Networks presented upfronts and Fall 2017 schedules last week and most scripted programs also wrapped up the season. There are still one or two shows hanging in renewal limbo, but most programs and fans, know their fate.
Most of the ABC schedule ran finales last week, and there was one summer premier. Downward Dog started its summer season with a good number. Agents of SHIELD held at its usual rating while Quantico rose slightly.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renewed/Canceled |
Grey's Anatomy | 2.0 | 7.9 | Renewed |
Modern Family | 1.7 | 6.2 | Renewed |
Dancing with the Stars | 1.5 | 10.1 | Renewed |
The Goldbergs | 1.4 | 5.3 | Renewed |
The Middle | 1.2 | 5.3 | Renewed |
Scandal | 1.2 | 5.2 | Renewed |
Speechless | 1.2 | 4.5 | Renewed |
American Housewife | 1.2 | 4.4 | Renewed |
Designated Survivor | 1.1 | 5.1 | Renewed |
Downward Dog | 1.1 | 4.7 | |
Fresh Off The Boat | 1.0 | 3.6 | Renewed |
Once Upon A Time | 0.9 | 3.0 | Renewed |
Once Upon A Time (clip show) | 0.8 | 2.8 | |
Imaginary Mary | 0.8 | 2.8 | Canceled |
Agents of SHIELD | 0.7 | 2.1 | Renewed |
Quantico | 0.6 | 2.7 | Renewed |
20/20 Friday | 0.6 | 2.7 | Renewed |
Match Game | 0.6 | 2.6 | Renewed |
The Toy Box | 0.6 | 2.4 | Canceled |
20/20 Saturday | 0.5 | 3.3 | |
20/20 Saturday (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.9 | |
American Housewife (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.5 | |
Downward Dog (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.4 |
CBS also wrapped most of its schedule last week. NCIS again topped the week for scripted programming with its spinoffs not far behind. The finale for Scorpion rose slightly as did Man with a Plan. Training Day came to a merciful end for the network execs.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renewed/Canceled |
Survivor | 1.7 | 8.3 | Renewed |
NCIS | 1.5 | 13.3 | Renewed |
The Big Bang Theory (rerun) | 1.4 | 7.5 | Renewed |
Bull | 1.3 | 11.0 | Renewed |
NCIS: LA | 1.2 | 9.4 | Renewed |
Scorpion | 1.2 | 7.9 | Renewed |
NCIS: New Orleans | 1.1 | 9.2 | Renewed |
The Big Bang Theory (rerun) | 1.1 | 6.0 | |
Man with a Plan | 1.1 | 5.7 | Renewed |
The Big Bang Theory (rerun) | 1.1 | 5.6 | |
60 Minutes | 1.0 | 10.0 | Renewed |
The Great Indoors (rerun) | 1.0 | 5.0 | Canceled |
Kevin Can Wait (rerun) | 1.0 | 4.7 | Renewed |
The Amazing Race | 0.9 | 4.4 | Renewed |
The Amazing Race | 0.8 | 3.9 | |
Madam Secretary | 0.7 | 7.8 | Renewed |
Criminal Minds; Beyond Borders | 0.7 | 4.9 | Canceled |
Undercover Boss | 0.7 | 4.9 | |
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | 0.7 | 4.2 | |
Elementary | 0.6 | 4.4 | Renewed |
Blue Bloods (rerun) | 0.5 | 4.8 | Renewed |
The New I Love Lucy Superstar Special | 0.5 | 3.6 | |
48 Hours | 0.4 | 2.8 | Renewed |
NCIS: New Orleans (rerun) | 0.3 | 3.2 | |
Training Day | 0.3 | 2.5 | Canceled |
In yet another surprise move this season, NBC decided to cancel Chicago Justice after only one season. The ratings were solid, so the reason had to be down to money. Trial & Error did receive a renewal over the weekend. The two-part finale for The Blacklist bumped up over the last few weeks, Shades of Blue also gained. Great News fell off a tenth for each of its half hour slots.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renewed/Canceled |
The Voice: Monday | 1.8 | 9.1 | Renewed |
The Voice: Tuesday | 1.5 | 8.7 | |
Little Big Shots | 1.3 | 7.3 | Renewed |
Chicago PD | 1.3 | 6.5 | Renewed |
Chicago Fire | 1.3 | 6.3 | Renewed |
Law & Order: SVU | 1.2 | 5.6 | Renewed |
Chicago Justice | 1.1 | 5.7 | Canceled |
The Wall | 1.0 | 4.6 | Renewed |
Dateline: Friday | 0.9 | 5.1 | Renewed |
The Blacklist | 0.9 | 4.9 | Renewed |
The Blacklist | 0.9 | 4.9 | |
Shades of Blue | 0.9 | 4.6 | Renewed |
Blindspot | 0.9 | 4.3 | Renewed |
NHL: Playoffs | 0.8 | 2.7 | |
Vintage SNL | 0.8 | 2.7 | |
Little Big Shots (rerun) | 0.7 | 3.5 | |
Great News | 0.7 | 3.4 | Renewed |
First Dates | 0.7 | 3.2 | Canceled |
Law & Order: SVU (rerun) | 0.6 | 3.4 | |
Great News | 0.6 | 2.6 |
Specials and baseball took most of the FOX schedule last week. Gotham and Lucifer dipped slightly while Prison Break and Brooklyn Nine-Nine both gained a tenth.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renewed/Canceled |
Empire | 2.2 | 6.1 | Renewed |
Masterchef Junior | 1.0 | 3.5 | Undetermined |
Gotham | 0.9 | 3.0 | Renewed |
Prison Break | 0.9 | 2.4 | Undetermined |
Lucifer | 0.8 | 3.1 | Renewed |
2017 Miss USA Contest | 0.8 | 3.0 | |
Shots Fired | 0.8 | 2.9 | Canceled |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 0.7 | 1.7 | Renewed |
Friday Movie: Maid in Manhattan | 0.5 | 1.9 | |
Major League Baseball | 0.4 | 2.2 | |
The Simpsons (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.1 | Renewed |
Bob's Burgers (rerun) | 0.3 | 0.9 | Renewed |
The finale for Supernatural rose over its usual numbers, putting the brothers Winchester just behind The Flash. The rest of the current CW schedule should wrap next week. Jane The Virgin hit a new low and the series could be a painful ache for the scheduling execs next season.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renewed/Canceled |
The Flash | 0.9 | 2.5 | Renewed |
Supernatural | 0.6 | 1.8 | Renewed |
Supernatural | 0.6 | 1.7 | |
Supergirl | 0.5 | 1.9 | Renewed |
Arrow | 0.5 | 1.4 | Renewed |
The Originals | 0.3 | 1.2 | Renewed |
Reign | 0.3 | 1.1 | Canceled |
iZombie | 0.3 | 0.9 | Renewed |
The 100 | 0.3 | 0.8 | Renewed |
Jane The Virgin | 0.2 | 0.8 | Renewed |
One more week of ratings news and then we're into summer reruns. So what did you think of the 2016-17 television scene? Better or worse than previous years? What new shows surprised you?
Written by LadyShelley on May 23, 2017
I have not watched it, I don't go in much for comedies I guess.
I watched the pilot of Downward Dog, thought it was kinda cute. Though I'm somewhat on the fence about wanting to watch the rest of the season (I'll probably make up my mind after I watch last night's episode). Have you watched it? If so, what did you think of it?