Why was The Unit cancelled?

[Inspector Jihad]

i watched the first season, i liked it but i only thought it was ok...

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: duragezic
It didn't have spectacular viewings and ratings, but it did do decently especially given its timeslot and that CBS did not do much to promote it.

I guess of its viewership that it didn't have enough of the 19-34 crowd that advertisers want. I seen that viewers of The Unit tended to be older than that, but that they were relatively well off so it's not all that bad for advertising.

Also they didn't go overseas for filming much if at all. Most of it was done in SoCal. And with that supposedly the average unit episode was actually far cheaper to produce than the average other drama shows (something like average is 3 million per episode and The Unit average was 1.5 million).

<--- yeah was obsessed with The Unit. I hate CBS for cancelling it; I don't want any of their other shows.

(CBS's audiences skew towards older people anyway.) From Wikipedia, I noticed a sizable dip in rating/viewership from S1 to S4.

Dunno if any of that is attributable to the writers' strike; or if Americans declining support for the overseas wars may have crossed over into this show.

 

[duragezic]

Originally posted by: manly

Originally posted by: duragezic
It didn't have spectacular viewings and ratings, but it did do decently especially given its timeslot and that CBS did not do much to promote it.

I guess of its viewership that it didn't have enough of the 19-34 crowd that advertisers want. I seen that viewers of The Unit tended to be older than that, but that they were relatively well off so it's not all that bad for advertising.

Also they didn't go overseas for filming much if at all. Most of it was done in SoCal. And with that supposedly the average unit episode was actually far cheaper to produce than the average other drama shows (something like average is 3 million per episode and The Unit average was 1.5 million).

<--- yeah was obsessed with The Unit. I hate CBS for cancelling it; I don't want any of their other shows.

(CBS's audiences skew towards older people anyway.) From Wikipedia, I noticed a sizable dip in rating/viewership from S1 to S4.

Dunno if any of that is attributable to the writers' strike; or if Americans declining support for the overseas wars may have crossed over into this show.

I think some of that drop was due to the switch with season 3 or 4 to the Sunday at 10pm timeslot. That's fine for me as I stay up late, but I believe most people are in bed around then!

So that and perhaps the other reasons you mentioned. Also there was some who felt the show went downhill after Eric Haney left. The show did start as based loosely on his book "Inside Delta Force" (excellent book btw) but I actually did not feel it dropped in quality much after he left.

It more just went in a different direction. I think it was after season 2 when the producers said it was going to take a more spy/CIA approach rather than a military theme. I don't know why this was done. I would've preferred the original military way, but it was still extremely entertaining.

edit: In case anyone hasn't noticed, I can talk The Unit all day. 😀

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: duragezic
I think some of that drop was due to the switch with season 3 or 4 to the Sunday at 10pm timeslot. That's fine for me as I stay up late, but I believe most people are in bed around then!

So that and perhaps the other reasons you mentioned. Also there was some who felt the show went downhill after Eric Haney left. The show did start as based loosely on his book "Inside Delta Force" (excellent book btw) but I actually did not feel it dropped in quality much after he left.

It more just went in a different direction. I think it was after season 2 when the producers said it was going to take a more spy/CIA approach rather than a military theme. I don't know why this was done. I would've preferred the original military way, but it was still extremely entertaining.

edit: In case anyone hasn't noticed, I can talk The Unit all day. 😀

Needless to say, I was so looking forward to a new season without Molly Blaine. 🙁

 

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u had to remind me?🙁

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