'Person of Interest' Season 5 Spoilers: Do Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson Have "Renewal" Shot?

Season 5 of Person of Interest will return to CBS in 2016. In the upcoming 13 episodes, do John Reese (Jim Caviezel) and Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) have a slight chance of "renewal" when The Machine goes up against Samaritan?

In our fourth season finale recap, the war between the Machine and Samaritan left casualties and forged new alliances in its wake. After presumed dead, Sameen Shaw (Sarah Shahi) was last seen walking away willingly with Samaritan's agents. While Samaritan was executing its master plan, Greer's men put a bag over Control (Camryn Manheim)'s head and took her hostage. In the cliff-hanger, as Pink Floyd's Welcome to the Machine started playing, Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) walked out, with no gun, alongside Reese (Caviezel) and Root (Amy Acker) as they started shooting down Samaritan's agents.

According to TV Line, there are pros and cons to the cancellation rumors. Now with the fall TV season coming to a close for the holidays, a Death Watch roundup of shows were put together. From the list, POI happened to be on it.

Let's start off with the bad news. "CON: The show's Season 5 renewal came with an ugly asterisk: Its order was only for 13 episodes."

But there's always a chance of hope. "PRO: POI's new season hasn't even premiered yet, so there's always a chance its ratings fortunes could turn around."

We also mentioned, the cast and crew are among this year's honorees at the People's Choice Awards. Person of Interest is nominated for Favorite TV Crime Drama and the Passion of the Christ actor has earned himself a nod too for Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor.

Don't forget to check out our MStars Interview with Michael Emerson (Finch) and executive producer Greg Plageman.

Glee actress Jane Lynch will host the People's Choice Awards on Wednesday, January 6 CBS at 9pm.

Readers, are you excited for Season 5 of POI?