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 enjoyed the show. I m sorry that NBC cancelled it!
Nooo! Please save this show! Don’t cancel it! The story is getting really good. They have so much more explaining to do. What do we have to do to save this show?
This is a show I really enjoy – it is shown really late in Australia so we have to watch on catch up tv and now they are cancelling itwhy oh why please give it a go
NBC must be out of their freaking minds, if they’re cancelling this show, because it’s really good. That’s why I don’t like watching new shows on NBC, they cancel even the good ones. I won’t invest my eyeballs in watching another new show, on this fickle as hell network.
This is the second show I have watched and enjoyed that has ended up being cancelled – the other being Almost Human. I hadn’t originally planned to watch it because the trailers were so bad they massively undersold the show – almost the the extent that they seemed deliberately bad. The show itself ended up surprising me and was something I looked forward to each week. It’s frustrating to find out the 9 hours invested (well, 6 once you fast forward through the ads) have been wasted. Do I need to start waiting until a second series is commissioned before… Read more »
I just got into the show and started to dvr it. The way they just cut it with no real ending is sad. I guess this is why I stopped watching nbc. The only show they have left is law and order svu. This is just awful.
It’s getting really old watching shows get the ax when they aren’t getting a fair shake. It’s like if they aren’t the greatest thing on tv from the first episode then it’s not worth it to the network to keep it on. I’ve seen a lot worse shows stay on a lot longer
Love the player make us and our neighbors mad they r canceling. Everyone comes over weekly just to watch it.
I really enjoyed this show and its cast and was looking forward to Season 2. It was great seeing Wesley again—watching him do his thing.
Please don’t cancel the show!!! My husband and I work all the time and DVR three shows we watch every week. Greys Anatomy, the Blacklist and the Player! It really makes me sad thinking about losing another great show. Hopefully they reconsider or another channel picks it up! It’s has great story and great acting and keeps you on the edge!
I liked the show and have watched every episode. Hate that it was cancelled. There are not a lot of adult type entertainment on the tube these days. Bad mistake to cancel this show so soon. Hope they tweak it and bring it back. .
It really sucks that they are not renewing it. It’s another reason to not watch anything on NBC or fox. When they finally get something entertaining they cancel it too soon and fox is notorious for showing thing out of order too (maybe to even help cancel their show for something else).
So disappointed to hear the player has been cancelled. Really enjoyed the show. But as per the nbc mo they always cancel good shows. I should not have fallen prey to this new really good show since it was on nbc. Hopefully nbc will rethink this one or another network will pick it up !
C’mon. With that finale, they have to expect an increase for the premier in January. The show totally lacked, but this rabbit hole is totally worth another go.
I’m very disappointed that this is cancelled you all are making a huge mistake . Sorry to say that .