CBS wrapped three shows last week. Blue Bloods ended its virus-shortened season even with its last new episode nearly a month ago. God Friended Me closed its series with back-to-back episodes, even with the previous week. NCIS Los Angeles ended three episodes short and was down a tenth. Young Sheldon returned after a week off, up a tenth. MacGyver lost a tenth while Magnum PI was even.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Survivor | 1.5 | 8.1 | |
| Young Sheldon | 1.1 | 10.1 | Renewed |
| 60 Minutes | 0.9 | 10.9 | |
| SEAL Team | 0.8 | 5.7 | |
| Blue Bloods (finale) | 0.7 | 8.5 | |
| NCIS (rerun) | 0.7 | 8.4 | |
| Magnum PI | 0.7 | 7.1 | |
| FBI: Most Wanted | 0.7 | 7.0 | |
| Man with a Plan | 0.7 | 6.6 | |
| Man with a Plan | 0.7 | 6.1 | |
| SWAT | 0.7 | 5.0 | |
| FBI (rerun) | 0.6 | 7.0 | |
| God Friended Me | 0.6 | 6.3 | Cancelled |
| MacGyver | 0.6 | 5.9 | |
| Broke | 0.6 | 5.1 | |
| God Friended Me (finale) | 0.5 | 6.1 | Cancelled |
| NCIS: Los Angeles (finale) | 0.5 | 5.2 | |
| Tommy | 0.5 | 5.1 | |
| The Neighborhood (rerun) | 0.5 | 4.7 | |
| Bob (Hearts) Abishola (rerun) | 0.5 | 4.0 | |
| Bull (rerun) | 0.4 | 4.4 | |
| 48 Hours | 0.4 | 3.9 | |
| All Rise (rerun) | 0.4 | 3.6 | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles (rerun) | 0.2 | 2.7 | |
| SEAL Team (rerun) | 0.2 | 2.4 |
ABC ran a few new episodes last week. The Rookie returned up a tenth. Station 19 was down two tenths. For Life gained a tenth over the previous week. The Bachelor and The Baker and the Beauty were even.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| American Idol (Sunday) | 1.0 | 6.1 | |
| The Conners | 1.0 | 5.9 | |
| Station 19 | 0.9 | 5.6 | |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire | 0.8 | 6.2 | |
| Shark Tank | 0.8 | 4.8 | |
| The Rookie | 0.7 | 4.9 | |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire (rerun) | 0.6 | 4.1 | |
| Bless This Mess | 0.6 | 3.9 | |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire (rerun) | 0.6 | 3.5 | |
| Disney Family Sing-Along (rerun) | 0.6 | 3.1 | |
| The Bachelor Presents: Listen To Your Heart | 0.6 | 2.8 | |
| How To Get Away With Murder | 0.6 | 2.8 | Final Season |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire (rerun) | 0.5 | 3.0 | |
| Mixed-ish | 0.5 | 2.7 | |
| The Baker and the Beauty | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| Black-ish | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| For Life | 0.5 | 2.2 | |
| 20/20 (rerun) | 0.4 | 2.9 | |
| Shark Tank (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.1 | |
| American Idol (rerun) | 0.2 | 1.4 |
NBC saw a nice ratings return with the Parks and Recreation special last week. The Peacock is not having much luck with Council of Dads, though. Jerking the show around the schedule for the last couple of months hasn't helped, but its premiere in its permanent time slot was low, don't expect it to last. The Voice was down nearly half a ratings point. Songland lost two tenths.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Parks and Recreation Special | 1.4 | 3.6 | |
| Paley Center Presents: Parks and Recreation | 1.0 | 3.2 | |
| The Voice (Monday) | 0.9 | 6.7 | |
| Ellen's Game of Games | 0.9 | 4.3 | |
| Ellen's Game of Games (rerun) | 0.8 | 4.0 | |
| Dateline Friday | 0.7 | 4.7 | |
| Songland | 0.6 | 3.3 | |
| The Blacklist | 0.5 | 4.5 | Renewed |
| Chicago Med (rerun) | 0.5 | 4.3 | Renewed |
| Chicago Fire (rerun) | 0.5 | 4.2 | Renewed |
| Dateline Saturday | 0.5 | 3.8 | |
| Chicago PD (rerun) | 0.5 | 3.7 | Renewed |
| The Wall | 0.4 | 2.8 | |
| Council of Dads (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.8 | |
| Little Big Shots | 0.3 | 2.9 | |
| Vintage SNL | 0.3 | 2.4 | |
| New Amsterdam (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.2 | Renewed |
| Council of Dads | 0.3 | 2.0 | |
| Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | 0.3 | 1.7 | |
| Good Girls | 0.3 | 1.6 |
FOX wrapped Prodigal Son and Last Man Standing last week. Prodigal Son was even with the previous week. Last Man Standing wrapped one episode short of its normal episode count, also even with the previous week. The Masked Singer lost a tenth. 9-1-1 was even.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| The Masked Singer | 2.0 | 7.8 | |
| 9-1-1 | 1.2 | 6.8 | Renewed |
| The Masked Singer: After The Mask | 1.1 | 4.3 | |
| Last Man Standing (finale) | 0.7 | 4.2 | |
| Prodigal Son (finale) | 0.7 | 3.4 | |
| Family Guy | 0.6 | 1.5 | |
| Last Man Standing (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.7 | |
| The Masked Singer (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.6 | |
| WWE Friday Night Smackdown | 0.5 | 1.9 | |
| The Simpsons | 0.5 | 1.3 | Renewed |
| Bob's Burgers | 0.5 | 1.3 | |
| Last Man Standing (rerun) | 0.4 | 2.0 | |
| Last Man Standing (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.8 | |
| Duncanville | 0.4 | 1.0 | Renewed |
| Mental Samurai (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.5 | |
| The Simpsons (rerun) | 0.3 | 0.8 | |
| Bob's Burgers (rerun) | 0.3 | 0.8 | |
| Greatest Games: NFL Sunday | 0.1 | 0.9 |
The CW wrapped up Charmed last week, three episodes short of its normal season count. It was even with its last new episode a couple of weeks ago. The Flash gained two hundred thousand viewers, Whose Line was even.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| The Flash | 0.4 | 1.2 | Renewed |
| Whose Line is it Anyway? | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? (rerun) | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
| Roswell, New Mexico | 0.2 | 0.8 | Renewed |
| Legends of Tomorrow | 0.2 | 0.7 | Renewed |
| Riverdale | 0.2 | 0.7 | Renewed |
| Batwoman | 0.2 | 0.6 | Renewed |
| Charmed (finale) | 0.2 | 0.6 | Renewed |
| Katy Keene | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
| In The Dark | 0.1 | 0.4 | Renewed |
| Supergirl (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.3 | Renewed |
| Bulletproof (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
| Dynasty | 0.1 | 0.3 | Renewed |
Most network shows will wrap with whatever new episodes they still have this week, so there is one more week of Ratings Roundup next week as well. Upfronts, which were scheduled for the week of May 11 are up in the air as networks scramble to decide how to move forward during the current lockdown situation in California and the likely delay in production filming. Renewal information will be posted whenever the networks release their Fall plans.
Written by LadyShelley on May 4, 2020
Yeah, that was what I was curious about/meant, if the storylines would get carried over into next season even though I was asking about the specific episode count. Thanks for the reply.
The story lines will likely carry over to the next season, but I doubt there will be increased episode counts. Keep in mind, too, there is going to be a delay for when filming can start up again, so chances are, next season will be short seasons as well.
Prodigal Son's finale was awesome, I'm really hoping it gets a second season. Though I've been saying that pretty much all season. :) And I have a question: I know a lot of shows had to wrap production early, what happens with the episodes that they couldn't film? Do they get added to the upcoming seasons when they're able to start filming again?