CBS dropped the bad news on God Friended Me fans last week, announcing the series was cancelled after two seasons. NCIS wrapped last week, yet another series to suffer from the production shut down. Gibbs and Company were even with their last new episode a couple of weeks ago. Broke and Bob (Hearts) Abishola were steady, Tommy lost a tenth.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Survivor | 1.6 | 8.1 | |
| NCIS (finale) | 1.3 | 13.5 | |
| Young Sheldon | 1.0 | 9.6 | Renewed |
| The Neighborhood | 1.0 | 7.1 | |
| 60 Minutes | 0.9 | 10.0 | |
| FBI: Most Wanted | 0.9 | 8.9 | |
| Mom | 0.8 | 7.1 | Renewed |
| Bob (Hearts) Abishola | 0.8 | 6.8 | |
| Bull | 0.7 | 7.3 | |
| FBI: Most Wanted | 0.7 | 7.1 | |
| Magnum PI | 0.7 | 6.9 | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 0.7 | 6.8 | |
| Man with a Plan | 0.7 | 6.6 | |
| MacGyver | 0.7 | 6.3 | |
| Broke | 0.7 | 5.6 | |
| One World: Together At Home | 0.7 | 4.1 | |
| NCIS: New Orleans | 0.6 | 5.9 | |
| All Rise | 0.6 | 5.9 | |
| God Friended Me | 0.6 | 5.7 | Cancelled |
| Blue Bloods (rerun) | 0.5 | 5.6 | |
| Tommy | 0.5 | 5.1 | |
| 48 Hours | 0.5 | 3.6 | |
| SEAL Team (rerun) | 0.5 | 3.5 | |
| SWAT (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.7 |
ABC had two premieres last week. The Bachelor Presents: Listen To Your Heart is the latest entry into the franchise. It opened with middling ratings. The Baker and the Beauty, based on the show of the same name on Israeli television, also premiered last week, opening with low numbers. Chances are, it won't see anything past its initial ten episode run. For Life lost a tenth, normally it would be done, but with production in limbo, it might squeak a reprieve. Black-ish and Mixed-ish may also live to see another year thanks to no pilot season this year.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Disney Family Singalong | 2.6 | 10.4 | |
| Station 19 | 1.2 | 6.7 | |
| The Conners | 1.0 | 5.9 | |
| American Idol (Sunday) | 1.0 | 5.6 | |
| One World: Together At Home | 0.9 | 5.2 | |
| The Goldbergs | 0.9 | 4.4 | |
| America's Funniest Home Videos | 0.8 | 5.6 | Renewed |
| Shark Tank (rerun) | 0.7 | 4.4 | |
| 20/20 | 0.7 | 4.1 | |
| Schooled | 0.7 | 3.3 | |
| The Bachelor Presents: Listen To Your Heart (premiere) | 0.7 | 2.9 | |
| The Rookie | 0.6 | 4.6 | |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire | 0.6 | 3.8 | |
| Bless This Mess | 0.6 | 3.5 | |
| American Housewife | 0.6 | 3.1 | |
| How To Get Away With Murder | 0.6 | 2.8 | Final Season |
| The Baker and the Beauty (premiere) | 0.5 | 2.7 | |
| Mixed-ish | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| Single Parents | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| The Baker and the Beauty (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| Black-ish | 0.5 | 2.2 | |
| For Life | 0.5 | 2.2 |
NBC premiered the second season of Songland last week, down three tenths from its first season premiere. New Amsterdam wrapped its shortened season, up a tenth from its last new episode a month ago. Indebted managed to pick up a tenth, though it's likely still cancelled.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| The Voice (Monday) | 1.6 | 9.8 | |
| Chicago Fire | 1.2 | 9.4 | Renewed |
| Chicago Med | 1.1 | 9.3 | Renewed |
| Chicago PD | 1.1 | 7.8 | Renewed |
| One World: Together At Home | 1.0 | 5.5 | |
| Ellen's Game of Games | 1.0 | 4.9 | |
| New Amsterdam (finale) | 0.9 | 6.0 | Renewed |
| Songland (premiere) | 0.8 | 4.5 | |
| Law & Order: SVU | 0.7 | 4.1 | Renewed |
| The Blacklist | 0.6 | 4.8 | Renewed |
| Vintage SNL | 0.6 | 3.3 | |
| Will & Grace | 0.6 | 2.4 | Final Season |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 0.6 | 2.0 | Renewed |
| Dateline Friday | 0.5 | 3.3 | |
| NBC Special Report Coronavirus | 0.5 | 3.2 | |
| Superstore (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.3 | Renewed |
| Jesus Christ Superstar | 0.4 | 3.1 | |
| Dateline (Sunday) | 0.4 | 2.7 | |
| Indebted | 0.4 | 1.6 | |
| The Blacklist (rerun) | 0.3 | 2.3 |
FOX announced 9-1-1 and 9-1-1 Lone Star were both renewed, no surprise for either show. 9-1-1 was up two tenths from its last new episode. LEGO Masters wrapped its first season, even with the previous week. Renewing the series will be an easy decision for the network to make. Empire wraps next week. The series will end without its planned finale. Fans can hope for a special some time in the future to properly wrap the series.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| The Masked Singer | 1.8 | 6.9 | |
| 9-1-1 | 1.5 | 7.6 | Renewed |
| LEGO Masters (finale) | 1.2 | 3.8 | |
| TMZ Presents Tiger King | 1.0 | 3.6 | |
| Empire | 0.7 | 2.7 | Final Season |
| Last Man Standing | 0.6 | 3.8 | |
| The Masked Singer (rerun) | 0.6 | 2.6 | |
| WWE Friday Night Smackdown | 0.6 | 2.2 | |
| Last Man Standing (rerun) | 0.5 | 2.7 | |
| Mental Samurai (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.6 | |
| Family Guy (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.3 | |
| The Simpsons (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.2 | Renewed |
| Duncanville (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.1 | Renewed |
| Bob's Burgers (rerun) | 0.4 | 1.1 | |
| Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell And Back (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
| The Simpsons (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Ice Age: The Great Egg-sapade | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| 9-1-1 (rerun) | 0.2 | 1.3 |
The CW had rare Saturday programming last week, participating in the One World: Together At Home special that aired across networks (both terrestrial and streaming) world-wide. In The Dark premiered last week, though the network apparently forgot to tell anyone. The series opened a tenth lower than last year. Whose Line remained at the top of the chart, even with its premiere numbers. Dynasty lost the viewers it had gained last week. A repeat of Legends of Tomorrow scored a rare 0.0.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Whose Line is it Anyway? | 0.2 | 0.9 | |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? (rerun) | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
| Charmed | 0.2 | 0.6 | Renewed |
| Riverdale | 0.2 | 0.5 | Renewed |
| Roswell, New Mexico | 0.1 | 0.7 | Renewed |
| One World: Together At Home | 0.1 | 0.6 | |
| Nancy Drew | 0.1 | 0.5 | Renewed |
| Katy Keene | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| Batwoman (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.4 | Renewed |
| The Flash (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.4 | Renewed |
| In The Dark (premiere) | 0.1 | 0.4 | Renewed |
| Supergirl (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.3 | Renewed |
| Dynasty | 0.1 | 0.3 | Renewed |
| Legends of Tomorrow (rerun) | 0.0 | 0.3 | Renewed |
More and more programs are wrapping early, putting a strain on network schedules to either premiere their summer fare early or run more and more repeats and specials. Shows will need to start filming in June to make the September premiere week. If lock-downs remain in place past June, the fall season may be delayed to October or later.
Written by LadyShelley on Apr 20, 2020
Good news all around! Mainlining Lysol cures COVID and TV gets back to normal! Yay!!
What? Really? Humph! Fine. Apparently my lawyers are requiring me to state that ingesting Lysol is NOT a good idea and TV is in fact still in for a bumpy ride with production shutdowns, layoffs and a possible writers strike.
As you were.
I was surprised God Friended Me got a seconds season! The rating were never very good when it didn't have NFL football propping it up.
I am surprised about Deputy. The ratings were usually even with Prodigal Son in terms of rating and viewership, and with the pilot season basically dumped, the network is taking a huge risk on a new show sight unseen.
I was surprised when I heard God Friended Me got cancelled, oh well. I hope it ends on a high note. I don't watch NCIS that often, but when I heard Christopher Lloyd was going to guest star on it, I watched it and really liked it. And after finally getting around to watching the final 2 episodes of Deputy, I hope they have a change of heart and bring it back for a second season. Or at least shop it around to a different network.
I'm not sure what you're asking. If you are asking if another network or streamer will pick up the series, I doubt it.
Then where should Deputy be placed? Which network?
Deputy was cancelled a couple of weeks ago. Not sure if FOX will have a change of heart or not in light of no pilot season this year. I suspect though, they want more 'reality' TV as that gets better ratings in general for that network.
yee bring on Deputy Season 2
Deputy, God friended me, both cancelled
Bring on Deputy Season 2