CBS had a busy week last week. The Equaliser was rewarded with a two-year renewal, which means it will likely also eventually earn a fifth season as well. (Shows that run four seasons are rarely ever cancelled if the episode count is high enough.) Magnum PI and Blue Bloods wrapped their seasons last week. Magnum picked up a couple hundred thousand viewers for its finale. Blue Bloods gained a ratings tenth and four hundred thousand viewers. Blue Bloods is already renewed for next season, Magnum should be renewed as well. Good Sam closed out its freshman season picking up a ratings tenth and one hundred thousand viewers. It won't be renewed, however. How We Roll lost several hundred thousand viewers after last week's back-to-back episodes. It couldn't afford the loss and is likely done.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Survivor | 0.9 | 5.6 | Renewed |
| The Neighborhood | 0.6 | 5.5 | Renewed |
| NCIS | 0.5 | 7.3 | Renewed |
| 60 Minutes | 0.5 | 7.1 | |
| Bob (Hearts) Abishola | 0.5 | 5.4 | Renewed |
| Blue Bloods (finale) | 0.4 | 6.0 | Renewed |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 0.4 | 5.2 | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 0.4 | 5.2 | Renewed |
| NCIS: Hawai'i | 0.4 | 5.2 | Renewed |
| FBI (rerun) | 0.4 | 4.8 | |
| SWAT | 0.4 | 3.9 | Renewed |
| Young Sheldon (rerun) | 0.4 | 3.1 | Renewed (through 2024) |
| Beyond The Edge | 0.4 | 2.7 | |
| Magnum PI (finale) | 0.3 | 4.9 | |
| FBI: International (rerun) | 0.3 | 3.8 | |
| Young Sheldon (rerun) | 0.3 | 3.3 | |
| FBI: Most Wanted (rerun) | 0.3 | 3.1 | |
| United States Of Al (rerun) | 0.3 | 3.1 | |
| How We Roll | 0.3 | 3.0 | |
| Good Sam (finale) | 0.3 | 2.1 | |
| Bull (rerun) | 0.2 | 2.5 | Cancelled |
| Come Dance With Me | 0.2 | 2.1 |
ABC opened its summer fare last week with premieres for Holey Moley, The Chase, and freshman series Who Do You Believe. None of them opened particularly well, and it's possible Who Do You Believe could be quickly pulled with those abysmal premiere numbers. Big Sky returned after a month off, down two hundred thousand viewers. A Million Little Things managed to find one hundred thousand viewers last week. Its chances for renewal are still poor.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| American Idol (Sunday) | 0.9 | 6.6 | |
| America's Funniest Home Videos | 0.8 | 5.4 | |
| American Idol: The Great Idol Reunion | 0.7 | 5.9 | |
| Station 19 | 0.6 | 4.3 | Renewed |
| Grey's Anatomy | 0.6 | 3.9 | Renewed |
| The Rookie | 0.5 | 4.2 | Renewed |
| Shark Tank | 0.5 | 3.6 | |
| The Good Doctor | 0.4 | 3.7 | Renewed |
| Shark Tank | 0.4 | 3.5 | |
| The Goldbergs | 0.4 | 3.0 | Renewed |
| The Conners | 0.4 | 3.0 | |
| Holey Moley (premiere) | 0.4 | 2.8 | |
| 20/20 | 0.3 | 2.6 | |
| Big Sky | 0.3 | 2.4 | |
| The Chase (premiere) | 0.3 | 2.3 | |
| The Wonder Years (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.7 | |
| Home Economics (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.6 | |
| A Million Little Things | 0.2 | 2.0 | |
| Who Do You Believe? (premiere) | 0.2 | 1.8 |
NBC wrapped The Endgame last week. The Morena Baccarin series dropped three hundred thousand viewers for its finale and is likely done. Young Rock and Mr Mayor both lost a ratings tenth last week. Young Rock held its audience numbers while Mr Mayor lost one hundred thousand viewers. It's still anyone's guess which, if any, of the Peacock's current stable of half-hour comedies will be renewed.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| This Is Us | 0.7 | 4.7 | Final Season |
| Law & Order: SVU | 0.6 | 4.9 | Renewed |
| Law & Order: Organised Crime | 0.6 | 4.1 | |
| Law & Order | 0.4 | 4.2 | |
| Chicago Fire (rerun) | 0.4 | 3.8 | Renewed |
| Chicago PD (rerun) | 0.4 | 3.5 | Renewed |
| Chicago Med (rerun) | 0.3 | 3.7 | Renewed |
| New Amsterdam | 0.3 | 3.4 | Renewed |
| Dateline (Friday) | 0.3 | 2.6 | |
| Young Rock | 0.3 | 2.1 | |
| American Song Contest | 0.3 | 1.6 | |
| The Blacklist | 0.2 | 2.7 | Renewed |
| Weakest Link | 0.2 | 1.6 | |
| Mr Mayor | 0.2 | 1.6 | |
| Sunday Movie: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | 0.2 | 1.5 | |
| The Endgame | 0.2 | 1.4 |
FOX premiered the third season of Duncanville last week. It remains the lowest-rated of the Sunday animation block and with that low opening, it's hard to see it getting a season four. Call Me Kat wrapped its second season last week. It suffered from schedule issues, and never really recovered, but it might squeak a season three. Its fate rests on if FOX is interested in more scripted programs or if the network will pivot to more 'reality' or competition shows to fill schedule time. 9-1-1 was even while 9-1-1: Lone Star lost a ratings tenth and three hundred thousand viewers. Both shows will be easy renewals for the network.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| 9-1-1 | 0.7 | 5.1 | |
| The Masked Singer | 0.7 | 4.1 | |
| 9-1-1 Lone Star | 0.5 | 4.3 | |
| The Resident | 0.4 | 3.2 | |
| MasterChef Junior | 0.4 | 2.0 | |
| WWE Smackdown | 0.4 | 1.9 | |
| Call Me Kat (finale) | 0.4 | 1.6 | |
| Family Guy (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.0 | Renewed |
| Domino Masters | 0.3 | 1.7 | |
| Name That Tune | 0.3 | 1.5 | |
| The Simpsons | 0.3 | 1.0 | Renewed |
| Bob's Burgers | 0.3 | 1.0 | Renewed |
| The Great North | 0.3 | 0.7 | Renewed |
| Welcome to Flatch | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
| Duncanville (premiere) | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
| The Simpsons (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.6 |
The CW had a quiet week, with no new bombshells for its fans. Superman & Lois was down one hundred thousand viewers. Naomi must have found them, it was up one hundred thousand viewers. Charmed and Dynasty were even.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Superman & Lois | 0.2 | 0.7 | Renewed |
| Walker | 0.1 | 0.7 | Renewed |
| Naomi | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| The Flash | 0.1 | 0.5 | Renewed |
| Kung Fu | 0.1 | 0.5 | Renewed |
| All American | 0.1 | 0.4 | Renewed |
| Legacies | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
| Charmed | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
| All American: Homecoming | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
| Riverdale | 0.0 | 0.2 | Renewed |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? (rerun) | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
| Dynasty | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
| Would I Lie To You? (rerun) | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Upfronts are in one week! Expect the networks to announce a flurry of renewals this week ahead of their big press parties. Here's the schedule again in case you missed it last week:
May 16 -- NBC, FOX
May 17 -- ABC
May 18 -- CBS
May 19 - The CW
Written by LadyShelley on May 9, 2022
Oh gods, yes. Hines' character served zero purpose to the plot. Even when they tried to make him an agent, it still fell flat. that character never worked and instead of making him recurring (kind of like Jack or Penny Parker in the original series), they doubled down on trying to make him a central character.
Pretty much how I feel. Hawaii Five-0 hooked me from the first episode and held until the end.
MacGyver liked the first 2 seasons. The rest were weak, in part of George Eads, but also I never understood the reason they decided to make Justin Hires's character a big part of the show. He was the biggest annoyance for me.
I suffered through 2 seasons of Magnum PI, but the "love triangle" was too much for me.
I loved Lenkov's rebooted Hawaii Five-0. The man hit that series out of the park. Then came his new MacGyver. I gave that a chance until George Eads left, but the show never captured that same winning vibe as Five-0. Then he tried Magnum. I knew we were in trouble the second he cast Perdita Weeks as Higgins. It could have worked if he had never gone down the sexual tension road, but he did. So, yeah, while the ratings were strong enough for renewal (the issue was disagreements between CBS and the production company, not the actor's contracts or ratings numbers) I'm glad they put the show out of its misery.
If Lenkov decides to reboot something else from my childhood, maybe he should go back to an ensemble show to re-do. trying to reboot these one main character shows into ensembles just doesn't work.
CBS is about what I expected. Glad they finally killed off Magnum PI.
I was quite surprised about how much I enjoyed The Equaliser will be interesting to see if it continues to be interesting.
I avoid The CW for the most part these days, but I gave a chance for Kung Fu out of boredom. The first season was okay, but the second season was a complete mess. Not surprised to see it renewed, but definitely the biggest disappointment.
Yep, I saw that a little while ago. No surprise at all. Expect renewal news to be fast and furious this week. :)
Thank you, LadyShelley! BTW, all three FBI shows have been renewed for 2 additional seasons at CBS!