NBC execs have been slowly rebuilding their schedule and they’ve had a hard time finding new successful series. Will The Player be a ratings success or, will it be cancelled like so many others? Will it be renewed for a second season? Stay tuned.
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.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
11/19 update: Has The Player been cancelled? Will it be back in 2016?
Final season averages: 0.83 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 3.99 million total viewers.
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Note: Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like The Player TV series? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
Oh and guys you can go to NBC.com go down to the bottom of Contact Us and give feedback on shows and express your want for the show to stay going!!!
The commercial didn’t give it justice, at first I was like what is this, and really only watched it because of Wesley Snipes. That first episode though had me and the hubby hooked and we are in our early 30s. I hope they keep this show and improve it over time, lots of shows need that… Time to let the plot unfold, I just wish more people watched it because it really is a good show with the action that so much of TV has lost.. I’m so tired of drama’s, cop shows, love stories.. this is different. It does… Read more »
I have read comments by most fans of this TV Show “The Player”. I always looked forward to watching it on demand. I would watch it during its 10 pm slot, if I didn’t go to the gym after work. It is a nice show. This is my first time having to leave a comment regarding something of this nature…..but we want more…enough said. Thank you!
Keep The Player. I LOVE it!
I love this show. It does not need to be cancel
It worth keeping
This is a great show. I haven’t watched it live once though. I’m out on Thursday night, but I watch it ondemand. Do these numbers account for ondemand and DVR watchers. I watch the player and blind spot on NBC & the player is better in my eyes. 24, prison break, turn, are my type of shows and this is one of my favorites. Great show, huge mistake to cancel. Renew is now NBC!!!
Networks value the live TV ratings more than DVR because people can’t fast forward through commercials when watching live. Online ratings are also good if there are commercials that people can’t forward through.
If enough people watch/rewatch “The Player” on the NBC website or NBC app to get online ratings high enough, NBC may renew the show. They experimented with “Aquarius” by releasing the entire 1st season online and they renewed it because it had great online ratings. Hope the same can happen with “The Player.”
When you watch any program on demand you can’t fast forward through them. During live TV people switch the channel during commercials. We have remotes and hundreds of stations. These people have to realize people don’t watch shows on the networks time, they watch them on their time.
I agree. Since the big TV networks haven’t announced any cancellations this Fall yet, I hope they are carefully examining the ratings from on demand viewership and consider renewing shows that had their episode orders trimmed like “The Player.” Cancelling shows is not the solution if they want to retain customers and compete with Netflix in this era of digital viewing. More and more people are shifting towards streaming shows online, so it will be a lot harder for TV networks to find shows that will do really well in live TV ratings. Successful shows like “Blindspot,” “The Blacklist,” and… Read more »
NBC…try something different and do not cancel this show. The timeslot is terrible. This is a keeper. Well acted and written. I can gaurantee, the J-lo series will do worse in hat slot. I just dont get it…you renewed Blindspot and Limitless…smh
Show should be renewed and picked up by a cable network. It is a great show.
I love Phillip Win chester & his new show The Player. I followed him on Strike Force & w0uld watch anything he is in. Good New Show!
I preferred him in Strike Back.
10 pm on thurs just seems to be a DEATH slot for NBC. since Er, almost everything they put their dies a quick death.
I have no clue who the NBC executives are, but this is the biggest mistake ever! This is a great show! I can never stay up to watch it, because is comes on after Scandal and How to get away with murder, but I always record it!! I absolutely love this show and so do all the women in my office!! Can’t they try moving it to a different time and or day??
I love this show. Great cast. Great writing. I hope to see many more seasons.
I like it, there nothing like it on TV. That’s why I like it
I really love the show!! I am really hoping it’s NOT cancelled! I enjoy all the action and the fight scenes are well choreographed. Alex is tough but also has a heart which I like. His wittiness is hilarious! I absolutely love Cassandra!! She is so classy and great at what she does! Girl power to the extreme with beauty and brains! They have only hinted at her story and I look forward to hearing how she came to be with the House. Mr. Johnson is too smooth for words and never ceases to amaze me how he always has… Read more »
It would be a mistake to cancel this show. I dvr every episode because I don’t watch tv till later. This is one of my favorite new shows.
I love this show its way better than so much of the other ******** thats on. Keep the show