'The Equalizer' Has Officially Been Canceled by CBS

Coming as no great shock to anyone, CBS has finally put fans out of their misery and announced that season 5 of ‘The Equalizer’ starring Queen Latifah will be the last season. The May 4 Season 5 finale, titled "Decisions," will be the series finale.

Queen Latifah took to Instagram to share her thoughts on the cancellation of her series. See her post below.

The Equalizer starred Latifah as Robyn McCall, a former operative turned “Robin Hood” if you will. She helped her clients equal their odds against those that wronged them. The show followed the movie starring Denzel Washington which was also based on the original television series starring Edward Woodward. 

CBS has been changing up their lineup over recent weeks with the cancellation of Poppa’s House as well as not moving forward with planned spin-offs of The Equalizer and The Neighborhood. In good news, the Eye Network renewed Ghosts (for two seasons) and Watson (for a sophomore season). 

Fans have been rallying trying to save The Equalizer as the writing has been on the wall for some time now. The show was not just entertaining but offered representation with its diverse cast and guest stars like Jada Pinkett Smith, long time friend of Queen Latifah. Smith and Latifah famously starred together in the film Set it Off, a cult classic with Vivica A. Fox,  Kimberly Elise, Blair Underwood and John C. McGinley. 

Also starring in The Equalizer with Latifah, Liza Lapira (Melody “Mel” Bayani), Adam Goldberg (Harry Keshegian), Laya DeLeon Hayes (Delilah), Lorraine Toussaint (Viola “Vi” Marsette) and Tory Kittles (Detective Marcus Dante).

Mel was the sniper, Harry the hacker, Delilah, Robin’s daughter, Vi, Robin’s aunt and Marcus was Robin’s love interest. It is a shame the network could not give one final season for a proper sendoff like The Neighborhood but the cast is very talented and we cannot wait to see what everyone does next.

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