Ratings Roundup for the Week of October 10, 2021

The CW premiered the first part of its fall schedule last week. DC's Legends of Tomorrow opened up from its summer run last season. Batwoman opened with a hundred thousand more viewers than where it ended last season. Legacies dropped a couple hundred thousand viewers in its premiere. Nancy Drew lost one hundred thousand views off its premiere. The network's two new reality shows opened to abysmal numbers and even the CW's habit of renewing anything that holds still long enough, that may not be enough to save either program. 
 

ABC had a quiet week last week. Grey's Anatomy has apparently settled into a new rating reality, down three tenths from where it regularly ranked last season. Station 19, The Rookie, and Big Sky were all even, though those last two are still low enough that fans should be concerned. A Million Little Things gained two hundred thousand viewers last week, but its chances of renewal are basically nil. 

CBS premiered the last of its fall lineup last week. The Equaliser opened even with where it ended last spring. NCIS: Los Angeles opened to good numbers. B Positive opened down a tenth from where it ended in the spring. SEAL Team was steady, but it will only air three more episodes on the parent network before shifting to the Paramount streamer. NCIS: Hawai'i and CSI Vegas both lost a tenth last week. Bull lost five hundred thousand viewers off its premiere.

NBC premiered its latest reality show, Home Sweet Home, to terrible numbers. Don't expect it to last very long. La Brea has seemingly settled with okay numbers. As long as it maintains its current viewership, it should get a back nine order. Ordinary Joe picked up a tenth last week, however, it remains the lowest-rated scripted drama for the network. Its future is by no means assured. 

FOX feasted on football last week. An NFL overrun pumped up the Sunday animation block. The Thursday night game lost a tenth from the previous week. Alter Ego lost another tenth, and more than half of its lead-in audience again last week. Our Kind of People was steady but low. The Big Leap lost another hundred thousand viewers. The chances of any of these freshman shows seeing January are slim at best. 

Networks have not recovered to the levels they were at for the 2018-19 season. Only a few shows average at least a 1.0 rating now, and none are scripted programs. It will be interesting to see how networks adjust to this new world. Will networks be able to reinvent themselves to regain some of their relevance? Or will the streamers consolidate back down a few mega streamers and network television will live to fight another day?