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 "markdown": "# Wisdom of the Crowd\n\n**Wisdom of the Crowd** is an American crime drama television series that aired on CBS from October 1, 2017 to January 14, 2018, running for a single season of 13 episodes. Developed by Ted Humphrey from an Israeli format of the same name, it stars [Jeremy Piven](https://www.edgepedia.org/jeremy-piven) as a [Silicon Valley](https://www.edgepedia.org/silicon-valley) tech innovator who builds a crowdsourcing platform to solve his daughter's murder.<sup>[1](https://cbs.wiki.gg/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_Crowd)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://www.thewrap.com/cbs-orders-crowdsourcing-crime-drama-pilot-based-israeli-format/)</sup>\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Network and run | CBS, October 1, 2017 to January 14, 2018; one season of 13 episodes<sup>[1](https://cbs.wiki.gg/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_Crowd)</sup> |\n| Developer | Ted Humphrey, an executive producer on *The Good Wife*; based on the Israeli format of the same name<sup>[2](https://www.thewrap.com/cbs-orders-crowdsourcing-crime-drama-pilot-based-israeli-format/)</sup> |\n| Lead cast | Jeremy Piven (Jeffrey Tanner), Richard T. Jones (Det. Tommy Cavanaugh), Natalia Tena (Sara Morton), Monica Potter (Alex Hale), Blake Lee (Josh Novak), Jake Matthews (Tariq Bakari)<sup>[1](https://cbs.wiki.gg/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_Crowd)</sup> |\n| Production | CBS Television Studios in association with Universal Television, with Keshet Media Group executives among the producers; single-camera, about 43 minutes per episode<sup>[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-sports/releases/?view=47791)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[1](https://cbs.wiki.gg/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_Crowd)</sup> |\n| Ratings | Averaged a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49 and 8.685 million viewers per Nielsen's \"most recent\" metric<sup>[4](https://www.thewrap.com/wisdom-crowd-cbs-cancels-jeremy-piven-series/)</sup> |\n| End of series | CBS declined a back-nine order on November 27, 2017, capping the season at 13 episodes amid sexual misconduct allegations against Piven; formally canceled in 2018<sup>[5](https://www.tvline.com/news/wisdom-of-the-crowd-cancelled-cbs-jeremy-piven-sexual-assault-allegations-882314/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[6](https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/wisdom-of-the-crowd-cancelled-no-season-two-jeremy-piven-series/)</sup> |\n| Critical reception | 24% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer (21 reviews) and 35/100 on Metacritic from 17 critics, labeled \"generally unfavorable\"<sup>[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/wisdom_of_the_crowd)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[8](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/wisdom-of-the-crowd/)</sup> |\n\n## Premise and characters\n\nThe series follows Jeffrey Tanner (Jeremy Piven), a Silicon Valley entrepreneur whose daughter Mia is murdered. Convinced that the convicted man, Carlos Ochoa, is innocent, Tanner steps down from the tech conglomerate he founded and builds Sophe, an online platform for real-time, crowdsourced crime solving, motivated by the idea that \"a million minds are better than one.\" The name Sophe draws on Sophia, the personification of wisdom.<sup>[1](https://cbs.wiki.gg/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_Crowd)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[9](https://www.tvline.com/news/wisdom-of-the-crowd-series-premiere-recap-cbs-872642/)</sup>\n\nTanner drafts Detective Tommy Cavanaugh ([Richard T. Jones](https://www.edgepedia.org/richard-t-jones)) of the [San Francisco Police Department](https://www.edgepedia.org/san-francisco-police-department), the first officer to investigate Mia's murder, who was removed from the case and shares Tanner's suspicion that the real killer remains at large. The team also includes Sara Morton ([Natalia Tena](https://www.edgepedia.org/natalia-tena)), an engineer whose relationship with Tanner is not strictly professional; lead programmer Josh Novak (Blake Lee); and Tariq Bakari (Jake Matthews), a hacker with authority issues. Tanner's ex-wife, Congresswoman Alex Hale (Monica Potter), worries about his obsession while sharing his grief.<sup>[1](https://cbs.wiki.gg/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_Crowd)</sup>\n\nWithin the fiction, users post evidence, photographs, and video to Sophe, and data-mining and statistical techniques filter useful contributions from noise, extending the platform from Mia's case to other unsolved crimes in the [San Francisco Bay Area](https://www.edgepedia.org/san-francisco-bay-area).<sup>[9](https://www.tvline.com/news/wisdom-of-the-crowd-series-premiere-recap-cbs-872642/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/wisdom_of_the_crowd)</sup>\n\n## Production and broadcast\n\nCBS ordered a pilot in early 2017 and picked the series up in May 2017 for the fall schedule, placing it Sundays at 8:00 p.m. behind *60 Minutes*. Adam Davidson directed the pilot, and the production was a co-production of CBS Television Studios and [Universal Television](https://www.edgepedia.org/universal-television) with Keshet Media Group, reflecting the Israeli origin of the format.<sup>[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-sports/releases/?view=47791)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[1](https://cbs.wiki.gg/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_Crowd)</sup>\n\n## Cancellation\n\nOn November 27, 2017, CBS opted against ordering any episodes beyond the original 13, effectively canceling the series while letting the remaining produced hours air. The decision came days after a fourth woman accused Piven of sexual assault; the actor vehemently denied the allegations, and CBS had said it was looking into them. The network did not give an official reason for the move.<sup>[5](https://www.tvline.com/news/wisdom-of-the-crowd-cancelled-cbs-jeremy-piven-sexual-assault-allegations-882314/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[10](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/11/28/cbs-is-dropping-jeremy-piven-drama-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations-against-the-actor/)</sup> Piven acknowledged the end of the series on Twitter, writing that the cast and crew would \"finish out our 13 episodes with full hearts.\"<sup>[11](https://abcnews.com/Entertainment/jeremy-piven-suggests-show-canceled/story?id=51431386)</sup> CBS formally canceled the series after the season concluded.<sup>[6](https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/wisdom-of-the-crowd-cancelled-no-season-two-jeremy-piven-series/)</sup>\n\n## Reception and ratings\n\nThe series premiered to 8.8 million viewers and a 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic on October 1, 2017, but the demo rating fell below 1.0 by its fifth episode. Per Nielsen's \"most recent\" metric it averaged a 1.2 rating and 8.685 million viewers, and TVLine reported a running average of 7.4 million viewers and a 1.0 demo rating at the time of the cancellation decision, making it CBS's lowest-rated Sunday night performer.<sup>[5](https://www.tvline.com/news/wisdom-of-the-crowd-cancelled-cbs-jeremy-piven-sexual-assault-allegations-882314/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://www.thewrap.com/wisdom-crowd-cbs-cancels-jeremy-piven-series/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[12](https://www.tvguide.com/news/wisdom-of-the-crowd-13-episodes/)</sup> The finale, \"The Tipping Point,\" drew 5.9 million viewers and a series-low 0.7 rating on January 14, 2018.<sup>[13](https://www.tvline.com/news/wisdom-of-crowd-ratings-season-1-finale-cancelled-905092/)</sup>\n\nCritics were largely negative. Rotten Tomatoes recorded a 24% Tomatometer from 21 reviews, with a critical consensus that the show \"wastes a talented cast on a formulaic procedural crime drama,\" while audience scores stood at 82%. Metacritic assigned a weighted score of 35 out of 100 from 17 critics, indicating generally unfavorable reviews.<sup>[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/wisdom_of_the_crowd)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[8](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/wisdom-of-the-crowd/)</sup> Reviewers questioned the premise itself: the Los Angeles Times' Chris Barton called the show's treatment of crowdsourced surveillance thoughtless, and Reason's Glenn Garvin mocked the idea of contracting out the criminal justice system to social media.<sup>[14](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-wisdom-of-the-crowd-review-20170930-story.html)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[15](https://reason.com/2017/09/29/tv-crime-procedural-discovers-social-med/)</sup> IMDb users rated the series 6.6/10, with per-episode scores rising from 7.4 for the pilot to 8.1 for the finale.<sup>[16](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6522758/ratings/)</sup>\n\n## References\n\n1. [Wisdom of the Crowd, CBS Wiki](https://cbs.wiki.gg/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_Crowd)\n2. [CBS Orders Crowdsourcing Crime Drama Pilot Based on Israeli Format, TheWrap (February 9, 2017)](https://www.thewrap.com/cbs-orders-crowdsourcing-crime-drama-pilot-based-israeli-format/)\n3. [CBS Adds 8 New Series, Paramount Press Express (May 17, 2017)](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-sports/releases/?view=47791)\n4. [Jeremy Piven's 'Wisdom of the Crowd' to Halt Production After First 13 Episodes, TheWrap (November 27, 2017)](https://www.thewrap.com/wisdom-crowd-cbs-cancels-jeremy-piven-series/)\n5. [Wisdom Of The Crowd Cancelled Amid Jeremy Piven Sexual Assault Scandal, TVLine (November 27, 2017)](https://www.tvline.com/news/wisdom-of-the-crowd-cancelled-cbs-jeremy-piven-sexual-assault-allegations-882314/)\n6. [Wisdom of the Crowd: Cancelled; No Season Two, TV Series Finale (April 30, 2018)](https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/wisdom-of-the-crowd-cancelled-no-season-two-jeremy-piven-series/)\n7. [Wisdom of the Crowd, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/wisdom_of_the_crowd)\n8. [Wisdom of the Crowd Reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/wisdom-of-the-crowd/)\n9. [CBS' Wisdom Of The Crowd: Grade It!, TVLine (October 1, 2017)](https://www.tvline.com/news/wisdom-of-the-crowd-series-premiere-recap-cbs-872642/)\n10. [CBS is dropping Jeremy Piven's show amid sexual misconduct allegations, The Washington Post (November 28, 2017)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/11/28/cbs-is-dropping-jeremy-piven-drama-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations-against-the-actor/)\n11. [Jeremy Piven suggests his show has been canceled, ABC News (November 28, 2017)](https://abcnews.com/Entertainment/jeremy-piven-suggests-show-canceled/story?id=51431386)\n12. [CBS Essentially Cancels Wisdom of the Crowd, TV Guide (November 27, 2017)](https://www.tvguide.com/news/wisdom-of-the-crowd-13-episodes/)\n13. [Ratings: Wisdom Of The Crowd Finishes Flat, TVLine (January 15, 2018)](https://www.tvline.com/news/wisdom-of-crowd-ratings-season-1-finale-cancelled-905092/)\n14. [Review: The troubling surveillance state of Jeremy Piven's tech visionary, Los Angeles Times (September 30, 2017)](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-wisdom-of-the-crowd-review-20170930-story.html)\n15. [TV Crime Procedural Discovers Social Media Crowdsourcing, Reason (September 29, 2017)](https://reason.com/2017/09/29/tv-crime-procedural-discovers-social-med/)\n16. 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