The CW joined the fall TV season last week with two new dramas along with a host of veterans. Batwoman premiered with a strong opening. If it maintains those numbers, it should be around for a long time. Nancy Drew also opened well and shouldn't be in any danger. Veteran series, Supernatural, opened with a lower rating, but about the same number of viewers as it had last season. Dynasty opened with its usual embarrassing numbers. That better be one sweet streaming deal. It's not outside the realm of possibility that Dynasty could be the first network show airing in prime time to see a rating of less than 0.1.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
The Flash (premiere) | 0.6 | 1.6 | |
Batwoman (premiere) | 0.5 | 1.9 | |
Supergirl (premiere) | 0.4 | 1.3 | |
Supernatural (premiere) | 0.4 | 1.2 | Final Season |
Riverdale (premiere) | 0.4 | 1.1 | |
Nancy Drew (premiere) | 0.3 | 1.2 | |
Batwoman (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
All American (premiere) | 0.3 | 0.9 | |
Black Lightning (premiere) | 0.3 | 0.9 | |
Legacies (premiere) | 0.3 | 0.8 | |
Charmed (premiere) | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
Dynasty (premiere) | 0.1 | 0.5 |
ABC premiered Kids Say The Darndest Things to good numbers, picking up an additional million viewers from the America's Funniest Home Videos premiere. The honeymoon is over early for Emergence, it's not likely to see a back nine episode order at this rate. And fans of Stumptown may want to worry as well. Mixed-ish is still doing okay and should be safe. Fresh Off The Boat is likely done after this season. Even for a Friday night, those numbers are painfully low. The Rookie lost a tenth off its premiere. It can't afford to lose any more.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
Grey's Anatomy | 1.4 | 6.1 | Renewed |
The Conners | 1.2 | 5.7 | |
The Goldbergs | 1.0 | 4.5 | |
The Good Doctor | 0.9 | 5.6 | |
Kids Say The Darndest Things (premiere) | 0.9 | 5.4 | |
Modern Family | 0.9 | 3.9 | Final Season |
College Football | 0.9 | 3.6 | |
Dancing with the Stars | 0.8 | 6.4 | |
A Million Little Things | 0.8 | 4.2 | |
Bless This Mess | 0.8 | 3.8 | |
Shark Tank | 0.7 | 3.8 | |
Mixed-ish | 0.7 | 3.4 | |
Schooled | 0.7 | 3.3 | |
Black-ish | 0.7 | 3.0 | |
Single Parents | 0.7 | 2.7 | |
America's Funniest Home Videos (premiere) | 0.6 | 4.2 | Renewed |
The Rookie | 0.6 | 3.8 | |
Stumptown | 0.6 | 3.4 | |
American Housewife | 0.5 | 3.4 | |
Emergence | 0.5 | 3.1 | |
How To Get Away With Murder | 0.5 | 2.2 | Final Season |
20/20 | 0.4 | 2.4 | |
Fresh Off The Boat | 0.3 | 2.3 |
CBS is really starting to miss that ratings boost The Big Bang Theory offered its Thursday night comedy line-up. Young Sheldon is doing fine, but it pulls about half the audience its parent show brought in. Bob (Hearts) Abishola is still doing well and should see a back nine episode order, the same is true for The Unicorn. All Rise and Carol's Second Act will likely squeak additional episodes as well, but outright renewal is still iffy. Evil is likely done after its initial episodes air.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
Survivor | 1.2 | 6.5 | |
NCIS | 1.1 | 11.2 | |
Young Sheldon | 1.0 | 7.6 | Renewed |
FBI | 0.8 | 8.7 | |
60 Minutes | 0.8 | 8.6 | |
Mom | 0.8 | 5.8 | Renewed |
The Neighborhood | 0.8 | 5.6 | |
Blue Bloods | 0.7 | 7.5 | |
Hawaii Five-0 | 0.7 | 6.9 | |
NCIS: Los Angeles | 0.7 | 6.7 | |
NCIS: New Orleans | 0.7 | 6.7 | |
God Friended Me | 0.7 | 6.4 | |
Bob (Hearts) Abishola | 0.7 | 5.3 | |
The Unicorn | 0.7 | 5.1 | |
Magnum PI | 0.6 | 6.4 | |
Bull | 0.6 | 6.1 | |
All Rise | 0.6 | 5.3 | |
Carol's Second Act | 0.6 | 4.9 | |
SEAL Team | 0.6 | 4.8 | |
S.W.A.T. | 0.6 | 3.7 | |
Evil | 0.6 | 3.7 | |
NCIS (rerun) | 0.5 | 3.2 | |
Madam Secretary (premiere) | 0.4 | 4.8 | Final Season |
48 Hours | 0.4 | 3.3 | |
All Rise (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.5 |
NBC had a quiet third week of the season. Bluff City Law lost another tenth. If it doesn't right itself soon, it won't see any additional episodes after its initial order. Perfect Harmony and Sunnyside are both dead shows walking. They will wrap up what was ordered and be quietly shuffled off. The Blacklist was steady with its premiere.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
Sunday Night Football | 5.6 | 18.1 | |
This Is Us | 1.6 | 7.2 | Renewed |
The Voice | 1.5 | 8.5 | |
The Voice | 1.5 | 8.5 | |
Chicago Fire | 1.2 | 7.7 | |
Chicago Med | 1.1 | 7.5 | |
Chicago PD | 1.0 | 6.3 | |
New Amsterdam | 0.8 | 5.3 | |
Superstore | 0.8 | 2.8 | |
College Football | 0.7 | 3.0 | |
Football Night In America | 0.6 | 4.2 | |
Bluff City Law | 0.6 | 3.7 | |
Dateline | 0.6 | 3.7 | |
Law & Order: SVU | 0.6 | 3.4 | |
The Good Place | 0.6 | 1.9 | Final Season |
The Blacklist | 0.5 | 3.8 | |
Perfect Harmony | 0.4 | 2.0 | |
Sunnyside | 0.3 | 1.2 |
FOX was the first network to announce a series pick-up, giving Prodigal Son an additional nine episode order. Bless The Harts saw a nice ratings boost (along with the rest of the Sunday comedies) thanks to a hefty NFL overrun. Almost Family and The Resident were both even with their previous week's numbers, but that's still awfully low. The Resident is in it's magic third season, and may squeak another year even though it's first season was not a full episode order. Almost Family fans should probably enjoy what's left.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
NFL Overrun | 7.2 | 24.6 | |
Thursday Night Football | 4.8 | 15.9 | |
The Simpsons | 2.1 | 5.6 | Renewed |
The Masked Singer | 2.0 | 7.1 | |
9-1-1 | 1.7 | 7.3 | |
MLB Baseball | 1.3 | 5.3 | |
Bless The Harts | 1.2 | 3.0 | |
WWE Smackdown | 1.0 | 2.9 | |
Bob's Burgers | 1.0 | 2.3 | |
Prodigal Son | 0.9 | 3.7 | |
Family Guy | 0.9 | 2.3 | |
Empire | 0.8 | 2.8 | Final Season |
The Resident | 0.7 | 3.7 | |
Almost Family | 0.7 | 2.3 |
Things are starting to shake out for the new shows. How are your favorites doing so far this season?
Written by LadyShelley on Oct 14, 2019
Thank you!
@gmpugs -- I have to admit, none of the new shows are that impressive to me, I haven't watched any of them. I've never been that interested in female-led shows so things like Batwoman and Nancy Drew hold no interest for me at all. Now if they tried a Hardy Boys series, I might watch that (of course some could argue that's what Supernatural has been for the past 15 years. LOL) I'm also not that into the realistic "dark and gritty" so the Emergence/Evil/Prodigal Son shows aren't my cuppa either.
Oh well. What can you do. :)
@Cadence -- Yeah rating are getting progressively lower. (Part of that is normal, every season is a tenth or so lower than the previous year) This Is Us was in the 2.1 - 2.2 range when it started. The Good Doctor's first season saw numbers of 1.8 - 2.0 and now its down in the 0.9 range. In the past, anything over a 1.0 was pretty much guaranteed renewal and the 0.9 - 0.8s were borderline. Now the 0.9 - 0.8 is common and 0.6 is borderline! This has also been a ho-hum premiere season. Nothing is really generating any buzz.
With CW shows, I look more at the number of viewers rather than the rating number itself. So yes, Supernatural is a couple of tenths off from last season, but it still draws the same number of viewers. It may be I'll have to start doing that in a few years for the other networks as well.
I'm glad about Prodigal Son getting the extra episodes, I'm really liking it. I probably won't miss Evil if it gets cancelled, and I'll be kinda bummed about Perfect Harmony possibly getting the boot, guess I'll just have to enjoy the episodes as they air until they don't anymore. Batwoman is pretty good so far. I also tuned into Nancy Drew (of the new shows on CW, I still watch my other favorites on the network), and was rather disappointed with the pilot. I'll more than likely watch a few more episodes to see if the writing improves.
Man, I have been out of the loop on ratings for maybe 2 or 3 years and I genuinely don't understand what I'm seeing. This Is Us started in the mid 2s, in an era where that was the best shows could do. Now it's down to 1.6! Is that... good at this point? Some of these increasingly tiny and fractured numbers shock me in terms of what is considered a success (Prodigal Son down to 0.9 getting a full-season pickup, what!?)