Sunday TV Ratings 4/12/26: Euphoria Up from Season Two Premiere but Below Finale, Marshals and Tracker Soar with Masters Lead-In, American Dad! Ticks Up After Break

Analysis to come.

Saturday TV Ratings 4/11/26: Saturday Night Live Dips, UFC 327 Dominates, A Little Park Music OK on Hallmark

Analysis to come.

PILOT REVISITED: Lone Star

 

Each week, I take a look back at a pilot from the 2010-11 season, first reviewed on my blog during that season. This week, I am looking at Fox's very short-lived Lone Star!

Friday TV Ratings 4/10/26: ABC Dominates Coverage of Artemis II Return, Fire Country Builds on Sheriff Country, Happy’s Place Ticks Up

Analysis to come.

Marietta Season 8 Episode 23 - The Graduates

Marietta Season 8 Episode 23

The Graduates

ABC Renew/Cancel Week 24: Scrubs Is In Stable Condition + ABC Renew/Cancel March Madness Champion Revealed!

This week on the ABC Renew/Cancel, one new series looks to be securing its position, while another remains on shaky ground. Keep reading for my updated ABC predictions, as the season nears its close.

Thursday TV Ratings 4/9/26: Ghosts Matches Georgie & Mandy to Lead the Night, SVU and Animal Control Rise, The Hunting Party Declines Again

Analysis to come.

The Rookie and Will Trent Renewed by ABC

A pair of veteran crime dramas will be returning to ABC next season. The network has renewed The Rookie and Will Trent for a ninth and fifth season, respectively. Both series remain respectable performers for ABC, with The Rookie being a particular highlight in its delayed performance. The series were once Tuesday night companions, though The Rookie has since moved to Monday nights, splitting up the pair of lighthearted crime procedurals that had aired on Tuesday nights (albeit often an hour apart) since Will Trent's debut. The dramas are the latest early renewal for ABC, which had previously renewed fellow Tuesday drama High Potential, their 9-1-1 dramas, Grey's Anatomy, and comedy Abbott Elementary. The pickup leaves Shifting Gears and freshmen RJ Decker and Scrubs as the only ABC scripted series left on the bubble. The renewal of The Rookie ties it for the third-longest-running drama series in ABC history, with ongoing drama Grey's Anatomy one of the two shows still ahead of it. The Rookie stars Nathan Fillion, whose former ABC drama Castle ran for eight seasons, while Will Trent stars Ramon Rodriguez. both series are correct predictions for The TV Ratings Guide.

Frances in the Kitchen Season 6 Episode 9 - Island Time in the Kitchen (Midseason Premiere)

Frances in the Kitchen Season 6 Episode 9

Island Time in the Kitchen

CBS Schedulogy: Final Fall 2026 Schedule Prediction

FOX Renew/Cancel: Silence in a Small Town + March Madness Voting Concludes

Photo Credit: FOX One

Below are the April 12th Fox renew/cancel predictions for the 2025-26 television season. The table embedded includes the Adults 18-49 ratings average of each program. The "Y2Y (year-to-year) Change" column compares a show's current average to its average from the previous season.   

On the day of its season finale, Fox chose to renew freshman drama Memory of a Killer for a second season. This is a correct prediction for the TV Ratings Guide, as the series has been in the "likely renewal" category since it entered the chart in February. Ultimately, its solid performance on Hulu is likely to have made up for its lackluster ratings. And while it has struggled in the Adults 18-49 department, its finale rating (0.13) was still higher than the series low it set several weeks prior, showing that it has improved slightly since cratering. 

The Memory renewal leaves just two scripted Fox offerings in limbo. One of those is Murder in a Small Town, which wrapped up its second season in December 2025 with a ratings average just barely below the previous season's (0.16 in 2025 vs. 0.18 in 2024). This relative stability should mean that Murder is in good shape for a third season pickup. One outlet has also claimed that filming for season three has already started. While a very promising sign, it makes Fox's reluctance to release an official announcement about its status even more odd. Could there be a scenario where Canada's Global continues airing the series while Fox drops it? While possible, the odds remain in Murder's favor. Its Nielsen ratings were hardly any worse in 2025 than they were in 2024, and it has proven to have some staying power on Hulu. The series remains a likely renewal. 

The second of the two scripted offerings is Going Dutch. The show appears to have no pulse on streaming, failing to make the Hulu top 15 chart this past week. But it also failed to chart after airing its season finale last year and still scored a second season pickup despite that. On the Nielsen ratings front, it recently rose to a 0.14 and tied its Animal Control lead-in, despite airing in a more challenging time slot. The sophomore sitcom is still a likely renewal, but it is in a less secure spot than Murder in a Small Town. 

FOX Renew/Cancel March Madness concludes!

The semifinals are officially over. Doc ultimately took home 58% of the vote and defeated Best Medicine. And after some rock-solid performances, Family Guy finally met its match, losing to Bob's Burgers in a heated showdown. Doc will now face off against Bob's Burgers in the finals. Vote below to ensure that your favorite of the two becomes the 2026 champion. Voting will end on April 18, 2026. 

The TV Ratings Guide	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30
Mon	The 1% Club		The Quiz With Balls
Tues	Doc
Wed	MasterChef		The Floor
Thurs	Next Level Chef		Animal Control	Going Dutch
Fri	Fox Sports
Sun	Family Guy	Universal Basic Guys	American Dad!	Family Guy

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What’s Trending on Streaming: Daily Trending Lists for Hulu, Disney+, Peacock, Paramount+, HBO Max, Apple TV, Prime Video and Netflix from April 5-April 11

It was a busy week on streaming, with an abundance on new premieres and finales across the streamers. Keep reading to see how those new shows stacked up, how the ending shows finished their seasons, and how they all compared to the many ongoing hits.

The Bullpen: New League Season 1 Episode 5: Nice Elena

Wednesday TV Ratings 4/8/26: The Floor Premieres Slightly Up, Survivor, Abbott Elementary and The Greatest Average American Tick Up, Chicago PD and Hollywood Squares Drop [+ Analysis]

Fox game show The Floor (0.26) returned with a rating that was slightly above the second-half of its December finale (0.25), but it was a bit behind last week's Masked Singer (0.3). Comedy revival Scrubs (0.42, -0.01) inched down on ABC, but Abbott Elementary (0.39, +0.02) and The Greatest Average American (0.23, +0.04) were both up. Shark Tank (0.16, 0.00) was stable at ten. Survivor (0.92, +0.01) ticked up on CBS, and America's Culinary Cup (0.28, +0.06) surged, but struggling Hollywood Squares (0.10, -0.02) declined. Chicago Med (0.32, -0.03) and Chicago PD (0.23, -0.07) slipped on NBC, but Chicago Fire (0.34, +0.02) rose. Key: (R) = repeat.

Our House Season 8 Finale - Our Graduation

Our House Season 8 Episode 22

Our Graduation

NBC Renew/Cancel Week 23: Open Season for The Hunting Party + NBC Renew/Cancel March Madness Championship Voting!

This week on the NBC Renew/Cancel, I assess two of NBC's most at-risk bubble series once again, as recent developments seem to work against both of their cases for renewal. Plus, the championship match is set for the third-annual NBC Renew/Cancel March Madness Tournament, and readers can now vote for this year's champion!

CBS Orders Eternally Yours to Series, Passes on The Tillbrooks

CBS will scale down to just three comedies next season, as they've opted to order only one of their comedy pilots to series.

Eternally Yours, which comes from the showrunners of Ghosts, has been ordered to series after a lengthy development process. A similarly supernatural-themed comedy, it will focus on a vampire couple living in Seattle whose romance has become dull after hundreds of years together, until their daughter's human boyfriend enters their lives and causes them to reconsider their looks on love. Ed Weeks and Allegra Edwards lead the cast, along with Helen J. Shen, Parker Young, Rose Abdoo, Jaren Lewison, Tristan Michael Brown and Shylo Molina. The series is also set to film on the same location that Ghosts films in Montreal.

The Tillbrooks, formerly known as Regency, will not move forward. Rhys Darby and Kate Walsh led the cast of the pilot, focusing on an upper-middle class family in 19th Century England. 

Tuesday TV Ratings 4/7/26: High Potential Ties Series Low for Finale, Best Medicine Finale and RJ Decker Tick Up, NCIS: Sydney Slides [+ Analysis]

ABC drama High Potential (0.25, -0.02) slipped for its finale, even as its Will Trent lead-in (0.26, 0.00) matched its previous installment. RJ Decker (0.18, +0.03) was up at ten. NCIS (0.26, -0.01) and NCIS: Origins (0.20, -0.02) dipped slightly on CBS, while NCIS: Sydney (0.12, -0.06) plummeted. On Fox, Best Medicine (0.20, +0.01) ticked up for its season finale, and Doc (0.15, +0.01) also gained a tick. The CW's WWE NXT (0.08, 0.00) was stable. Key: (F) = finale.

Crimson Crown: A Stormere Tale, Episode 5 - A Remarkable Future

Monday TV Ratings 4/6/26: Men’s College Basketball National Championship Slightly Up from 2025 Across Three Cable Networks, St. Denis Medical and Extracted Rise for Finales, Memory of a Killer Ends Lower [+ Analysis]

St. Denis Medical (0.29, +0.04) was up for its NBC finale, but Reggie Dinkins (0.19, -0.04) dropped to a new series low. The Voice (0.18, -0.01) also dipped at nine. American Idol (0.42, 0.00) held steady on ABC, while The Rookie (0.21, +0.01) ticked up. The Neighborhood (0.37, +0.03) rose on CBS, and a farewell special that followed (0.20) only performed slightly worse than last week's DMV installment. Fox's Extracted (0.24, +0.04) gained momentum on finale night, but Memory of a Killer (0.13, -0.01) inched down. Wild Cards (0.02, -0.01) slipped on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.

Sunday TV Ratings 4/5/26: America’s Funniest Home Videos Tops All Entertainment Programs, Tracker Continues to Narrow Its Gap with Marshals, Real Housewives of Rhode Island Rises in Regular Time Slot [+ Analysis]

America's Funniest Home Videos (0.50, +0.06) rose from last week on ABC, and Betrayal: Secrets & Lies (0.13, +0.04) also climbed higher after an abysmal start. On CBS, 60 Minutes (0.37, -0.75) came back down to earth, while Marshals (0.45, -0.13) had a less dramatic drop. Later, Tracker (0.39, -0.04) and Watson (0.20, -0.03) had small declines. NBA on NBC (0.69/0.53) topped all other offerings. On Fox, The Faithful (0.12, -0.01) inched down for its finale. The CW aired The Notebook (0.05). Key: (R) = repeat.

Saturday TV Ratings 4/4/26: Saturday Night Live Rises As Jack Black Joins Five-Timers Club, The Ten Commandments Up from 2025, College Basketball Tournament Final Four Heavily Down from 2025 CBS Airing [+ Analysis]

Jack Black returned to host Saturday Night Live (0.76, +0.07) on NBC, and his presence appeared to have a positive effect on the sketch-comedy staple's Adults 18-49 ratings. MLB on Fox (0.32) was down from last week, but it still outperformed ABC's broadcast of The Ten Commandments (0.26). This Is UFC (0.06) bombed on CBS, and 48 Hours (0.13, -0.06) seemed to suffer as a result. The CW aired I Am Heath Ledger (0.02). Key: (R) = repeat.

PILOT REVISITED: Better With You

Each week, I take a look back at a pilot from the 2010-11 season, first reviewed on my blog during that season. This week, I am looking at an ABC family comedy attempt: Better With You!

Friday TV Ratings 4/3/26: Women’s College Basketball Final Four Up from 2025, Fire Country Draws Highest Rating Since Season Premiere, Boston Blue and WWE SmackDown Also Jump [+ Analysis]

Sheriff Country (0.25, +0.02), Fire Country (0.25, +0.06), and Boston Blue (0.19, +0.05) all rose on CBS, while ABC's 20/20 (0.23, -0.01) ticked down. Happy's Place (0.22, 0.00) held steady on NBC, while Dateline (0.26, +0.14) surged. UFL on Fox (0.15) was up from last week. The network premiere of The American Bible Challenge (0.04) fell behind a repeat of Penn & Teller: Fool Us (0.05) on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat.

Marietta Season 8 Episode 22 - You Won’t Believe the Dream I Just Had

Marietta Season 8 Episode 22

You Won’t Believe the Dream I Just Had

ABC Renew/Cancel Week 23: We Need to Talk About RJ Decker + ABC Renew/Cancel March Madness Championship Voting!

RJ Decker finds itself in the firing line again this week on the aBC Renew/Cancel, as I take a look at whether ABC's newest scripted series is doing enough for a second season. Plus, an assessment of ABC's latest true crime filler series, which launched last Sunday to minimal fanfare.

Memory of a Killer Renewed by Fox

Memory of a Killer isn't about to become a distant memory, as Fox has renewed the freshman drama for a second season. The Patrick Dempsey-led series, which airs its first season finale tonight, is an adaptation of the 2003 Belgian film De Zaak Alzheimer, which itself was based on a book off the same name and was also adapted for American audiences in the 2022 film Memory, which starred Liam Neeson. While one of the last Fox scripted series left awaiting news on its fate, the network did seem high on the show, debuting it behind the biggest lead-in they had to offer this season, the NFC Championship game. That lead-in helped the series launch to a 1.35 in the key demo (higher than any other new drama this season), though few of those viewers stuck around, and the show has been in the 0.1 range for much of its run. Despite such a high start, the show averages 0.28 in the day demo, though it's performed decently well on streaming, helping it secure a renewal. Michael Imperioli, Odeya Rush, Richard Harmon, Peter Gadiot, and Daniel David Stewart join Dempsey in leading roles in the series. This is a correct prediction for The TV Ratings Guide.

Thursday TV Ratings 4/2/26: Real Housewives of Rhode Island Off to Modest Start, 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Nashville Jump, Matlock and SVU Slip After Breaks [+ Analysis]

ABC dramas 9-1-1 (0.37, +0.08) and 9-1-1: Nashville (0.27, +0.06) were both up markedly on Thursday night, but Grey's Anatomy (0.19, -0.01) ticked down. On CBS, Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (0.38, -0.03), Ghosts (0.37, -0.01), Matlock (0.23, -0.02), and Elsbeth (0.18, -0.01) all dipped slightly. Law & Order (0.23, -0.04) and Law & Order: SVU (0.27, -0.07) both dropped on NBC, while The Hunting Party (0.16, -0.01) dealt with a more subtle decline. Fox's Next Level Chef (0.21, -0.03) and Animal Control (0.14, -0.04) slipped as well, while Going Dutch (0.14, +0.01) inched up. Scrabble (0.07, +0.02) and Trivial Pursuit (0.09, +0.04) climbed higher on the CW.

Foul Play Season 1 Episode 4 - Get Carter

Foul Play Season 1 Episode 4

Get Carter

CBS Renew/Cancel Week 20: Hollywood Squares Is Getting Boxed Out + Renew/Cancel March Madness Championship Voting!

This week on the CBS Renew/Cancel, CBS's post-Survivor reality series take center square, while the CBS Renew/Cancel March Madness game reaches its championship match.