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Ratings Roundup for the Week of May 15, 2022

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ABC wrapped most of its shows last week. Station 19 closed out its season up one hundred thousand viewers. The Rookie lost one hundred thousand viewers. The Good Doctor gained a ratings tenth and a couple hundred thousand viewers for its season finale. The Wonder Years picked up a couple hundred thousand viewers, but the show will need to do better next season if it wants to see season three. Home Economics gained one hundred thousand viewers for its season finale but remained the lowest-rated comedy for the network this season. 

ProgramRatingMillions of ViewersRenew/Cancel
American Idol (Sunday)0.75.6Renewed
America's Funniest Home Videos0.75.0Renewed
Station 19 (finale)0.54.0Renewed
Grey's Anatomy0.53.6Renewed
The Rookie (finale)0.43.6Renewed
Shark Tank (finale)0.43.4Renewed
The Good Doctor (finale)0.43.4Renewed
The Conners (finale)0.42.9Renewed
The Goldbergs (finale)0.42.8Renewed
Holey Moley0.42.6 
Monday Night Movie: Up0.42.0 
20/200.32.9Renewed
The Chase0.32.2 
The Wonder Years (finale)0.32.0Renewed
Home Economics (finale)0.31.8Renewed
Big Sky (finale)0.22.4Renewed
A Million Little Things (finale)0.21.8Renewed
Who Do You Believe?0.21.4 
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CBS wrapped a few shows last week, most CBS programs will close out their seasons this week. United States Of Al lost a ratings tenth and three hundred thousand viewers with its series finale. The Equaliser picked up three hundred thousand viewers but lost a rating tenth as it wrapped up its season. How We Roll dropped another three hundred thousand viewers as it rode off into the sunset. Beyond the Edge was even for its finale. Come Dance With Me managed to pick up half a million viewers. No word on if either competition series will be back next season. 

ProgramRatingMillions of ViewersRenew/Cancel
Survivor0.95.7Renewed
FBI0.67.1Renewed (through 2024)
Young Sheldon (finale)0.66.7Renewed (through 2024)
60 Minutes0.57.4Renewed
The Equaliser (finale)0.56.8Renewed (through 2024)
FBI: International0.56.0Renewed (through 2024)
The Neighborhood0.55.5Renewed
FBI: Most Wanted0.55.5Renewed (through 2024)
Bob (Hearts) Abishola0.55.3Renewed
NCIS0.46.3Renewed
NCIS: Los Angeles0.45.3Renewed
United States Of Al (finale)0.44.6Cancelled
SWAT0.44.1Renewed
NCIS: Hawai'i0.35.0Renewed
Bull0.33.5Cancelled
How We Roll0.33.3 
How We Roll (finale)0.33.0Cancelled
Beyond The Edge (finale)0.32.5 
Come Dance With Me0.22.5 
FBI (rerun)0.21.9 
Magnum PI (rerun)0.2N/ACancelled
Blue Bloods (rerun)0.2N/ARenewed
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NBC has one more week of new episodes for most of its schedule. The Law & Order shows wrapped up last week. Special Victims Unit was down a tenth for its finale. Organised Crime and the parent Law & Order series were both even. Mr Mayor closed out its run up a tenth and one hundred thousand viewers. This Is Us gained a ratings tenth and four hundred thousand viewers as it heads into its series finale this week. 

ProgramRatingMillions of ViewersRenew/Cancel
This Is Us0.95.3Final Season
Chicago Fire0.76.8Renewed
2022 Billboard Music Awards0.72.6 
Chicago Med0.66.2Renewed
Chicago PD0.65.5Renewed
Law & Order: SVU (finale)0.54.3Renewed
Law & Order: Organised Crime (finale)0.53.3Renewed
Law & Order (finale)0.43.8Renewed
New Amsterdam0.42.9Renewed
Dateline (Friday)0.32.6Renewed
Young Rock0.31.9Renewed
Weakest Link (rerun)0.31.7 
Mr Mayor (finale)0.31.6Cancelled
The Blacklist0.22.6Renewed
Monday Movie: Downton Abbey0.22.1 
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FOX has still not released its fall 2022 schedule, though the network did come to late terms with the productions 9-1-1 and The Resident so both shows were renewed late last week. The Masked Singer was up one hundred thousand viewers for its finale. 9-1-1 gained two hundred thousand viewers for its season wrap-up. 9-1-1: Lone Star lost a couple hundred thousand viewers. Welcome to Flach was a surprise renewal. The first of its back-to-back episodes picked up two hundred thousand viewers, the second episode lost three hundred thousand of those sets of eyeballs. So You Think You Can Dance returned after a two-year cancellation, down a ratings tenth from its last episode in 2019. 

ProgramRatingMillions of ViewersRenew/Cancel
9-1-1 (finale)0.75.5Renewed
The Masked Singer (finale)0.74.2Renewed
9-1-1 Lone Star (finale)0.64.6Renewed
WWE Smackdown0.42.0 
MasterChef Junior0.41.9 
Family Guy0.41.1Renewed
The Resident (finale)0.32.9Renewed
So You Think You Can Dance (premiere)0.32.1 
Name That Tune0.31.3 
The Simpsons0.31.0Renewed
Bob's Burgers0.31.0Renewed
The Great North0.30.8Renewed
Welcome to Flatch0.20.9Renewed
The Simpsons (rerun)0.20.6 
Duncanville0.20.6 
Welcome to Flatch0.10.6 
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The CW had a fairly standard week as fans of various shows reeled from the multitude of cancellations. Charmed lost one hundred thousand viewers after the news the show would not be back. Dynasty was even. As for shows that were renewed and still airing last week, All American gained a ratings tenth though its audience was steady. Kung Fu lost one hundred thousand viewers. The Flash was even. 

ProgramRatingMillions of ViewersRenew/Cancel
All American0.20.5Renewed
The Flash0.10.5Renewed
All American: Homecoming0.10.4Renewed
Superman & Lois (rerun)0.10.4Renewed
Kung Fu0.10.4Renewed
Walker (rerun)0.10.4Renewed
Superman & Lois (rerun)0.10.3 
Charmed0.10.3Cancelled
Dynasty0.10.2Cancelled
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (rerun)0.00.3Renewed
Riverdale0.00.2Renewed
Would I Lie To You? (rerun)0.00.2 
Legacies (rerun)0.00.2Cancelled

One more week and the 2021-22 season will be history. How did your favorite shows do this season? Will your favorites be back again next year?

Written by LadyShelley on May 23, 2022

Comments

LadyShelley posted a year ago

@pieslapper wrote:
No roundup for the week of May 22nd?

That's this week. ;) It will be posted on Monday and that will wrap the season. 

pieslapper posted a year ago

No roundup for the week of May 22nd?

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