CBS announced two renewals last week; Mom and NCIS both received the good word, though no one should be surprised by either announcement. It is interesting the NCIS renewal was only for one year. Is CBS hedging its bets against an Abby-free show? The top spots were once again claimed by The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon, while Living Biblically and Ransom sank to the bottom.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
The Big Bang Theory | 2.4 | 12.8 | Renewed |
Young Sheldon | 1.9 | 11.7 | Renewed |
Survivor | 1.6 | 8.0 | |
60 Minutes | 1.5 | 11.0 | |
Mom | 1.4 | 8.9 | Renewed |
Life In Pieces | 1.1 | 6.5 | |
SEAL Team | 1.0 | 6.2 | Renewed |
Kevin Can Wait | 1.0 | 5.7 | |
Instinct | 0.9 | 8.1 | |
NCIS: Los Angeles | 0.9 | 8.1 | |
Elton John I'm Still Standing A Grammy Salute | 0.9 | 7.2 | |
Hawaii Five-0 | 0.9 | 7.1 | |
Man with a Plan | 0.9 | 5.5 | |
SWAT | 0.9 | 5.3 | Renewed |
Criminal Minds | 0.9 | 5.2 | |
Blue Bloods | 0.8 | 8.1 | |
MacGyver | 0.8 | 6.5 | |
Superior Donuts | 0.8 | 4.8 | |
NCIS (rerun) | 0.7 | 6.4 | Renewed |
Scorpion | 0.7 | 5.4 | |
Madam Secretary | 0.6 | 6.2 | |
Living Biblically | 0.6 | 3.8 | |
48 Hours | 0.5 | 3.7 | |
48 Hours (rerun) | 0.4 | 2.7 | |
Ransom | 0.3 | 2.1 |
No renewal news from ABC last week. Roseanne again topped the chart with The Middle riding the ratings coat-tails. American Idol has not been the ratings winner ABC probably hoped it would be, but the competition show will likely be renewed anyway. Splitting Up Together lost a couple more tenths last week and could be in danger; Alex Inc was steady but low, it's future may also be in doubt.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
Roseanne | 3.5 | 13.8 | Renewed |
The Middle | 2.0 | 7.5 | Final Season |
Grey's Anatomy | 1.7 | 7.0 | |
American Idol (Monday) | 1.7 | 7.0 | |
American Idol (Sunday) | 1.5 | 7.2 | |
Modern Family | 1.4 | 5.0 | Renewed |
The Goldbergs | 1.3 | 5.2 | Renewed |
Black-ish | 1.3 | 4.9 | |
Splitting Up Together | 1.2 | 4.1 | |
American Housewife | 1.1 | 4.0 | |
Station 19 | 1.0 | 5.6 | |
America's Funniest Home Videos (rerun) | 0.9 | 5.0 | |
Scandal | 0.9 | 4.1 | |
Alex, Inc | 0.9 | 3.5 | |
The Crossing | 0.8 | 4.5 | |
Deception | 0.7 | 3.6 | |
Designated Survivor | 0.6 | 3.3 | |
For The People | 0.6 | 2.7 | |
Once Upon A Time | 0.4 | 2.3 | Canceled |
Agents of SHIELD | 0.4 | 2.0 | |
20/20 Friday | 0.4 | 1.9 | |
The Crossing (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.1 | |
Station 19 (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.7 |
NBC had a quiet week last week, the top four spots identical to last week. The Blacklist slipped a tenth while Rise was steady, though low. AP Bio, Taken, and Champions are just playing out the side now as none are likely to see another season.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
The Voice (Monday) | 1.9 | 9.9 | |
The Voice (Tuesday) | 1.3 | 7.8 | |
Chicago Med | 1.1 | 6.5 | |
Chicago PD | 1.1 | 5.9 | |
Law & Order: SVU | 1.1 | 5.4 | |
Chicago Fire | 1.0 | 5.6 | |
Good Girls | 1.0 | 4.3 | |
Little Big Shots | 0.9 | 6.7 | |
Superstore | 0.9 | 3.1 | Renewed |
The Blacklist | 0.8 | 5.1 | |
Rise | 0.8 | 4.4 | |
Genius Junior | 0.7 | 4.4 | |
Dateline Friday | 0.7 | 4.1 | |
Dateline Sunday | 0.6 | 4.2 | |
Timeless | 0.6 | 2.5 | |
NHL Playoffs | 0.6 | 2.2 | |
AP Bio | 0.6 | 2.0 | |
Taken | 0.5 | 3.4 | |
Will & Grace (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.2 | |
Champions | 0.4 | 1.7 |
Lethal Weapon returned on FOX last week with its first new episode in a month. The series returned about where it left off. Empire gained a tenth while Star lost a tenth. Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Gotham and LA To Vegas were all steady.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
Empire | 1.9 | 5.9 | |
Star | 1.3 | 4.2 | |
Lethal Weapon | 0.9 | 4.1 | |
The Simpsons | 0.9 | 2.1 | Renewed |
Family Guy | 0.9 | 1.9 | |
Bob's Burgers | 0.8 | 1.7 | |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 0.8 | 1.7 | |
Masterchef Junior | 0.7 | 3.0 | |
Showtime at the Apollo | 0.7 | 2.7 | |
Gotham | 0.7 | 2.4 | |
LA To Vegas | 0.7 | 2.1 | |
New Girl (premiere) | 0.7 | 1.8 | |
The Last Man On Earth | 0.7 | 1.5 | |
UFC Fight Night | 0.6 | 1.8 | |
Lucifer (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.7 | |
Bob's Burgers (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.1 | |
The Resident (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.7 |
The CW wrapped Legends of Tomorrow last week, opening up the time slot for the return of Supergirl. The Flash took the number one spot with Black Lightning right behind it. Arrow regained a tenth last week while Life Sentence was conspicuously absent from the schedule.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
The Flash | 0.6 | 1.8 | Renewed |
Black Lightning | 0.5 | 1.5 | Renewed |
Supernatural | 0.5 | 1.5 | Renewed |
Legends of Tomorrow (finale) | 0.4 | 1.4 | Renewed |
Arrow | 0.4 | 1.1 | Renewed |
Penn & Teller April Fool Us (rerun) | 0.2 | 1.1 | Renewed (summer) |
iZombie | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
Harry Potter A History of Magic | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
Jane The Virgin | 0.2 | 0.7 | Renewed |
Masters Of Illusion (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.5 | Renewed (summer) |
This time next month, programs will know their fates for next season. How have your favorites done this year?
Written by LadyShelley on Apr 16, 2018
@SilverSurfer and no one is at all surprised by either of those moves. :)
Living Biblically has been smited by angry ratings gods and been pulled from the schedule.
Though not officially canceled, apparently Taken has been taken ... off the schedule that is and is set for a summer, Saturday burn off ... that is the ultimate kiss of death.
A bunch of CBS renewals announced
https://deadline.com/2018/04/cbs-renews-11-returning-series-macgyver-hawaii-five-o-blue-bloods-bull-1202366952/
The Crossing premiered at a 0.9 with 5.4 million viewers. Not good for an opening because ratings almost always go down from the premiere as people will tune in just to check it out and decide it's not for them. Last week the ratings were a 0.8 and 4.5 million, so not good; it lost about a million viewers and a tenth of a ratings point. So, no things are not looking good for the series.
Oh, I didn't even notice that Life Sentence wasn't on last week, no commercials for it either. Guess that doesn't mean anything good. Question about the Crossing: last week you said the numbers for it weren't good, I take it this week not much better?