Nielsen had a tough week as a power outage delayed ratings information until Wednesday night. NCAA Basketball was the big news last week as the college tourney won both Friday and Saturday night.
CBS saw big returns on the NCAA Basketball Tournament this week. Games shown on The Eye, met or exceeded the rating of normally scheduled programming. Any hopes non-basketball fans had of seeing the tourney move completely to cable should think again. No other real surprises for CBS this week. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders held at the same numbers as last week. Madam Secretary could see another season if for no other reason to up its episode count for syndication deals.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
Survivor | 1.7 | 7.8 | |
NCAA Tournament: Saturday | 1.7 | 5.5 | |
NCIS | 1.5 | 14.2 | Renewed |
NCAA Tournament: Friday | 1.5 | 4.9 | |
48 Hours | 1.4 | 5.1 | |
NCAA Tournament: Thursday (late games) | 1.4 | 4.7 | |
Criminal Minds | 1.3 | 7.3 | |
Kevin Can Wait | 1.3 | 6.8 | |
NCIS: New Orleans | 1.2 | 10.4 | |
60 Minutes | 1.2 | 10.0 | |
NCIS: LA | 1.1 | 9.3 | |
Scorpion | 1.1 | 6.6 | |
Man With A Plan | 1.1 | 6.3 | |
Superior Donuts | 1.1 | 6.2 | |
2 Broke Girls | 1.1 | 5.5 | |
NCAA Tournament: Thursday (early games) | 1.1 | 4.2 | |
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | 0.9 | 5.4 | |
Madam Secretary | 0.8 | 8.2 | |
Elementary | 0.6 | 4.5 |
This is Us concluded its season for NBC on a high note, winning the week for the Peacock Network by little less than a point ahead of second place, The Voice. NBC also announced Shades of Blue was renewed after only two episodes aired, so fans can breathe easy and enjoy the rest of the season knowing more will come. Fans of Trial & Error, however may not be so lucky. It shed almost two thirds of its lead-in audience for its premier. Chicago Justice and Taken have settled nicely and both should see renewals in the coming weeks.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
This Is Us | 3.4 | 12.8 | |
The Voice: Monday | 2.6 | 12.2 | |
The Voice: Tuesday | 2.5 | 11.8 | |
Little Big Shots | 1.7 | 10.1 | |
The Voice (clip show) | 1.6 | 7.6 | |
Chicago Med | 1.4 | 7.4 | |
Chicago Justice | 1.2 | 6.4 | |
Taken | 1.2 | 5.7 | |
Superstore | 1.1 | 4.2 | Renewed |
Chicago PD (rerun) | 1.0 | 4.9 | |
Trial & Error | 1.0 | 4.6 | |
Dateline: Friday | 0.9 | 4.9 | |
Shades of Blue | 0.9 | 4.8 | Renewed |
Grimm | 0.8 | 3.9 | Canceled |
Trial & Error (rerun) | 0.8 | 3.2 | |
Little Big Shots (rerun) | 0.7 | 4.7 | |
The Blacklist: Redemption | 0.7 | 4.1 | |
Saturday Movie: Fast Five | 0.5 | 2.5 |
ABC had one new show premiere this week, American Crime opened its third season with a painfully low 0.5. Time After Time also fell from its premier week and things do not look good for a second season of the time-travel show. The Bachelor closed out its season as the highest rated show for the network last week, though those numbers were also down compared to last year.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
The Bachelor | 2.7 | 8.4 | |
The Bachelor: After The Final Rose | 2.4 | 7.9 | |
Grey's Anatomy | 2.0 | 7.9 | Renewed |
Modern Family | 1.9 | 6.1 | |
The Middle | 1.6 | 5.9 | Renewed |
The Goldbergs | 1.5 | 5.4 | |
Black-ish | 1.5 | 4.9 | |
Scandal | 1.4 | 5.6 | Renewed |
American Housewife | 1.4 | 4.9 | |
Designated Survivor | 1.3 | 5.7 | |
Speechless | 1.3 | 4.6 | |
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson | 1.1 | 5.5 | |
Fresh off the Boat | 1.1 | 3.4 | |
Last Man Standing | 1.0 | 6.2 | |
America's Funniest Home Videos | 1.1 | 5.3 | |
Once Upon A Time | 0.9 | 3.1 | |
Dr Ken | 0.8 | 4.6 | |
The Real O'Neals | 0.8 | 2.7 | |
The Catch | 0.7 | 3.8 | |
People Icons | 0.6 | 2.7 | |
Time After Time | 0.6 | 2.3 | |
American Crime | 0.5 | 2.7 | |
NBA Saturday | 0.4 | 1.7 | |
NBA Countdown | 0.3 | 1.6 |
Lethal Weapon and Star both wrapped their seasons on FOX to good numbers as they came in at the top of the ratings chart for the network. Bones continued its final season with steady, but low, numbers.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
Lethal Weapon | 1.3 | 5.8 | Renewed |
Star | 1.3 | 4.0 | Renewed |
Masterchef Junior | 1.1 | 4.0 | |
The Simpsons | 1.1 | 2.6 | Renewed |
Family Guy | 1.1 | 2.5 | |
24: Legacy | 1.0 | 3.9 | |
Last Man On Earth | 0.9 | 2.0 | |
Bob's Burgers | 0.8 | 1.8 | Renewed |
New Girl | 0.8 | 1.8 | |
APB | 0.7 | 3.3 | |
Bones | 0.7 | 2.5 | Canceled |
Making History | 0.7 | 1.8 | |
Kicking and Screaming | 0.6 | 1.9 | |
Bob's Burgers (rerun) | 0.6 | 1.8 | Renewed |
The Mick (rerun) | 0.5 | 1.4 | Renewed |
Rosewood (rerun) | 0.4 | 2.0 | |
Sleepy Hollow | 0.4 | 2.0 | |
Motorcycle Racing | 0.3 | 0.8 |
TheCW premiered The Originals last week to very low numbers and things do not look good for the spin-off. The network does not have a lot of room on its schedule and new shows will need a slot come the fall. WIll this be the last season for the vampires on CW?
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
The Flash | 0.9 | 2.4 | Renewed |
Arrow | 0.5 | 1.6 | Renewed |
Legends of Tomorrow | 0.5 | 1.3 | Renewed |
The 100 | 0.3 | 1.0 | Renewed |
The Originals | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
Howie Mandel Comedy Gala (rerun) | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
Reign | 0.2 | 0.8 | Canceled |
The Vampire Diaries (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
The Vampire Diaries (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Renewal announcements should start rolling in in the next few weeks. Fans will know once and for all by early May at the latest if their favorites are coming back for another year or if that all-in-one DVD set will be on sale soon. What shows are you waiting for news on? Are your favorites a sure thing?
Written by LadyShelley on Mar 21, 2017
Think TheCW listened to me, The 100 was renewed :)