Shooter has fired off its final round; USA Network has opted to cancel the Ryan Phillippe drama after three seasons, our sister publication Variety reports. Shooter's third season is currently airing Thursdays at 10/9c, with five episodes still to run.Shooter this season is averaging 740,000 total viewers and just under a 0.2 demo rating, down sharply from Season 2's 1.25 mil/0.35.Based on the book series by Stephen Hunter, Shooter starred Phillippe (Secrets and Lies) as highly-decorated Marine Corps sniper Bob Lee Swagger, a man who was pulled back into the fray when his former commanding officer Isaac Johnson (played by ER's Omar Epps) asked for his assistance in preventing an assassination plot against the President of the United States. But when Swagger realized the truth - that he'd been set up to take the fall for another murder - he set out on a new mission to clear his name and keep his family safe. Subsequent seasons followed Swagger's rivalry with a nefarious colleague and the search for answers about his father's long-ago death, all while associates endeavor to uncover the truth about a cabal known as Atlas.Shooter's cast also included Shantel VanSanten (One Tree Hill) as Swagger's wife Julie, Cynthia Addai-Robinson (Arrow) as FBI Agent Nadine Memphis, Eddie McClintock (Bones) as nefarious figure Jack Payne, Josh Stewart (The Punisher) as a sniper named Solotov, Jesse Bradford (The West Wing) as Harris Downey, and Gerald McRaney (This Is Us) as Red Bama Sr.

It follows more or less the arc of the movie but they made too many episodes. Parts of it are implausible and the characterizations of some of the roles are silly. But on the whole it's solid and holds together. All of these wounded hero movies rely on a hero who has a frustrating tendency to blindly trust people who have proven themselves to be untrustworthy. They also rely on no one ever asking to see see ID. The second season is I think a lot weaker. It's just the same story taken internationally with most of the same characters but this time they magically appear instantly wherever they're needed. The execs must have smoked some #metoo cuz they made the female characters snarkier and in charge of everyone everywhere. S2 is only 8 eps so your guess as is good as mine why.

Nice Job. Great to binge watch. Ryan and Omar are on target. Nice to see Tommy Back in the game. I want to see him as a regular. Let's see Mark make an appearance. I appreciate the GM sponsors.

So you can discharge very high calibre weapons at will in public places and no-one calls the police? People can be killed and no-one ever witnesses the incident. Did the American people all go overseas at once as there is a complete absence of normal movement of people during incidents in the show.Entertaining but totally unbelievable.