The CW surprised another fanbase last week with the news Nancy Drew would end after its upcoming fourth season. For those keeping count, that's the third scripted show currently airing on the network to get a final season notice (the others being The Flash and Riverdale). What NexStar's gameplan is, is anyone's guess, but fans of any of the currently airing programs should be prepared for similar news.
UPDATE: DC's Stargirl has also been cancelled as of this morning. That is four currently running scripted shows on the network cancelled this season. Stargirl will wrap its current, and now final season, December 7.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| All American | 0.14 | 0.5 | |
| All American: Homecoming | 0.13 | 0.4 | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us | 0.09 | 0.6 | |
| The Winchesters | 0.09 | 0.5 | |
| DC's Stargirl | 0.09 | 0.5 | Cancelled |
| Walker | 0.07 | 0.8 | |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? | 0.06 | 0.5 | |
| Kung Fu | 0.06 | 0.4 | |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? (rerun) | 0.06 | 0.4 | |
| Professionals | 0.05 | 0.2 | Import |
| Walker: Independence | 0.04 | 0.5 | |
| Coroner | 0.03 | 0.4 | Import |
| Family Law | 0.03 | 0.3 | Import |
ABC is not getting good results with its two new scripted dramas. Alaska Daily held its audience numbers, but it remains the second lowest show for the network. It also has not received any sort of news on more episodes, so chances are it will quietly end in December. After receiving a full season episode order, one hundred thousand fans of The Rookie: Feds rewarded the show by leaving. Chances are slim that it will be renewed. The Good Doctor managed to pick up a couple hundred thousand viewers last week. Abbott Elementary and Big Sky each found an additional four hundred thousand viewers last week.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| The Bachelor in Paradise (Tuesday) | 0.63 | 2.6 | |
| The Bachelor in Paradise (Monday) | 0.58 | 2.4 | |
| The Conners | 0.56 | 3.9 | |
| Abbott Elementary | 0.55 | 2.9 | |
| Station 19 | 0.53 | 3.4 | |
| Celebrity Jeopardy! | 0.47 | 3.7 | |
| Grey's Anatomy | 0.46 | 3.5 | |
| America's Funniest Home Videos | 0.42 | 4.0 | |
| The Goldbergs | 0.41 | 2.6 | |
| 20/20 | 0.40 | 5.2 | |
| Matthew Perry: The Diane Sawyer Interview | 0.40 | 4.1 | |
| Home Economics | 0.39 | 2.2 | |
| Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | 0.38 | 3.2 | |
| The Rookie | 0.35 | 3.4 | |
| The Good Doctor | 0.33 | 3.2 | |
| Big Sky | 0.31 | 2.6 | |
| Alaska Daily | 0.26 | 2.9 | |
| The Rookie: Feds | 0.24 | 1.9 |
CBS surprised no one by yanking The Real Love Boat last week. The remaining episodes will be burned off on Paramount+. Fire Country and So Help Me Todd saw gains last week. Fire Country picked up one hundred thousand viewers, while So Help Me Todd was up three hundred thousand. East New York dipped last week, losing one hundred thousand viewers. Right now, all three should be renewed. NCIS inched out The Equaliser by one hundred thousand viewers to reclaim the top spot for scripted dramas. CSI: Vegas is again slipping into the last-place spot for scripted shows. It held its viewer numbers from last week, but low-hanging fruit can get tempting if something needs to be cut.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Survivor | 0.76 | 5.2 | |
| The Neighborhood | 0.63 | 5.8 | |
| 60 Minutes | 0.61 | 7.8 | |
| Young Sheldon | 0.56 | 7.0 | Renewed |
| NCIS | 0.53 | 7.0 | |
| Ghosts | 0.53 | 6.8 | |
| The Equaliser | 0.49 | 6.9 | Renewed |
| Bob (Hearts) Abishola | 0.46 | 5.4 | |
| FBI (rerun) | 0.41 | 5.4 | Renewed |
| Blue Bloods | 0.40 | 5.5 | |
| Fire Country | 0.40 | 5.2 | |
| SWAT | 0.40 | 4.5 | |
| East New York | 0.37 | 5.3 | |
| NCIS: Hawai'i | 0.36 | 5.0 | |
| FBI: International (rerun) | 0.35 | 4.1 | Renewed |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | 0.34 | 3.9 | |
| So Help Me Todd | 0.33 | 4.6 | |
| The Amazing Race | 0.30 | 2.4 | |
| FBI: Most Wanted (rerun) | 0.29 | 3.7 | Renewed |
| CSI: Vegas | 0.28 | 3.6 | |
| The Real Love Boat | 0.19 | 1.7 | Cancelled |
NBC saw the return of the Law & Order block, while the Chicago shows took the week off. Quantum Leap lost two hundred thousand viewers. La Brea was up one hundred thousand. Capitol One College Bowl wrapped its second season with back-to-back episodes. The finale episode dropped half a million viewers from its lead-in. Right now, there's no reason for the network to renew the show. Even for a game show, those numbers are low.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NFL Football | 4.38 | 15.5 | |
| Football Night In America | 1.48 | 5.6 | |
| The Voice (Tuesday) | 0.62 | 5.9 | |
| The Voice (Monday) | 0.60 | 5.8 | |
| Law & Order: SVU | 0.56 | 4.4 | |
| Law & Order | 0.48 | 2.3 | |
| Law & Order: Organised Crime | 0.45 | 3.2 | |
| Chicago Fire (rerun) | 0.37 | 4.1 | Renewed |
| La Brea | 0.35 | 3.5 | |
| Quantum Leap | 0.33 | 2.2 | |
| Chicago Med (rerun) | 0.32 | 4.1 | Renewed |
| Chicago PD (rerun) | 0.31 | 3.2 | Renewed |
| New Amsterdam | 0.27 | 2.9 | Final Season |
| Capitol One College Bowl | 0.20 | 1.7 | |
| Dateline (Friday) | 0.20 | 1.5 | |
| Capitol One College Bowl (finale) | 0.20 | 1.2 |
FOX feasted on sports last week with both an NFL overrun and the start of the MLB World Series. 9-1-1, The Cleaning Lady, Monarch, and Welcome To Flatch each picked up one hundred thousand viewers last week. The Resident lost four hundred thousand viewers. Call Me Kat found three hundred thousand more viewers than the previous week.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NFL Overrun | 5.54 | 22.3 | |
| The OT | 2.86 | 9.9 | |
| MLB: World Series Game 1 | 2.20 | 9.6 | |
| The Simpsons | 1.14 | 3.6 | |
| The Masked Singer | 0.72 | 4.2 | |
| 9-1-1 | 0.69 | 5.1 | |
| The Great North | 0.60 | 1.8 | |
| Bob's Burgers | 0.49 | 1.5 | |
| Hell's Kitchen | 0.46 | 4.0 | |
| LEGO Masters | 0.43 | 1.8 | |
| Family Guy | 0.42 | 1.4 | |
| The Resident | 0.38 | 3.0 | |
| The Cleaning Lady | 0.32 | 2.2 | |
| Call Me Kat | 0.27 | 1.4 | |
| Monarch | 0.21 | 1.7 | |
| Welcome To Flatch | 0.21 | 0.9 |
Only a few more weeks for freshman shows to prove their worth before the holidays. Will your new favorite shows survive to see the Spring?
Written by LadyShelley on Oct 31, 2022
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At this point, you could throw darts at a board and have just as good a chance of guessing which shows get renewed. Technically All American and All American: Homecoming have the best ratings, but their viewer numbers aren't any better than most of the rest of the shows the network airs. The Winchesters and Walker: Independence could go either way. Keep the shows with some classic name recognition or cut bait on all the freshman shows while you can. One report I saw stated NexStar planned to keep ten currently running shows into next season.
I'm watching The Winchesters right now on the CW network. I'm hoping it doesn't get cancelled after Season 1 airs. Also looking forward to the Gotham Knights series airing in 2023. Lastly, disappointed that Nancy Drew series is getting axed after one more season.
I'm expecting similar news for Superman and Lois, the two All American shows, and probably for Kung Fu too. Walker is also in its third season, which doesn't bode well. Does make you wonder if Gotham Knights will ever see the light of day.
It could be they will ditch anything that is not shiny new (so The Winchesters and Walker: Independence might be safe) So far, they haven't said anything about their unscripted content (Penn & Teller, Whose Line, etc), and I wonder what those contracts for the Canadian imports look like. If those are season-to-season, expect them to disappear too.
I honestly have no idea what their plan could be. Other than a few vague comments about re-jigging their viewer demographics, NexStar hasn't said what they plan to do with the network after this season. Trying to rebuild a network in this fragmented landscape is hard enough, but creating a second cancellation bloodbath is not going to fill viewers or advertisers with much confidence.
Eeessh, I'm running out of shows on CW, since they're cancelling them all. I wonder how much longer Kung Fu, Walker, Walker: Independence, and Superman & Lois will last.