Crime drama followers have fairly actually been decreased to tears after the cancellation of a massively profitable sequence.
Starring Queen Latifah, The Equalizer premiered on CBS in February 2021 and has since acquired a loyal following.
Executive producer Latifah additionally performs the titular character, starring alongside Liza Lapira, Laya DeLeon Hayes, Lorraine Toussaint, and Tory Kittles.
Its plot follows Robyn McCall, aka The Equalizer, a single mom to a teenage daughter dwelling in New York. With a mysterious background, she utilises her intensive expertise to assist these with nowhere else to show.
Season 5 premiered final October, with the season finale airing simply this weekend on May 4.
Alas, followers have since been crushed to be taught there might be no extra.
The present’s cancellation was confirmed by the CBS community on Friday following a decline in rankings when episodes moved to a later hour on Sunday evening.
Each week, it has been averaging slightly below six million viewers, whereas season 4 was attracting a median of seven.89million.
Reacting to the axe, Latifah, 55, took to Instagram to profess her love for her character one final time.
She wrote to her 8.2million followers: ‘Stepping right into a kick-ass function like Robyn was every thing I hoped it could be. Shakim and I at Flavor Unit are all the time excited to carry these sorts of roles and initiatives to life—after which we simply hope you like them as a lot as we do.
‘The Equalizer blew past every dream we had for it, and having the opportunity to do this for five seasons honestly feels surreal.’
She continued sweetly: ‘Thank you to our amazing cast, crew, and producers and writers! And I can’t say sufficient concerning the FANS!Y’all have been so loyal, so loud, and so ride-or-die—and that’s precisely why we maintain doing this. We can’t thanks sufficient. It means the world to us.’
Promising her personal future initiatives, she concluded: ‘And don’t fear—I’ll be again kicking ass in one thing new actual quickly. Can’t wait to share it with you.’
Taking to the feedback, The Equalizer viewers expressed their devastation, with @candikgirl declaring: ‘I’m carried out with CBS.’
Latifah additionally obtained loads of help from friends within the business, as Glee star Amber Riley commented: ‘It was mg dream to be on that show! I’m so mad 😩 me and my mother LOVED the present!’
‘You are epic in every way♥️🙌🏾’, added Ariana DeBose.
Over on X, followers are planning on taking bodily motion in opposition to the cancellation, with @ShawnaIam6899 saying they want to ‘start a petition’.
‘CBS did this show dirty switching the time slots first 8:00 then 9:00 now 10:00 in just 5 seasons’, they wrote.
‘The Equalizer deserves to renewed for one or even two more seasons it’s not honest and it’s not proper’, agreed @Ashe21_, including the hashtag SaveTheEqualizer.
@CandiceTinnon ranted: ‘I believe CBS high-key sabotaged #TheEqualizer! They kept moving the show time around, and they were barely promoting the show anymore! The Equalizer deserved better! This is bulls**t!’
@JennJennFeliz agreed: ‘Someone needs to pick up #TheEqualizer It’s a crime to have cancelled that sequence!’
Others had been additionally filled with reward for what the present grew to become, with @theerealavep penning: ‘This show never stayed away from relevant-sensitive issues. Whether it was police brutality, trafficking, mental health, hate crimes across communities. The list continues. There were stories to be told.’
The Equalizer was born as an adaptation of the 1985-89 sequence of the identical identify, which was additionally made right into a trio of characteristic movies starring Denzel Washington.
According to Deadline, its sixth season would’ve doubtless been its final and been 13 episodes lengthy.
As it lands on the scrap heap, at the least the present is in good firm, becoming a member of fellow veteran drama FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted and comedy Poppa’s House, which had been additionally lately axed.
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