Ratings Roundup for the Week of April 3, 2022

ABC made several moves with regard to its stable of reality shows last week. Good news for Steve Harvey fans, Judge Steve Harvey was renewed for a second season. In the hmm category, the network plans to shift Dancing with the Stars off the main network and air it exclusively on Disney+ next season. It's an interesting decision, to say the least. Is parent company, Disney, trying to plumb a new audience by shifting reality shows over to its streamer? Up until now, most streaming content has been scripted. The network also cancelled three of its game shows. Celebrity Dating Game, The Hustler, and Match Game all received pink slips last week. Big Sky managed to find a hundred thousand more viewers last week, maybe too little too late, however. The only thing that can save it is the fact A Million Little Things is doing worse. It was even with its last new episode a couple of weeks ago. The Wonder Years settled at a low. It will likely squeak a season two, but unless those numbers come up, it won't get a season three. 

CBS execs saw the awards show rebound continue last week. After a successful Oscars over on ABC, The Grammys were also up significantly over last year. The network announced SWAT was renewed for a sixth season last week. Magnum PI and Blue Bloods each had even ratings with the previous week. Both did manage to pick up a couple of hundred thousand viewers and should be renewed. How We Roll lost almost a million viewers off its premiere. It is likely done. Good Sam shed another two hundred thousand viewers, and won't be back next season. 

NBC saw the return of the Chicago shows after a couple of weeks off. Chicago Fire was up a tenth. Med and PD were even. American Song Contest continued to crater last week, losing another three hundred thousand viewers. Ratings for those last five episodes yet to air are going to hurt, assuming the show isn't yanked outright. The Endgame was pulled for an episode of Weakest Link, which did no better in the timeslot and also didn't improve from its regular night's ratings either. Young Rock and Mr Mayor each dropped a hundred thousand viewers last week. 

FOX announced The Cleaning Lady was renewed for a second season last week. Call Me Kat picked up three hundred thousand viewers. It might squeak a third season. The Resident picked up a couple hundred thousand viewers, it should also be renewed. Name That Tune lost a ratings tenth off its premiere but did pick up a hundred thousand viewers. Welcome to Flatch has settled at less than a million viewers per week. The question is, will the network keep it, or dump the show onto its streamer to burn off the remaining episodes.  

The CW had a quiet week. Walker took the top spot, even though it lost one hundred thousand viewers from the previous week. The Flash bounced back last week, picking a hundred thousand viewers. Charmed and Riverdale were even. Dynasty had its usual zero rating, but did pick up one hundred thousand viewers. 

More renewal news is trickling out from networks. Fans of most shows should know the fate of their favorites by the end of the month.