CBS canceled a sci-fi series that was not only ahead of its time, but only getting better with age. Person of Interest deserved better.
reigned strong in the last years of broadcast television’s heyday, before streaming became the go-to form of entertainment. Despite being labeled as an ‘old people’s network,’ CBS managed to dominate the ratings with a slew of procedural shows that grew into franchises .
There was little challenge to CBS’ formula of relying on tried-and-true TV formulas, but the network decided to venture into new territories, anyway.As the 2010s hit, high-concept TV series quickly swept in and began to replace formulaic procedurals and sitcoms with bigger-budget serialized stories. However, CBS somehow managed to land on the best of both worlds, with a TV series that was definitely high-concept and ambitious in scope, but was still digestible enough in pieces to appease CBS’s core audience.. The series one of the first TV projects from Jonathan Nolan, Chris Nolan’s brother and longtime collaborator, following their conclusion oftrilogy. The series quickly became a hit, with Seasons 1-2 rocketing through the ratings to make the show a weekly appointment viewing for anywhere from 12 – 14 million viewers.ended up running for a total of five seasons; viewership was declining by seasons 4 and 5, but was still fairly strong for a show that was aging into its fourth and fifth years on the air, with the Final Season averaging about 6 – 7 million viewers per episode. The series was a genre show, and never earned much in the way of Emmy nominations, but it did get consistently nominated by various awards shows and organizations that focus on genre entertainment .was one of the most successful early high-concept genre shows, which was able to run with the biggest of broadcast shows. It also opened the door for Jonathan Nolan to find his lane as a TV creator, while Chris Nolan continued his growth and evolution as a feature filmmaker. AfterTV show , based on the popular game series. Obviously, things worked out for Jonathan Nolan, but in another world,follows a reclusive billionaire tech guy who goes by the alias “Harold Finch” . Finch develops a cutting-edge computer program for the government that can rapidly correlate all kinds of data to predict potential terrorist attacks and identify the likely culprits, before they can strike. Since Finch is not active in the field, he recruits former special forces operative-turned-CIA-agent John Reese to be his field agent. The pair embark on a mission to locate and neutralize threats The Machine identifies, even when the government doesn’t deem them worthy, or doesn’t want to intervene, for one shady reason or another.was ahead of its time. The series wrestled with moral and ethical questions, on both the personal and the socio-political levels, at a time when technology was on the verge of rapidly changing the world . Looking back at it now, the topics of terrorism and authoritarianism seem much more complicated and layered, now that we’re living in a world where digital surveillance and data is being exploited in frightening ways. It’s a sign that Nolan and co. were on the pulse, if time is only proving them right .is also a big reason why the show was so successful. If Jim Caviezel only has this series and his portrayal of Jesus Chris in Mel Gibson’s, he still has one of the more impressive TV/film runs out there. Michael Emerson became a breakout actor playing one of the main villains of ABC’ssolidified Emerson as one of the best character actors in TV, and cemented his relationship with CBS, with the network tapping him to be the villain in the supernatural procedural series) to return to television, playing an NYPD detective who begins to zero in on Reese and Finch’s operation. Joss Whedon alumna Amy Acker continued her fan-favored run as a “Root,” a hacker who becomes obsessed with The Machine. Rounding out the cast was Sarah Shahi 30 Years Ago Today, Friends Wrote Out 1 of Its Best Supporting Characters Get access to exclusive stories on new releases, movies, shows, comics, anime, games and more!
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