If you'll forgive me for the bad pun in the title of this article, then we can move on to the big news, and that is that things aren't looking good for Numb3rs. The CBS crime procedural, which stars Rob Morrow as an FBI agent and David Krumholtz as his mathematical genius brother, is looking toward an impending cancellation. The sixth season of the drama was originally set for twenty-two episodes, but CBS has recently shaved off six episodes of that for a sixteen-episode season, says the Hollywood Reporter.
While no decision has been made about the show's future past the sixteen episodes, ratings have been dismal for the Friday show. The most recent episode of the show only averaged a 1.7 rating/6 share among adults 18-49 and 7.9 million viewers overall.
There are plenty of potential replacements for Numb3rs on cue at CBS -- the Canadian procedural Flashpoint is especially a strong replacement possibility, because it has previously performed strongly in the Friday slot that Numb3rs is now in.
In any case, things are not looking good for the series, which is already been secured for syndication by CBS. "Continuing it at the high cost associated with a long-running drama is considered unlikely," says the Hollywood Reporter.
Is the number up for Numb3rs?
I don’t watch this show so the news doesn’t affect me, but I find it crazy that CBS lets shows with ratings like this go. This past Friday Numbers ratings were the second highest on any of the broadcast networks for the night, even beating out Medium, and a million short of The Ghost Whisperer, which won the night. It ALWAYS wins its time slot (its up against 20/20 and Jay Leno). The week before last it was the third highest rated show on broadcast television, behind CBSes own Ghost Whisperer and Medium, and it was above 8 million viewers. You can bet those 8 million fans aren’t going to be too happy though.
I knew that giving this show up for “Stargate: Universe” was a bad idea. Sorry, Numb3rs. If it’s any consolation, I always watch the replay on MYSTERY channel on the weekend. And I only watched “Flashpoint” for the premiere, I swear.
That’s too bad. I thought it was popular enough to do well in the ratings (and Bryan says it does do well against the competition.) Let’s face it, Fridays aren’t the primo ratings night for any show. I hope it makes it. I enjoy all the Numb3rs characters and cases. It’s nice to have crimes that aren’t solved in the lab but rather in the classroom.
I don't watch this show so the news doesn't affect me, but I find it crazy that CBS lets shows with ratings like this go. This past Friday Numbers ratings were the second highest on any of the broadcast networks for the night, even beating out Medium, and a million short of The Ghost Whisperer, which won the night. It ALWAYS wins its time slot (its up against 20/20 and Jay Leno). The week before last it was the third highest rated show on broadcast television, behind CBSes own Ghost Whisperer and Medium, and it was above 8 million viewers. You can bet those 8 million fans aren't going to be too happy though.
I knew that giving this show up for "Stargate: Universe" was a bad idea. Sorry, Numb3rs. If it's any consolation, I always watch the replay on MYSTERY channel on the weekend. And I only watched "Flashpoint" for the premiere, I swear.
That's too bad. I thought it was popular enough to do well in the ratings (and Bryan says it does do well against the competition.) Let's face it, Fridays aren't the primo ratings night for any show. I hope it makes it. I enjoy all the Numb3rs characters and cases. It's nice to have crimes that aren't solved in the lab but rather in the classroom.
I have to say, even though I watched Numbers for years (and watch it every night on Showcase), I do prefer Flashpoint. And not just because I am Canadian ;)
I have to say, even though I watched Numbers for years (and watch it every night on Showcase), I do prefer Flashpoint. And not just because I am Canadian ;)