FOX wrapped the first season of Doc last week. The medical drama was even with the previous week. Kitchen Nightmares closed out its latest season, down one hundred thousand viewers. Farmer Wants A Wife opened its third season even with last year. The Sunday animation block continued to struggle last week. Rumors started flying last week that the network will shortly have a deal in place to bring American Dad back to the network. The Seth MacFarlane series ran for ten years on FOX before moving to TBS in 2015. FOX will likely grab the series back as a way to stop the ratings haemorrhaging on Sunday nights.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| The Masked Singer | 0.36 | 2.61 | |
| Doc (finale) | 0.28 | 2.38 | Renewed |
| Next Level Chef | 0.28 | 1.78 | Renewed (through 2026-27 season) |
| 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards | 0.27 | 1.61 | |
| The Floor | 0.26 | 2.03 | |
| Kitchen Nightmares (finale) | 0.24 | 1.52 | |
| Farmer Wants A Wife (premiere) | 0.20 | 1.50 | |
| Family Guy | 0.16 | 0.63 | |
| Grimsburg | 0.13 | 0.44 | |
| The Great North | 0.13 | 0.43 | |
| Krapopolis | 0.12 | 0.45 | Renewed |
| Extracted (rerun) | 0.06 | 0.25 |
ABC wrapped the first season of Shifting Gears last week. The Tim Allen-led series finished down a few tens of thousands of viewers, but should be renewed. Doctor Odyssey picked up more than a million viewers last week. That's the good news. As for the bad news, it and Grey's Anatomy were once again the lowest-rated dramas for the network. Chances are one of them will be cancelled. Will Trent was up one hundred thousand viewers and should be an easy renewal. The Rookie was even.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| America's Funniest Home Videos | 0.50 | 4.35 | |
| American Idol | 0.47 | 4.51 | |
| 9-1-1 | 0.40 | 4.76 | |
| The Bachelor | 0.37 | 2.50 | |
| Abbott Elementary | 0.34 | 2.46 | Renewed |
| Will Trent | 0.33 | 4.37 | |
| Shifting Gears (finale) | 0.32 | 3.77 | |
| The Rookie | 0.31 | 3.27 | |
| Doctor Odyssey | 0.24 | 3.56 | |
| Grey's Anatomy | 0.23 | 2.39 | |
| The $100,000 Pyramid | 0.21 | 2.38 | |
| Shark Tank | 0.20 | 2.79 | |
| The Last Days of Gene Hackman | 0.18 | 2.61 | |
| 20/20 | 0.17 | 2.37 | |
| Celebrity Jeopardy! I (rerun) | 0.16 | 1.45 | |
| Celebrity Jeopardy! II (rerun) | 0.15 | 1.23 | |
| The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives | 0.11 | 0.85 | Import |
CBS' schedule will be scrambled for the next couple of weeks for NCAA basketball. Tracker picked up seven hundred thousand viewers last week, once again making it the highest-rated drama for the network. FBI picked up half a million viewers. FBI: International was down three hundred thousand viewers after the cancellation news. FBI: Most Wanted was even. Watson was up another three hundred thousand last week. However, it may be a case of too little too late in terms of a renewal. The Equaliser was down another hundred thousand viewers last week. That won't help its chances of renewal as it was once again the lowest-rated drama for the network.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| NCAA Basketball Game 1 (Thursday) | 1.42 | 6.36 | |
| NCAA Basketball Game 2 (Thursday) | 0.94 | 3.77 | |
| NCAA Basketball Game 1 (Friday) | 0.79 | 3.86 | |
| Survivor | 0.76 | 4.70 | |
| NCAA Basketball Game 2 (Friday) | 0.66 | 3.22 | |
| Tracker | 0.56 | 8.51 | Renewed |
| 60 Minutes | 0.55 | 6.92 | Renewed |
| The Amazing Race | 0.43 | 2.67 | |
| FBI | 0.39 | 6.90 | Renewed (through 2026-27 season) |
| FBI: International | 0.32 | 4.59 | Cancelled |
| FBI: Most Wanted | 0.32 | 4.30 | Cancelled |
| Watson | 0.31 | 5.15 | |
| The Neighborhood (rerun) | 0.26 | 3.01 | Renewed (final season) |
| The Equaliser | 0.22 | 4.22 | |
| Poppa's House (rerun) | 0.21 | 2.53 | |
| NCIS (rerun) | 0.19 | 3.05 | Renewed |
| NCIS: Origins (rerun) | 0.17 | 2.28 | Renewed |
NBC had a quiet week. Suits: LA picked up a few tens of thousands of viewers. The Hunting Party was up one hundred thousand viewers. Grosse Point Garden Society lost another few thousand viewers. Happy's Place wrapped its first season down two hundred thousand viewers from the previous week. Found was up three hundred thousand viewers. The Irrational was even.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| PGA Tour: Players Championship | 0.49 | 3.66 | |
| The Voice | 0.39 | 5.24 | |
| The Americas | 0.35 | 3.65 | |
| Opry 100: A Live Celebration | 0.32 | 5.23 | |
| Law & Order: SVU | 0.27 | 4.01 | |
| Law & Order | 0.26 | 3.82 | |
| Found | 0.22 | 2.40 | |
| Dateline: NBC | 0.21 | 2.49 | |
| Deal No Deal Island | 0.21 | 2.12 | |
| Happy's Place (finale) | 0.20 | 3.19 | Renewed |
| The Hunting Party | 0.20 | 2.91 | |
| Suits: LA | 0.19 | 1.49 | |
| St Denis Medical (rerun) | 0.17 | 1.59 | Renewed |
| The Irrational | 0.13 | 1.67 | |
| St Denis Medical (rerun) | 0.13 | 1.66 | |
| Grosse Point Garden Society | 0.13 | 1.03 | |
| Night Court (rerun) | 0.12 | 1.15 |
CW trundled along for another week last week. All American was up a couple of thousand viewers. Good Cop/Bad Cop gained a thousand viewers. WWE: NXT was down ten thousand viewers.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| WWE: NXT | 0.15 | 0.68 | |
| Wild Cards | 0.06 | 0.53 | Import |
| Police 24/7 | 0.06 | 0.45 | |
| All American | 0.06 | 0.39 | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us | 0.04 | 0.49 | |
| Masters Of Illusion | 0.04 | 0.47 | |
| Sunday Movie: The Devil Wears Prada | 0.04 | 0.35 | |
| Trivial Pursuit (rerun) | 0.04 | 0.3 | |
| Crime Nation | 0.04 | 0.3 | |
| Whose Line Is It, Anyway (rerun) | 0.04 | 0.24 | |
| Good Cop/Bad Cop | 0.03 | 0.36 |
Networks are wrapping their winter shows and getting set to premiere their spring stable of content. How are your favorite shows faring this season?
Written by LadyShelley on Mar 25, 2025
That died with the advent of streaming. Linear networks now live in fear of the rerun and try to avoid airing them as much as possible. That's why there is an entire mini-season that runs from Thanksgiving to New Year's with all of the holiday cartoons and shows like The Great Christmas Light Fight. Now, networks break things into four thirteen-week blocks.
Fall Season -- September to November
Winter Season -- January to March
Spring Season -- March to May
Summer Season -- May to August
Some shows will air through several different blocks (NCIS, the Law & Orders, OneChicago). Others, like comedies Shifting Gears, Lopez vs Lopez or dramas such as Brillant Minds or NCIS: Sydney only air within their block. This also makes for shorter seasons which are cheaper to produce (thirteen to sixteen episodes instead of twenty-two.)
Whatever happened to shows running from fall until sweeps in May?