
CBS finally rejoined the rest of the network schedule last week with new episodes. Watson had a solid opening behind the NFL playoff game. The test will be to see how much of that audience sticks around without the football assist. Hollywood Squares moved to its regular night last week. The move cost the gameshow six hundred thousand viewers. Poppa's House picked up half a million viewers with its return. NCIS: Origins found six hundred thousand viewers after taking a couple of months off. The latest NCIS spinoff is competing with Elspeth for lowest-rated scripted drama. It will likely still squeak a renewal for franchise growth. SWAT would also be a possible cancellation contender, but it has already been cancelled twice and come back from the dead.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
NFL: Playoffs | 14.80 | 57.42 | |
AFC Playoff Post-Game | 7.26 | 29.91 | |
Watson (premiere) | 1.60 | 9.58 | |
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage | 0.42 | 6.38 | |
The Neighborhood | 0.42 | 4.66 | |
FBI | 0.41 | 6.22 | |
Ghosts | 0.39 | 5.38 | |
NCIS | 0.37 | 5.71 | |
Matlock | 0.33 | 5.78 | Renewed |
FBI: Most Wanted | 0.32 | 4.20 | |
FBI: International | 0.31 | 4.47 | |
Fire Country | 0.30 | 3.80 | |
Poppa's House | 0.30 | 3.67 | |
Hollywood Squares | 0.30 | 3.33 | |
NCIS: Origins | 0.29 | 4.10 | |
The Price Is Right At Night | 0.27 | 2.95 | |
SWAT | 0.24 | 3.14 | |
Elspeth | 0.21 | 2.17 | |
Inside the 67th Annual Grammy Awards | 0.20 | 2.13 | |
Raid the Cage | 0.20 | 1.94 |

ABC premiered Scamanda to middling numbers last week. The Bachelor opened its latest season, down from its last new episode. Shifting Gears lost three hundred thousand viewers last week but is in no danger. Expect a renewal announcement for the Tim Allen-led series any day. High Potential and Will Trent were both down a million viewers. The Rookie was down eight hundred thousand viewers.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
The Bachelor (premiere) | 0.42 | 2.72 | |
Shifting Gears | 0.38 | 4.28 | |
High Potential | 0.35 | 4.77 | Renewed |
Abbott Elementary | 0.34 | 2.63 | Renewed |
Will Trent | 0.30 | 4.54 | |
Shark Tank | 0.30 | 3.00 | |
The Rookie | 0.23 | 2.56 | |
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | 0.21 | 1.98 | |
20/20 | 0.20 | 2.32 | |
Celebrity Jeopardy! | 0.19 | 1.84 | |
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives | 0.18 | 1.23 | Import |
America's Funniest Home Videos (rerun) | 0.17 | 2.46 | |
Scamanda (premiere) | 0.15 | 1.46 | |
Sunday Movie: The Proposal | 0.14 | 1.48 | |
America's Funniest Home Videos (rerun) | 0.13 | 2.13 | |
Paradise | 0.12 | 1.23 | Import |
Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini | 0.11 | 1.28 | Import |

NBC enjoyed a big ratings win with the annual One Chicago crossover. All three shows saw a significant rating jump. Chicago Fire swapped time periods with Chicago Med and was up almost a million and a half viewers to kick off the evening. Med was up half a million viewers. Chicago PD was up almost two million viewers. Found was down six hundred thousand viewers. The Irrational was down another three hundred thousand viewers. Night Court lost another two hundred thousand viewers. Its numbers need to come up some if it wants to earn a third season. St Denis Medical was down one hundred thousand viewers.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
Chicago PD | 0.48 | 6.39 | |
Chicago Fire | 0.48 | 6.31 | |
Chicago Med | 0.45 | 6.55 | |
Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music | 0.42 | 3.47 | |
Law & Order | 0.34 | 4.12 | |
Law & Order: SVU | 0.34 | 3.94 | |
Happy's Place | 0.31 | 3.52 | |
Lopez vs Lopez | 0.28 | 2.30 | |
St Denis Medical | 0.27 | 2.35 | Renewed |
Dateline: NBC | 0.22 | 2.24 | |
Found | 0.21 | 2.17 | |
Deal No Deal Island | 0.17 | 1.72 | |
Night Court | 0.15 | 1.72 | |
Dateline NBC (Sunday) (rerun) | 0.13 | 0.51 | |
The Irrational | 0.12 | 1.64 | |
Deal No Deal Island (rerun) | 0.07 | 0.66 | |
Deal No Deal Island (rerun) | 0.06 | 0.58 |

FOX had a quiet week. Doc was down two hundred thousand viewers. Rescue HI-Surf was down a few tens of thousands. Both shows will probably squeak a renewal. Animal Control picked up one hundred thousand viewers. Going Dutch was even.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
Doc (rerun) | 0.68 | 2.77 | |
College Basketball | 0.31 | 1.45 | |
Hell's Kitchen | 0.30 | 1.94 | |
9-1-1: Lone Star | 0.28 | 3.12 | Cancelled |
Kitchen Nightmares | 0.28 | 1.67 | |
The Simpsons (rerun) | 0.28 | 1.06 | |
Universal Basic Guys (rerun) | 0.22 | 0.81 | |
Doc | 0.21 | 2.08 | |
Rescue: HI-Surf | 0.19 | 1.69 | |
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test | 0.19 | 1.44 | |
The Great North (rerun) | 0.18 | 0.63 | |
Animal Control | 0.15 | 1.17 | |
Krapopolis (rerun) | 0.13 | 0.51 | |
Going Dutch | 0.12 | 1.03 |

CW premiered the seventh season of All American last week. The series opened low, which does not bode well for a program on a network that has little interest in original scripted content. Chances are this will be the show's last season. Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Masters of Illusion were both even with their previous week's numbers.
Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
WWE: NXT | 0.19 | 0.83 | |
Penn & Teller: Fool Us | 0.08 | 0.60 | |
Masters Of Illusion | 0.08 | 0.49 | |
Police 24/7 II (rerun) | 0.06 | 0.49 | |
Hunting UFOs: The Crash Retriever Whistleblower | 0.05 | 0.46 | |
Sunday Movie: Two Weeks Notice | 0.05 | 0.40 | |
Police 24/7 | 0.04 | 0.46 | |
Crime Nation | 0.04 | 0.38 | |
Whose Line Is It, Anyway (rerun) | 0.04 | 0.26 | |
Whose Line Is It, Anyway (rerun) | 0.04 | 0.24 | |
All American (premiere) | 0.03 | 0.28 | |
Inside the NFL | 0.03 | 0.21 |
Several new shows have premiered in the last two weeks. Which ones are you watching?
Written by LadyShelley on Feb 4, 2025
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