There’s by no means a uninteresting second as we strategy upfronts as a result of there’s virtually all the time some reveals 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 reveals 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 firstly 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 method 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 sequence has a improbable forged buoyed by Morris Chestnut, however there isn’t a lot of observe occurring 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 normally straightforward to inform which reveals resonate with the CBS viewers.
Transferring The Equalizer to a later time interval understandably resulted in diminished on-air numbers.
There’s a case to be made for the sequence 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 excellent for main off the evening.
Had CBS been extra serious about salvaging the sequence, it might 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 method out the door, there’s actually room on Fridays.
A few of CBS’s longest-running reveals have made Fridays their dwelling, and reasonably than sacrifice a improbable present like The Equalizer, it might have been higher to attempt it on a brand new evening.
CBS can brag about Watson’s success all it needs, however the sequence has flatlined after its premiere, which had a powerful lead-in to assist numbers.
The Equalizer Had Robust Rankings
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 successful as a result of the reveals had been tonally suitable.
I can’t assist however assume that Watson would have pulled in comparatively related 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 reveals have already been renewed, and a few spinoffs are on faucet for the 2025-26 season, so there’s a scarcity of schedule area 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 possible state of affairs is that The Equalizer will get the pink slip, and a by-product will observe.
That would go away Robyn McCall and everybody in her orbit’s storylines incomplete, which isn’t the easiest way to advertise a by-product.
All I can do is wait to seek 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!
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