A Popular CBS Show Has Been CANCELED After 5 Seasons

The Equalizer has been canceled at CBS.

The show starring Queen Latifah lasted for 5 seasons on the network and was the last to be canceled before CBS released its 2025-2026 schedule. The network’s schedule is expected to be released on May 7th, 2025.

Queen Latifah is packing her bags at CBS! According to Deadline, the network chose not to renew the show ahead of their next season schedule release after going back and forth on the show’s future.

This show joins several others that won’t be moving forward, including FBI: Most Wanted, FBI: International, and Poppa’s House. The show managed to get a complete 5-season run at the network! Queen Latifah produced the show as well as starring in it, and reacted to the cancellation online.

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She shared that the show was “everything I hoped it would be” and that the show “blew past every dream we had for it.” She teased new projects soon after the cancellation news. The show was previously considered for a shorter 6th season before the final decision was made. This show wasn’t connected to the movie of the same name, however, both were inspired by a 1980s series of the same name, also on CBS.

The 2025-2026 CBS schedule will be released on May 7th, 2025. Several series like Elsbeth, Tracker, and several of the NCIS variations were renewed earlier in 2025. We are eager to see what the final schedule will be and what Queen Latifah will be working on next.

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