Is Theo/Walter the reason this show got cancelled

It's being canceled because CBS isn't giving it a fair shake. Started this awesome show in February when everyone's habits are already formed. If they had started this show in September in Vegas' slot it would have been a huge hit. Giving it a second season CBS would have realized that. They are punishing the show when CBS didn't give it a fair fighting chance. Sign the petition to bring it back:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-golden-boy

I think Theo James is a solid actor who fits in great with the rest of the cast. Besides the "youngest police com in history" twist, there really isn't any new ground this show is trying to cover. It's stale. In my opinion, the problem isn't with any of them main actors, but the cliche writing & cliche story lines that have been done to death -and in a better way I might add- on other crime procedural dramas. I just think people are just tired of seeing the same thing over and over, and the ratings reflect that.
But I will miss seeing Theo's gorgeous face every Tuesday night, I'll give you that.

I think the name hurt it. I think he was too pretty for the part, but really viewers just didn't connect with it. It started out with okay ratings, but fell over time. I think the biggest turn off for viewers was probably the constant fighting between his character and Arroyo. People go to work for that kind of tension, they don't want to see it in their crime dramas (divisive homicide units just don't work on TV, the victims are the most important thing there). ;)

The show was always at its best when Arroyo and Clark weren't fighting or undermining each other.

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The main problem with the OP's idea is that it would require a complete restructuring of the show, mainly the premise and title. It would invalidate all of the prior "7 years from now" scenes. You could possibly do that and pick up some Walking Dead viewers by calling it Golden Zombie Boy. The tagline could also be changed:
In 7 years, Walter Clark will become the first zombie Police Commissioner. This is his story...



Raylan Givens: You make me pull, and I'll put you down.

Pshh you're view is clearly biased and one sided---Theo was the weakest of the cast because he was a pretty boy? It's not exactly like he can help his looks. His acting was up to par right up there with Chi McBride, even Chi McBride showered him with high compliments. I think it's in poor taste for people like you to sit and complain about actors for being "too pretty" to play roles like cops--you know not every cop out in this world is rugged and hard looking? There are actually some young, attractive and ambitious cops. Regardless of looks, I think the storyline is what kept us attracted to the show, but it was the timing of the showing in which it aired and the nights it aired that killed it. I didn't even know the show was on CBS until after the finale. It had nothing to do with anyone's looks or acting chops but had everything to do with CBS making a dumb move in replacing a show with such an ambitious show as Golden Boy-mid season.

You're probably right, Theo's acting isn't that great, his character isn't that believable or likeable.

That he is pretty is exactly right imho, for the story to work he has to have it all, pretty looks, clever, good partner that boosts him, courage and above all "luck" to become the police commissioner.
Good looking and pretty guys have a distinctive advantage over normal people, it's true not just for women but for men too. You just want them to be successful because they have good genes and it's advantageous for the "larger tribe" for them to be. That's why we like them.

No, this show was cancelled because it didn't really fit CBS's core demographics. I'd always thought it was too "urban" (grittier crimes, a very ethnic cast, script was racially aware, very much of the city--reminded me of a glossier version of "NY Undercover") when compared to other CBS dramas, and it wasn't a procedural.