There’s by no means a boring second as we strategy upfronts as a result of there’s nearly at all times some exhibits in jeopardy within the lead-up to Might.
Final yr, it was NCIS: Hawai’i, which was in the end canceled regardless of being one of many most-watched exhibits on broadcast TV.
As a diehard NCIS: Hawai’i fan, the choice from CBS to finish the present with out a lot as a conclusion was a gutpunch.
I’m involved that The Equalizer will meet the identical destiny this season.
We’re at the start of April, and it’s the only real CBS drama nonetheless awaiting phrase on its future.
The community banished the Queen Latifah drama to the ten p.m. slot on Sundays to make approach for freshman dud Watson.
I’m calling that present a dud as a result of its numbers haven’t been nice, and the plot hasn’t been essentially the most artistic.
Watson is a Dud, and You Gained’t Change My Thoughts
Merely put, the collection has a implausible forged buoyed by Morris Chestnut, however there isn’t a lot of notice happening to make me need to tune into each episode.
Admittedly, I used to be surprised to listen to that it had been renewed as a result of it’s often simple to inform which exhibits resonate with the CBS viewers.
Transferring The Equalizer to a later time interval understandably resulted in decreased on-air numbers.
There’s a case to be made for the collection to air within the 8 p.m. slot as a result of it options excessive motion, with a touch of procedural parts that make it good for main off the evening.
Had CBS been extra desirous about salvaging the collection, it could have been higher off trialing it out within the 8 p.m. slot one other evening of the week.
With S.W.A.T. on its approach out the door, there’s definitely room on Fridays.
A few of CBS’s longest-running exhibits have made Fridays their house, and quite than sacrifice a implausible present like The Equalizer, it could have been higher to attempt it on a brand new evening.
CBS can brag about Watson’s success all it needs, however the collection has flatlined after its premiere, which had a robust lead-in to assist numbers.
The Equalizer Had Robust Scores
The Equalizer was as soon as very aggressive within the 8 p.m. timeslot. It did transfer to 9 p.m. out of Tracker and remained a success as a result of the exhibits had been tonally appropriate.
I can’t assist however suppose that Watson would have pulled in comparatively comparable numbers to what it’s pulling in now within the 10 p.m. slot.
I can’t shake the sensation that CBS is purposefully harming The Equalizer to make its inevitable cancellation appear justified.
12 scripted exhibits have already been renewed, and a few spinoffs are on faucet for the 2025-26 season, so there’s an absence of schedule house for The Equalizer.
Because it’s the one scripted drama on CBS nonetheless to listen to phrase on its destiny, I hope that negotiations are underway to maintain the present round in some capability.
The extra seemingly state of affairs is that The Equalizer will get the pink slip, and a derivative will comply with.
That would depart Robyn McCall and everybody in her orbit’s storylines incomplete, which isn’t the easiest way to advertise a derivative.
All I can do is wait to search out out what turns into of the present, however I’ll die on the hill that CBS harmed the present and can finish it with a less-than-satisfying finale.
The identical occurred with NCIS: Hawai’i, and it’ll proceed to happen as a result of networks can get away with it.
Over to you, The Equalizer Fanatics!
What’s your tackle the way in which the collection has been dealt with?
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