Queen Latifah will take her ultimate bow as avenue vigilante Robyn McCall in “The Equalizer” on Sunday as CBS canceled the beloved drama, ending a five-season run.
The primetime thriller, which first aired in 2021, adopted Latifah’s McCall, a former CIA operative and mom of two, who tasked herself with serving to others.
The season finale, which was set for Sunday, will act because the sequence finale, Deadline reported.
Latifah additionally served because the present’s government producer alongside manufacturing accomplice Shakim Comper. She paid tribute to the present and her character on Friday — hours after the present was axed from CBS’s primetime lineup.
“Stepping into a kick-ass role like Robyn was everything I hoped it would be,” she wrote on Instagram.
“Shakim and I at Flavor Unit are always excited to bring these kinds of roles and projects to life—and then we just hope you love them as much 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.”
Latifah talked about the solid, crew and followers in her tribute to the present, thanking them for the assist, saying it meant the “world.”
The 55-year-old hinted at her subsequent undertaking, teasing it could observe the identical path as “The Equalizer.”
“And don’t worry—I’ll be back kicking ass in something new real soon. Can’t wait to share it with you,” she wrote.
The present additionally starred Tory Kittes, Adam Goldberg, Liza Lapira, Laya DeLeon Hayes and Lorraine Toussaint.
It was a reboot of the 1985 sequence of the identical title starring Edward Woodward.
The present was nominated for a number of awards, together with BET, the NAACP Picture Awards, Individuals’s Selection, and Critics’ Selection.
Latifah gained the 2025 Excellent Actress in a Drama Collection on the NAACP Picture Awards in February.
The 74-episode sequence earned a derivative, however was pulled from consideration throughout CBS’s massacre of present scheduling within the early months of the yr.
In its ultimate season and a later time slot, the present’s viewership dropped by virtually 2 million because it failed to achieve 6 million viewers every week in comparison with final season’s 7.89 million viewers, the Hollywood Reporter reported.
CBS’s choice to finish the sequence comes two months after the community pulled the plug on 5 different beloved regulation enforcement dramas, together with “S.W.A.T.” and “FBI: Most Wanted.”
“S.W.A.T.” star Shemar Moore reacted equally to Latifah after his present was canceled, remaining resilient and pleased with his work.
“Uncanceled twice, two years in a row. Now I don’t know my history, but how many shows get to say that? I’m going to say none. Or we’re one of the none. We did that and we are so proud,” he mentioned in March.
