CBS had a busy week last week with one big finale and two premieres. Hawaii Five-0 ended its ten-year run on another high. Ratings were even, but a million more viewers tuned in for the last episode over the previous week. Man with a Plan returned for its fourth season, down from its premiere last year, but about even with where it ended. The new Pauley Perette series, Broke, premiered last week with good numbers. Time will tell if it can hold its audience. Young Sheldon was back last week up two tenths from its last new episode in March. Tommy returned after a couple of weeks off, up a tenth.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Survivor | 1.6 | 8.2 | |
| NCIS | 1.3 | 13.6 | |
| Young Sheldon | 1.3 | 10.0 | Renewed |
| FBI | 1.2 | 10.8 | |
| 60 Minutes | 1.0 | 10.5 | |
| Mom | 1.0 | 7.6 | Renewed |
| Hawaii Five-0 (finale) | 0.9 | 9.3 | Cancelled |
| FBI: Most Wanted | 0.9 | 8.1 | |
| Broke (premiere) | 0.9 | 7.1 | |
| Man with a Plan (premiere) | 0.9 | 7.0 | |
| MacGyver | 0.8 | 7.1 | |
| Garth & Trisha Live! | 0.8 | 5.6 | |
| Blue Bloods | 0.7 | 8.8 | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 0.7 | 7.0 | |
| NCIS: New Orleans | 0.7 | 6.5 | |
| The Neighborhood (rerun) | 0.7 | 5.0 | |
| God Friended Me | 0.6 | 6.2 | |
| Tommy | 0.6 | 5.3 | |
| Bob (Hearts) Abishola (rerun) | 0.6 | 4.3 | |
| The Neighborhood (rerun) | 0.6 | 3.7 | |
| The Neighborhood (rerun) | 0.5 | 3.8 | |
| Homefest | 0.5 | 3.3 | |
| 48 Hours | 0.4 | 3.6 | |
| SWAT (rerun) | 0.4 | 3.1 | |
| Hawaii Five-0 (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.4 | |
| SWAT (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.2 |
ABC wrapped The Good Doctor last week, up a tenth. Grey's Anatomy also gained a tenth, while American Idol lost a tenth. For Life was steady, but low. How To Get Away With Murder returned up two tenths from its last new episode in November.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Grey's Anatomy | 1.4 | 7.2 | Renewed |
| American Idol (Sunday) | 1.3 | 7.3 | |
| The Good Doctor (finale) | 1.1 | 7.7 | Renewed |
| Station 19 | 1.1 | 7.1 | |
| America's Funniest Home Videos | 1.1 | 6.5 | Renewed |
| Modern Family | 1.0 | 4.3 | Final Season |
| Celebrity Family Feud (rerun) | 0.9 | 5.2 | |
| Shark Tank | 0.9 | 5.2 | |
| The Goldbergs | 0.9 | 4.4 | |
| 20/20 Special Report Coronavirus | 0.8 | 4.8 | |
| David Blaine: The Magic Way | 0.7 | 3.7 | |
| 20/20 | 0.7 | 3.4 | |
| American Housewife | 0.7 | 3.1 | |
| Saturday Movie: The Ten Commandments | 0.6 | 5.4 | |
| The Conners (rerun) | 0.6 | 3.9 | |
| Schooled | 0.6 | 3.2 | |
| How To Get Away With Murder | 0.6 | 2.9 | Final Season |
| For Life | 0.6 | 2.4 | |
| The Rookie (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.7 | |
| Black-ish (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.1 | |
| Bless This Mess (rerun) | 0.4 | 2.5 | |
| Mixed-ish (rerun) | 0.4 | 2.3 |
NBC announced last week most of its programming would wrap by the end of April. Superstore was down two tenths last week. Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Law & Order: SVU were also down, each losing a tenth. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and Indebted were both steady, but neither managed to garner two million viewers and are likely done.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| The Voice (Monday) | 1.7 | 9.8 | |
| Ellen's Game of Games (rerun) | 1.0 | 4.7 | |
| Dateline Saturday | 0.7 | 4.4 | |
| Manifest | 0.7 | 4.1 | |
| Superstore | 0.7 | 3.1 | Renewed |
| Chicago Med (rerun) | 0.6 | 5.3 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| The Blacklist | 0.6 | 4.7 | Renewed |
| Chicago Fire (rerun) | 0.6 | 4.5 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| Chicago PD (rerun) | 0.6 | 4.2 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| Dateline Friday | 0.6 | 3.7 | |
| NBC Special Report Coronavirus | 0.6 | 3.6 | |
| Law & Order: SVU | 0.6 | 3.5 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| The Wall | 0.5 | 3.1 | |
| New Amsterdam (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.9 | Renewed |
| Vintage SNL | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| Good Girls | 0.5 | 2.0 | |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 0.5 | 2.0 | Renewed |
| Little Big Shots | 0.4 | 2.9 | |
| Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | 0.4 | 1.9 | |
| Will & Grace (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.5 | |
| Indebted | 0.3 | 1.4 |
FOX ran a lot of repeats last week. A two-hour special of The Masked Singer did well, up two tenths from the previous week. 9-1-1 lost a tenth but is in no danger. Empire and Prodigal Son each lost a tenth as well, though Prodigal Son should still get a renewal for next season.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| The Masked Singer | 2.4 | 8.9 | |
| iHeartRadio Living Room Concert for America | 1.5 | 5.5 | |
| 9-1-1 | 1.3 | 7.2 | |
| Last Man Standing | 0.7 | 4.1 | |
| Prodigal Son | 0.7 | 3.5 | |
| Empire | 0.6 | 2.6 | Final Season |
| WWE Friday Night Smackdown | 0.6 | 2.4 | |
| Last Man Standing (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.7 | |
| The Resident (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.2 | |
| Mental Samurai (rerun) | 0.5 | 1.8 | |
| Family Guy (rerun) | 0.5 | 1.5 | |
| The Simpsons (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.2 | Renewed |
| Last Man Standing (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.2 | |
| 9-1-1 (rerun) | 0.2 | 1.3 | |
| Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell And Back (rerun) | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
| Outmatched (rerun) | 0.2 | 0.8 |
The CW announced the farewell tour for Supernatural would continue next season. Even though only two episodes were left to film, the network has decided to hold back the remaining seven episodes for next season as opposed to trying to run the last episodes as a special. A new season of Whose Line Is It, Anyway, premiered last week, taking the top spot for a week of mostly repeats. Roswell, New Mexico shed a ratings tenth and two hundred thousand viewers. Charmed lost a rating tenth, but held its viewer numbers. Dynasty is inching ever closer to a 0.0 rating, once again barely able to find three hundred thousand viewers.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Whose Line is it Anyway (premiere) | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
| Penn & Teller Fool Us (rerun) | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? (rerun) | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
| Penn & Teller Fool Us (rerun) | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
| Roswell, New Mexico | 0.1 | 0.6 | Renewed |
| Charmed | 0.1 | 0.6 | Renewed |
| The Flash (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.5 | Renewed |
| Batwoman(rerun) | 0.1 | 0.4 | Renewed |
| Supergirl (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.4 | Renewed |
| Legends of Tomorrow (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.3 | Renewed |
| Katy Keene (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
| Legacies (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.3 | Renewed |
| Dynasty | 0.1 | 0.3 | Renewed |
Unless your favorite shows have already completed filming, chances are it will end this year with a short season. Needless to say, it will be an interesting upfronts in a few weeks as networks scramble to fill fall schedules in light of world events.
Written by LadyShelley on Apr 6, 2020
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Bring on Deputy Season 2! How else are they going to fill all the programming holes? Not more re-runs of reality-show fare :(
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I first saw an article about it in the news/article section here, late last week about it's cancellation. While both Deputy and Prodigal Son are/were good shows, personally I liked Prodigal Son a bit more. Maybe because there's a touch of dark humor to the seriousness to the crime drama that Deputy didn't seem to have.
It was a good finale for Five-0, if a bit obvious they were waffling on whether or not to cancel. I think they had every intention of renewing if Scott re-upped his contract. Since he chose to bow out as well, the production decided to end rather than try to continue.
I hadn't seen anything on the Deputy cancellation. With the pilot season basically a wash, I'm surprised. That tells me that FOX plans to fill with more "reality" over scripted shows. If it is cancelled, than yes, Prodigal Son is a safe bet for renewal.
While it was sad to see Hawaii Five-0 say "Aloha," it was a nice finale. The Good Doctor had a nice finale as well, even though it was sad having to say goodbye to one of the characters. I didn't watch Broke, buy my mom did, she liked it and will probably continue to tune in. I haven't had a chance to watch Prodigal Son yet, since I've read that Deputy got cancelled, there should be a good possibility that it (Prodigal Son) should get a second season, right? The other shows I watch are still chugging along.