Where are your rating poles being pulled from??? Great show and big mistake of this show not being continued!!!
There are FAR more crappier shows still on the air. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING???
This show was so so good! How can we leave and not find out what was between Cassandra and the pit boss?? Cassandra made being smart so cool! The cancellation is a shame – maybe Netflix will pick it up???
I think the series started strong and got better. Very disappointed with network!
I love The Player!! It is a GREAT show!! It is different, creative, and action packed!! I hope another network picks it up. I think it would do well on USA network!
Why are they always cancelling great action shows?!?!
No! A good storyline, Action, character depth and full of substance. Save the Player. Who needs Jennifer Lopez to replace something of substance”??