And we're back! After a couple of weeks of Olympics and the reality show/rerun schedules all of the other networks ran, we are back with ratings news. For the curious, The Super Bowl was up compared to last year with a 29.5 rating and 99.2 million viewers.
NBC will take the ratings for the Olympics, but they weren't that great. Most nights the numbers were down compared to the 2020 Games. The granddaddy of the Law & Order franchise returned to screens after a twelve-year hiatus last week. The strong opening pulled up the numbers for Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order: Organised Crime. The Endgame opened low. The new drama cannot afford to lose anything if it wants to be renewed. America's Got Talent: Extreme opened with okay numbers. The Chicago shows all returned up from where they left off before the Olympics break. The Blacklist managed yet another renewal, earning a tenth season. That's My Jam was renewed for a second season.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| 2022 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony | 0.9 | 6.6 | |
| Chicago Med | 0.8 | 7.1 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| Chicago Fire | 0.8 | 6.8 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| Chicago PD | 0.7 | 6.0 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| Law & Order (premiere) | 0.7 | 5.5 | |
| Law & Order: SVU | 0.7 | 5.0 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| America's Got Talent: Extreme (premiere) | 0.7 | 4.5 | |
| This Is Us | 0.7 | 4.3 | Final Season |
| Beijing Gold | 0.5 | 4.1 | |
| Law & Order: Organised Crime | 0.5 | 3.4 | |
| The Endgame (premiere) | 0.5 | 3.3 | |
| America's Got Talent: Extreme Preview | 0.5 | 3.1 | |
| American Auto | 0.4 | 2.0 | |
| New Amsterdam | 0.3 | 2.8 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| The Blacklist | 0.3 | 2.8 | Renewed |
| Dateline | 0.3 | 2.1 | |
| Grand Crew | 0.3 | 1.6 | |
| The Endgame (rerun) | 0.2 | 1.5 |
ABC premiered the sixth season of To Tell the Truth last week with its usual low numbers. Abbott Elementary was steady and should be renewed. The Wonder Years returned after its hiatus down a tenth. It will probably be renewed, but it can't afford to lose any more audience. In a surprise to no one move, Promised Land was yanked from the ABC schedule and will play out its remaining episodes on Hulu.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Jeopardy! National College Championship (finale) | 0.8 | 5.7 | |
| Station 19 | 0.7 | 4.8 | Renewed |
| Grey's Anatomy | 0.7 | 4.4 | Renewed |
| The Bachelor | 0.7 | 3.5 | |
| The Goldbergs | 0.6 | 3.2 | |
| Abbott Elementary | 0.6 | 3.1 | |
| America's Funniest Home Videos (rerun) | 0.5 | 4.1 | |
| 20/20 | 0.5 | 3.5 | |
| Shark Tank | 0.5 | 3.3 | |
| The Conners | 0.5 | 3.0 | |
| The Wonder Years | 0.4 | 2.2 | |
| Black-ish | 0.4 | 2.0 | Final Season |
| Big Sky | 0.3 | 2.5 | |
| A Million Little Things | 0.3 | 2.2 | |
| To Tell the Truth (premiere) | 0.3 | 2.0 | |
| Home Economics | 0.3 | 1.9 | |
| Promised Land | 0.2 | 1.6 | Cancelled on ABC |
| Summer of Soul | 0.1 | 1.6 | |
| The Wonder Years (rerun) | 0.1 | 1.0 |
CBS had a quiet week. Celebrity Big Brother wrapped down a tenth from its premiere. Ratings for its third season were down across the board compared to previous years. Ghosts returned from the break steady. Good Sam was down a tenth and is done. Magnum PI returned even while Blue Bloods was down a tenth. Both should be renewed and will hope for a better lead-in next season.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Celebrity Big Brother (finale) (Wednesday) | 0.7 | 3.5 | |
| FBI | 0.6 | 7.4 | |
| Young Sheldon | 0.6 | 6.7 | Renewed (through 2024) |
| 60 Minutes | 0.5 | 7.0 | |
| FBI: International | 0.5 | 6.1 | |
| FBI: Most Wanted | 0.5 | 5.7 | |
| Ghosts | 0.5 | 5.6 | Renewed |
| The Neighborhood (rerun) | 0.5 | 3.9 | Renewed |
| The Amazing Race | 0.5 | 3.3 | |
| Celebrity Big Brother (Sunday) | 0.5 | 3.0 | |
| Blue Bloods | 0.4 | 6.0 | |
| Magnum PI | 0.4 | 5.0 | |
| United States Of Al | 0.4 | 4.9 | |
| B Positive | 0.4 | 4.4 | |
| Bull | 0.4 | 4.3 | Cancelled |
| Undercover Boss | 0.4 | 3.6 | |
| Bob (Hearts) Abishola (rerun) | 0.4 | 3.2 | Renewed |
| Celebrity Big Brother (Monday) | 0.4 | 2.4 | |
| Good Sam | 0.3 | 1.9 | |
| The Equaliser (rerun) | 0.2 | 2.5 | |
| SWAT (rerun) | 0.2 | 2.1 |
FOX wrapped The Real Dirty Dancing last week to the relief of the network execs. Don't expect to see any more of that one. Pivoting hit a new low and is also done. The Cleaning Lady and The Resident were both down as well but should be renewed.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| 9-1-1 Lone Star | 0.6 | 5.1 | |
| The Masked Singer Sneak Peak | 0.5 | 2.3 | |
| WWE Smackdown | 0.5 | 2.0 | |
| The Resident | 0.4 | 3.1 | |
| The Cleaning Lady | 0.4 | 3.0 | |
| I Can See Your Voice | 0.4 | 2.1 | |
| Next Level Chef | 0.4 | 1.9 | |
| Joe Millionaire: For Richer Or Poorer | 0.3 | 1.4 | |
| Call Me Kat (rerun) | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
| The Real Dirty Dancing (finale) | 0.2 | 1.4 | |
| Call Me Kat | 0.2 | 1.3 | |
| Family Guy (rerun) | 0.2 | 1.0 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| The Simpsons (rerun) | 0.2 | 0.9 | Renewed (through 2023) |
| Pivoting | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
| The Great North (rerun) | 0.2 | 0.7 | Renewed |
| Bob's Burgers (rerun) | 0.2 | 0.7 | Renewed (through 2023) |
The CW premiered All American: Homecoming last week to okay numbers for a CW show. Parent show, All American, returned even with its last new episode. Superman & Lois took the top spot on the chart. Two Sentence Horror Stories wrapped another pathetic season. It will be low hanging fruit to cancel for any new owners of the network.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Superman & Lois | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
| All American | 0.2 | 0.6 | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us | 0.1 | 0.8 | Renewed |
| All American: Homecoming (premiere) | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| Naomi | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| Walker (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? (rerun) | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| DC's Legends of Tomorrow | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
| Batwoman | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
| Legacies | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
| Two Sentence Horror Stories | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
| All American (rerun) | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
| Two Sentence Horror Stories (finale) | 0.0 | 0.2 |
We are entering the final stretch for the 2021-22 season. The few remaining holdover shows for Spring will be premiering in the next few weeks. The general rule is, these are shows the networks have low confidence in, so it might be best not to get too attached to any of them. How are your favorite shows doing?
Written by LadyShelley on Feb 28, 2022
Law & Order is back!! :)
More than likely this is true. Good Doctor wasn't supposed to return until April, I think, which would have been after the full run of Promised Land.
That show Promised Land getting pulled must be why the Good Doctor returning so early. And as for my favorite shows, I'm still waiting to hear if/when they'll be renewed.