NBC surprised no one by renewing the One Chicago and various Law & Order shows last week. The only interesting aspect of the renewal news was the lack of multi-year deals for any of the six shows. The Peacock also premiered Weakest Link and The Wall last week. Both shows started off about where they ended last summer. Night Court was down four hundred thousand viewers. American Auto lost half a million viewers last week. Grand Crew barely scraped a million viewers and is done.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| The Voice (Monday) (clip show) | 0.44 | 4.0 | |
| Dateline (Sunday) | 0.32 | 3.2 | |
| That's My Jam (rerun) | 0.32 | 1.9 | |
| Weakest Link (premiere) | 0.30 | 2.1 | |
| Night Court | 0.29 | 2.8 | Renewed |
| Law & Order: SVU (rerun) | 0.29 | 2.7 | Renewed |
| Law & Order (rerun) | 0.28 | 2.8 | Renewed |
| The Wall (premiere) | 0.28 | 2.2 | |
| Law & Order: Organised Crime (rerun) | 0.28 | 2.2 | Renewed |
| Chicago Med (rerun) | 0.26 | 3.2 | Renewed |
| Chicago PD (rerun) | 0.25 | 2.8 | Renewed |
| Dateline (Friday) | 0.25 | 2.4 | |
| Chicago Fire (rerun) | 0.24 | 3.4 | Renewed |
| The Blacklist | 0.24 | 2.1 | Final Season |
| Magnum PI (rerun) | 0.23 | 2.3 | Renewed |
| Weakest Link (rerun) | 0.22 | 2.0 | |
| The Wall (rerun) | 0.21 | 1.9 | |
| American Auto | 0.21 | 1.5 | |
| Vintage SNL | 0.20 | 1.7 | |
| Lopez vs Lopez (rerun) | 0.16 | 1.4 | |
| Grand Crew | 0.15 | 1.0 |
ABC had a quiet week. Station 19 was up two hundred thousand viewers. Back-to-back episodes of Grey's Anatomy lost two hundred thousand viewers. The Good Doctor was up one hundred thousand viewers. The show should be renewed considering ABC is planning a spin-off. Don't be surprised though if that's the last season. The Company You Keep lost one hundred thousand viewers it couldn't afford. Not Dead Yet was even and could squeak a renewal.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NBA Basketball | 1.01 | 3.8 | |
| NBA Countdown | 0.71 | 3.0 | |
| American Idol (Monday) | 0.56 | 4.5 | |
| Abbott Elementary | 0.53 | 2.7 | Renewed |
| American Idol (Sunday) | 0.51 | 4.6 | |
| Station 19 | 0.42 | 3.9 | |
| America's Funniest Home Videos | 0.41 | 3.6 | |
| Grey's Anatomy | 0.38 | 3.1 | Renewed |
| The Good Doctor | 0.35 | 3.4 | |
| The Goldbergs | 0.34 | 2.1 | Cancelled |
| Shark Tank | 0.31 | 3.1 | |
| The Conners (rerun) | 0.31 | 2.4 | |
| Not Dead Yet | 0.26 | 2.1 | |
| 20/20 (Friday) | 0.25 | 2.7 | |
| The Rookie (rerun) | 0.22 | 1.9 | |
| A Million Little Things | 0.21 | 1.9 | Final Season |
| The Company You Keep | 0.20 | 2.1 | |
| Will Trent (rerun) | 0.16 | 1.5 | |
| Will Trent (rerun) | 0.16 | 1.5 |
CBS saw the return of its Thursday comedy block after a week off. Young Sheldon was down two hundred thousand viewers. So Help Me Todd picked up two hundred thousand viewers. Ghosts was steady. FBI returned to its regular slot and was up three hundred thousand viewers. FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted returned to their pre-crossover numbers.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| 60 Minutes | 0.85 | 7.6 | Renewed |
| Survivor | 0.71 | 5.3 | Renewed |
| Young Sheldon | 0.47 | 6.9 | Renewed |
| Ghosts | 0.47 | 6.3 | Renewed |
| FBI | 0.46 | 6.8 | Renewed |
| The Neighborhood | 0.46 | 5.1 | Renewed |
| NCIS | 0.44 | 6.8 | Renewed |
| A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys | 0.43 | 5.2 | |
| FBI: International | 0.40 | 5.8 | Renewed |
| FBI: Most Wanted | 0.38 | 5.0 | Renewed |
| Bob (Hearts) Abishola | 0.37 | 4.5 | Renewed |
| So Help Me Todd | 0.34 | 4.5 | Renewed |
| NCIS: Hawai'i | 0.30 | 5.0 | Renewed |
| CSI: Vegas | 0.29 | 3.4 | Renewed |
| FBI (rerun) | 0.23 | 2.8 | |
| True Lies | 0.23 | 2.7 | |
| SWAT (rerun) | 0.21 | 3.1 | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles (rerun) | 0.20 | 2.4 | Cancelled |
| Fire Country (rerun) | 0.17 | 2.8 | Renewed |
| 48 Hours | 0.17 | 2.6 | Renewed |
| Blue Bloods (rerun) | 0.14 | 3.3 | Renewed |
| NCIS: Hawai'i (rerun) | 0.12 | 2.2 | |
| FBI: International (rerun) | 0.12 | 1.9 |
FOX ran very little scripted content last week. 9-1-1 returned after a couple of weeks off, up one hundred thousand viewers. 9-1-1: Lone Star also gained one hundred thousand sets of eyeballs. Assuming FOX doesn't plan to completely gut its scripted slate of shows, both should be easily renewed. Fantasy Island returned after nearly a month off, down half a million viewers. If the show is renewed, it will likely be pushed off to summer. Animal Control lost two hundred thousand viewers it couldn't afford. Its future will be determined more by what, if any, half-hour shows FOX keeps for next season. Right now, however. things do not look good for it to return.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NASCAR Food City Dirt Race | 0.61 | 3.4 | |
| WWE Smackdown | 0.53 | 2.1 | |
| The Masked Singer | 0.51 | 3.8 | |
| 9-1-1 | 0.47 | 4.5 | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | 0.39 | 3.5 | |
| Next Level Chef | 0.36 | 1.7 | |
| Farmer Wants A Wife | 0.24 | 2.0 | |
| Accused | 0.21 | 1.8 | Renewed |
| Animal Control | 0.20 | 1.0 | |
| Fantasy Island | 0.14 | 1.5 | |
| USFL Football | 0.14 | 0.8 | |
| Welcome to Flatch (rerun) | 0.12 | 0.6 |
The CW cancelled Whose Line but seems to be doubling down on other improv/unscripted comedy shows with less-than-stellar results. The Great American Joke Off picked up one hundred thousand viewers. Totally Weird and Funny barely scraped three hundred thousand viewers last week and likely won't last. Gotham Knights dropped one hundred thousand viewers it couldn't afford. It really needed to be doing better to survive the next NexStar purge.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Superman & Lois | 0.10 | 0.6 | |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway | 0.08 | 0.5 | Cancelled |
| The Great American Joke-Off | 0.08 | 0.4 | |
| Masters Of Illusion | 0.07 | 0.4 | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us | 0.06 | 0.6 | Renewed |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway (rerun) | 0.06 | 0.4 | |
| Masters Of Illusion (rerun) | 0.06 | 0.4 | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us (rerun) | 0.06 | 0.3 | |
| The Great American Joke-Off (rerun) | 0.06 | 0.3 | |
| Totally Weird and Funny | 0.06 | 0.3 | |
| Gotham Knights | 0.05 | 0.4 | |
| The Flash | 0.05 | 0.3 | Final Season |
| Totally Weird and Funny (rerun) | 0.05 | 0.3 | |
| Walker (rerun) | 0.04 | 0.3 | |
| All American (rerun) | 0.04 | 0.2 | Renewed |
| Riverdale | 0.04 | 0.2 | Final Season |
| Superman & Lois (rerun) | 0.04 | 0.2 | |
| The Flash (rerun) | 0.02 | 0.2 |
Upfronts are a month away. Most networks will present their fall schedules to advertisers the week of May 14. CW/NexStar will kick things off early, making its presentation on April 25.
Written by LadyShelley on Apr 17, 2023
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