Friday's ratings were delayed for the Martin Luther King holiday

NBC renewed freshman comedy, St Denis Medical, for a second season last week. The series has been a ratings high point for the network's comedy block, so the renewal was not unexpected. The series returned from the holiday break last week, even with its last new episode in December. Night Court returned from the holiday break, down about one hundred thousand viewers, but will likely be renewed. Found returned after its long break, up three hundred thousand viewers from its last new episode in November. The Irrational was down a few tens of thousands of viewers.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
NFL Sunday Night Football | 6.40 | 26.20 | |
Football Night In America | 1.98 | 8.23 | |
Law & Order: SVU | 0.49 | 4.55 | |
Presidential Farewell Address | 0.35 | 4.20 | |
Law & Order | 0.34 | 4.16 | |
Found | 0.29 | 2.52 | |
St Denis Medical | 0.27 | 2.75 | Renewed |
Night Court | 0.24 | 2.16 | |
Deal No Deal Island | 0.24 | 1.92 | |
Dateline: NBC | 0.22 | 2.75 | |
Happy's Place | 0.22 | 2.45 | |
Chicago Med (rerun) | 0.20 | 3.09 | |
St Denis Medical (rerun) | 0.20 | 1.48 | |
Chicago PD (rerun) | 0.18 | 2.67 | |
Lopez vs Lopez | 0.17 | 2.12 | |
Deal No Deal Island (rerun) | 0.17 | 1.45 | |
Chicago Fire (rerun) | 0.16 | 2.94 | |
The Irrational | 0.16 | 2.09 | |
Law & Order: SVU (rerun) | 0.11 | 1.13 |

ABC had a solid week last week. High Potential was up one hundred thousand viewers, increasing its chances for a second season. Will Trent was down a couple hundred thousand viewers off its premiere but is in no danger. The Rookie held its premiere audience. Shifting Gears lost a million and a half viewers off its premiere, a not-unexpected drop, but remained the highest-rated comedy for the network. Unless the wheels completely fall off, it will be an easy renewal. With the loss of viewers for its lead-in, Abbott Elementary was also down nearly a million viewers but will be renewed.
LATE UPDATE: High Potential was renewed for a second season. Abbott Elementary was renewed for its fifth season.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
NFL: Wild Card | 2.49 | 14.27 | |
High Potential | 0.49 | 5.79 | Renewed |
Will Trent | 0.47 | 5.70 | |
Presidential Farewell Address | 0.46 | 4.58 | |
Shifting Gears | 0.38 | 4.56 | |
Abbott Elementary | 0.34 | 2.85 | Renewed |
The Rookie | 0.33 | 3.45 | |
Celebrity Jeopardy! | 0.28 | 2.65 | |
America's Funniest Home Videos | 0.26 | 3.18 | |
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | 0.26 | 2.42 | |
Shark Tank | 0.25 | 2.90 | |
20/20 | 0.21 | 2.73 | |
What Would You Do? | 0.19 | 2.08 | |
Shifting Gears (rerun) | 0.15 | 1.92 | |
Only Murders in the Building | 0.15 | 1.68 | Import |
Only Murders in the Building | 0.12 | 1.47 | Import |
Sunday Movie: Marley and Me | 0.09 | 1.27 |

CBS premiered the latest incarnation of Hollywood Squares last week to decent numbers. The Price Is Right At Night was down six hundred thousand viewers. The network was still airing repeats, mostly NCIS: Origins, of its scripted content last week.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
60 Minutes | 0.37 | 6.10 | |
Hollywood Squares (premiere) | 0.36 | 4.60 | |
Presidential Farewell Address | 0.34 | 3.55 | |
The Neighborhood (rerun) | 0.29 | 2.63 | |
FBI (rerun) | 0.27 | 3.56 | |
The Price Is Right At Night | 0.27 | 3.27 | |
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (rerun) | 0.23 | 3.18 | |
Poppa's House (rerun) | 0.23 | 2.14 | |
Raid the Cage | 0.22 | 2.22 | |
NCIS (rerun) | 0.2 | 2.68 | |
NCIS: Origins I (rerun) | 0.18 | 2.42 | |
Ghosts (rerun) | 0.17 | 2.35 | |
NCIS: Sydney (rerun) | 0.16 | 2.54 | |
NCIS: Origins VII (rerun) | 0.16 | 1.95 | |
NCIS: Origins VI (rerun) | 0.15 | 2.30 | |
NCIS: Origins V (rerun) | 0.15 | 1.89 | |
Poppa's House (rerun) | 0.15 | 1.14 | |
SWAT (rerun) | 0.14 | 1.67 | |
Matlock (rerun) | 0.13 | 2.32 | Renewed |
NCIS: Origins II (rerun) | 0.13 | 1.87 | |
Fire COuntry (rerun) | 0.13 | 1.72 | |
NCIS: Origins III (rerun) | 0.12 | 1.59 |

FOX renewed Murder in a Small Town for a second season last week. Freshman medical drama, Doc, picked up three hundred thousand viewers over its premiere. As long as it holds those numbers the show should be an easy renewal. Going Dutch picked up a few tens of thousands of viewers last week. Fans of the show should be concerned as it's the lowest-rated scripted show on the network. Animal Control isn't doing much better, but it picked up about one hundred thousand viewers last week.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
NFL Overrun | 9.02 | 35.89 | |
The OT | 4.60 | 17.92 | |
Doc I (rerun) | 0.88 | 4.26 | |
Animal Control I (rerun) | 0.30 | 1.62 | |
Kitchen Nightmares | 0.29 | 1.77 | |
Hell's Kitchen | 0.28 | 1.99 | |
Doc | 0.25 | 2.52 | |
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test | 0.24 | 1.64 | |
Presidential Farewell Address | 0.24 | 1.55 | |
Going Dutch (rerun) | 0.22 | 1.24 | |
College Basketball | 0.21 | 1.17 | |
Animal Control | 0.19 | 1.24 | |
Going Dutch | 0.19 | 1.15 | |
9-1-1: Lone Star (rerun) | 0.15 | 1.39 | Cancelled |
Doc II (rerun) | 0.14 | 1.10 |

CW continued to air a schedule of Police 24/7 last week, along with WWE: NXT and the Sunday movie.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
WWE: NXT | 0.17 | 0.78 | |
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (rerun) | 0.08 | 0.55 | |
Whose Line Is It, Anyway? (rerun) | 0.07 | 0.49 | |
Whose Line Is It, Anyway? (rerun) | 0.07 | 0.47 | |
Police 24/7 IV (rerun) | 0.06 | 0.42 | |
Police 24/7 II (rerun) | 0.05 | 0.45 | |
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (rerun) | 0.05 | 0.39 | |
Police 24/7 III (rerun) | 0.05 | 0.39 | |
Police 24/7 I (rerun) | 0.04 | 0.41 | |
Sunday Movie: The Wedding Planner | 0.04 | 0.37 | |
Inside the NFL | 0.03 | 0.22 | |
Whose Line Is It, Anyway (rerun) | 0.02 | 0.24 |
CBS and CW have yet to premiere their scripted shows after the break. What shows are you eager to see?
Written by LadyShelley on Jan 22, 2025
That was a bit of a surprise in that FOX usually doesn't make mid season announcements like that.
Oh, I’m happy to see that Murder in a Small Town got renewed, I enjoyed the first season.