To no surprise, CBS has pulled their new low-rated crime drama, Training Day, from its Thursday night timeslot. The series is the latest entry in a list of CBS dramas — including Rush Hour and Pure Genius — that have struggled in the Thursdays at 10pm timeslot. However, fans of Bill Paxton’s last TV series will still be able to see the remaining episodes.
Picking up some 15 years after the movie, the Training Day TV show follows Detective Frank Rourke (Bill Paxon). He’s the maverick head of a special unit that hunts the city’s most dangerous criminals. When the LAPD brass notices Rourke’s penchant for operating in a gray area to fight crime, they assign heroic Kyle Craig (Justin Cornwell) to pose as Frank’s trainee to spy on him and report on his off-book methods. The rest of the CBS cast includes Katrina Law, Drew Van Acker, Lex Scott Davis, Julie Benz, Christina Vidal, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
Training Day got off to a disappointing start on February 2nd, averaging a 0.88 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.73 million viewers. The numbers have gotten much worse as the weeks have progressed. There was a slight bump for the March 2nd installment, which featured a tribute to Paxton, but the numbers were still quite low for a network series.
After six episodes, CBS has pulled Training Day from the Thursday night lineup. The remaining seven installments will air on Saturday nights beginning April 8th. It will air at 9pm, following episodes of drama Ransom.
While CBS has not officially cancelled Training Day, there is little chance that the series will be renewed for a second season.
What do you think? Do you like the Training Day TV show? Will you watch the remaining episodes on Saturday nights?
What happens to the cast of Training Day? They were all so good, have any of them signed on for other shows?
My husband and I love to watch Training Day. It’s one of our favorite shows that we both enjoy watching together. We hope they will somehow continue the series with another Actor. That would be awesome.
Liked the program and will continue watching it on Saturday nights.
Liked the show and will watch the remaining episodes
love the show pls renew
Loved the show & hope it’s renewed!
Don’t cancel training day. Luv the show and the actors. Give it a chance.
Love the show and all the characters. Hope it won’t be cancelled.
Love Bill Paxton & the show from the start. So upset about Bill’s passing. He was an awesome actor. He will be greatly missed. I hope CBS will renew the show. Prayers to the family.
For me, started slowly but quickly grew to a real appreciation of the acting and the story line(s). Sure hope they can find a way to salvage the show.