A&E has dropped Chloe Sevigny’s drama Those Who Kill from their schedule after two episodes.
Those Who Kill revolves around homicide detective Catherine Jensen (Sevigny) and academic forensic psychologist Thomas Schaeffer (James D’Arcy) who work to solve crimes in Pittsburgh. Others in the cast include James Morrison, Omid Abtahi, Kerry O’Malley, Bruce Davison, Kathy Baker, Michael Rispoli, and Anne Dudek.
The new detective series debuted to 1.4 million viewers. That was less than half of its lead-in, Bates Motel, whose second season premiere drew 3.07 million. Then, in week two, just 830,000 tuned in to watch Kill.
Now that Those Who Kill has been pulled, the cable channel will shift Bates Motel to the 10pm timeslot. A rerun will air at 9pm.
Though the ratings for Kill have been very poor, A&E hasn’t cancelled it. Though things certainly don’t look good, they reportedly believe in the show and want to find another timeslot where it can build an audience. That day/time will be determined later. There are eight unaired episodes remaining.
What do you think? Do you like Those Who Kill? Will you watch when it returns or, do you think it should be cancelled?
Don’t Cancel……my husband and I were excited to watch. We watched first 3 episodes and feel this will be a good series.
OMG! How could you pull this show? THOSE WHO KILL immediately became one of my absolute favorites! The characterization is deep and complex. I want to see how close to the edge of unraveling Catherine can go. I want to know how Thomas got someone killed. I want to watch the dynamic between Thomas and his wife. PLEASE bring it back!! I think it needs to be promoted more than it was. And if it is brought back, please repeat the first 2 shows so new viewers can understand what’s going on. ARGH!!!
I DVR’d the first episode and finally got to watch it. OMG I loved it!!!! Kept me on the edge of my seat every minute. I really think you need to give it more time before you pull it for good. I didn’t even know it was pulled from Monday nights until I went on line to check on the schedule. Maybe word of mouth will be more effective than current advertising. Please don’t give up on Those Who Kill. Best new show!!!!
I think it was pulled too soon. Admittedly, it was dark, but Catherine’s character needed time to develop further, as well as the relationships with the people with whom she worked or associated. There are so many shows that began with poor ratings and later built a large following. Please don’t let this show miss the chance to do the same.
I love this show. I want to find out why the female cop hates her father so much. What did this powerful man do. What happened to her brother. Please bring this show back. I don’t understand why a&e has shows which are very goo for example the killing. They were going to cancel it. But people started complaining and the show was reinstated. I’m starting to feel betrayed by this network. They get us do cut up on a show then they pull it. I m starting to think that maybe this network has people who don’t know what… Read more »
Pleease don’t cancel!!
This was one of the best new shows on this year; you didn’t give it a chance….It came on right after Bates Motel, which made it awesome….I really miss it and only saw 2 shows.
Take off some of these ridiculous reality shows ie: Duck Dynasty
PLEASE BRING BACK “THOSE WHO KILL” or put on later or another nite, but put back on air ASAP…
I loved this new series, Bates Motel and People who killed right together was wonderful; People Who Kill was one of the best new shows on tv this season. Please bring it back, you did not give it a chance. Two shows was not enough to judge it. Never fails when a new show comes on that I really enjoy they cancel and leave the dumb shows on…Duck Dynasty could go off as far as I am concerned there is way too many dumb reality shows on anyway..BRING” BACK PEOPLE WHO KILL” please.
DO NOT CANCEL!!! OMG! Just found this show by accident on A&E maybe needs more advertisement so more people can find out about it too…THIS WAS GONNA B ONE OF MY NEW FAVORITE SHOWS….CANT WAIT TO SEE NEXT SHOW! Bring it back!!!I was DVRING IT AND COULDNT FIND IT!! Oring it back!! Love, Love, Love it!!!
I watched the first episode and I was intrigued and could not wait til the next one to see how the characters grow then I found out it was pulled I think a show with this kind of darkness needs a spot on pay channels
cannot believe after 2 episodes I discovered Those Who Kill was gone.Perhaps your promos could have better captured the how very unique it was.boo to you a and e.MISSthe glades too.
I am a fan of the show. I agree with some of the other posts, shows that require some thought, then so many people can’t figure out where the show is going. Give it time, I think this is one of the best shows! Do not cancel!
I think that it should be cancelled because if it is as dark as people say it is which I do not watch those shows then it should be with all the crime in this world no one should have to watch that. A&E has lost my viewership because of them cancelling good shows that have good ratings maybe not great but good and putting reality shows that are very poor. I think the executives have been making poor decisions on what to view and I think that A&E needs to get new executives.
I was intrigued. I hate a commonplace consistently patterned program. Try again. It grows on you
If you know the original then you know why this was taken off. To be blunt it is horrible. Why you would condense a very good, very complicated thriller from 1 1/2 hours to 49 minutes is beyond me. Chloe may be good but she is wasted here. The psychologist us just pathetic.