Marietta Season 6 Episode 21 - Life with Martin Landfield: Me and My Shadows

Marietta Season 6, Episode 21

Life with Martin Landfield: Me and My Shadows

ABC Renew/Cancel Week 4: 9-1-1, There’s No Emergency + ABC Renew/Cancel March Madness Begins

ABC wrapped up the rollout of their scripted originals in this late-debuting new season this, as 9-1-1 moved to the network and Grey's Anatomy and Station 19 returned for their twentieth and seventh seasons, respectively. Keep reading for my initial thoughts on all three shows. Plus, we begin a fun new tournament game featuring ABC's scripted shows!

Friday TV Ratings 3/15/24: Fire Country and Blue Bloods Slip After Week Off, WWE SmackDown Also Slightly Down, Shark Tank Ticks Up (Final Ratings)


Final numbers and analysis to come.

Thursday Cable Ratings 3/14/24: NBA Narrowly Tops College Basketball to Lead the Night, Gutfeld! Leads Cable News

Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Thursday, 3/14/24. Items of note include NBA on TNT, College Basketball on ESPN, and Gutfeld! on Fox News.

(Note: Click the names of the shows written in purple or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)

Evergreen Aimee Season 3 Finale - Censure? I Don’t Even Know Her!


Evergreen Aimee Season 3 Episode 16
Censure? I Don’t Even Know Her!

Wednesday Cable Ratings 3/13/24: Feud: Capote vs. the Swans Ends Steady, Resident Alien Ties Season High, NBA Leads

Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Wednesday, 3/13/24. Items of note include Resident Alien on Syfy, the season finale of Feud on FX, and AEW: Dynamite on TBS.

(Click the names of the shows written in teal or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)

CBS Renew/Cancel Week 26: CBS Believes In Ghosts + Renew/Cancel March Madness Voting Begins

The Ratings Junkie Sunday, March 17, 2024

 

Tuesday Cable Ratings 3/12/24: The Oval Drops for Season Finale, Shogun Rises, College Basketball Tops NBA to Lead the Night

Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Tuesday, 3/12/24. Items of note include Shogun on FX, the season finale of The Oval on BET, and The Five on Fox News

(Note: Click any show with its name in green or blue to be taken to its page in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Ratings Database.)

Monday Cable Ratings 3/11/24: WWE Raw Rises, Spring Baking Championship and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Slip, Hannity Tops Cable News

Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Monday, 3/11/24. Items of note include the season premiere of Spring Baking Championship on Food Network, The Daily Show on Comedy Central, and The Five on Fox News.

(Note: Click any show with its name in yellow or blue to be taken to its page in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Ratings Database.)

Sunday Cable Ratings 3/10/24: The Way Home Drops to New Low, Curb Your Enthusiasm Also Slips, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Rebounds

Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Sunday, 3/10/24. Items of note include The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live on AMC, Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO, and The Way Home on Hallmark.

(Note: Click any show with its name in orange to be taken to its page in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Ratings Database.)

Our House Season 6 Episode 18 - Our Layoff

Our House Season 6, Episode 18
Our Layoff

Thursday TV Ratings 3/14/24: 9-1-1 Rises in Move to ABC, Grey’s Anatomy Also Returns Higher, Station 19 Premieres to New Low (UPDATED)

Finals Update: Law & Order (+0.1), So Help Me Todd (+0.1) and Grey's Anatomy (+0.1) adjusted up.

Analysis to come.

Saturday Cable Ratings 3/9/24: North Carolina/Duke College Basketball Game Dominates, On Patrol: Live Slips, Hunting Housewives Decent for Lifetime

Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Saturday, 3/9/24. Items of note include College Basketball on ESPN, AEW: Collision on TNT, and Hunting Housewives on Lifetime.

(Note: Click the name of any show with its title in red to be taken to its page in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Ratings Database.)

Wednesday TV Ratings 3/13/24: The Amazing Race Returns Down from Finale, Survivor and Abbott Elementary Rise, The Masked Singer Hits New Low (UPDATED)

The repeat of Chicago PD (+0.1) adjusted up.

Analysis to come.

Marietta Season 6 Episode 20 - Tammy from the Block

Marietta Season 6, Episode 20

Tammy from the Block

Friday Cable Ratings 3/8/24: Real Time with Bill Maher Hits Season High, On Patrol: Live Rises, Drag Race and BMF Slip

Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Friday, 3/8/24. Items of note include RuPaul's Drag Race on MTV, NBA on ESPN, and Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO.

(Note: Click the name of any show with its title in purple or blue to be taken to its page in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Ratings Database.)

Tuesday TV Ratings 3/12/24: Password Returns Up from Christmas Episode, The Cleaning Lady Goes Lower, FBI Stable After Week Off (UPDATED)

Finals Update: FBI (+0.1) and The Voice (+0.1) adjusted up.

Analysis to come.

Ghosts and Fire Country Renewed by CBS

The Ratings Junkie Tuesday, March 12, 2024

 

Sunday TV Ratings 3/10/24: Oscars Slightly Down from 2023 in Demo but Rises in Viewers, Abbott Elementary Easily Hits Series High, Bob’s Burgers Rises (Final Ratings w/Analysis)


Ratings Analysis: The 96th Academy Awards took in 19.49 million total viewers on ABC and managed a 3.82 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic. Though it was down by 5% from last year's ceremony in the key demo (4.03), it was up by almost a million in total viewership when compared to 2023's broadcast (18.76 million). After the Oscars, ABC plugged in an episode of Abbott Elementary (1.43, +1.10) and boosted it to its highest-ever rating. On Fox, Bob's Burgers (0.29, +0.02) randomly returned for a one-off showing and put the other Sunday cartoons to shame. The animated sitcom actually grew from its last episode (that had indirect football help) and built significantly on the Simpsons rerun (0.17) that led into it. Bob's served as a much-needed lifeline for The Great North (0.21, +0.09) and helped the latter grow by nearly a full tenth. However, Grimsburg (0.12, 0.00) failed to take advantage of the stronger lead-in and could only tie last week's episode. CBS aired 60 Minutes (0.26/0.27) and reruns of So Help Me Todd (0.15/0.16). NBC went with the second Harry Potter film (0.15), but it was a hundredth lower than last week's showing of Sorcerer's Stone. The CW served up Bruce Almighty (0.04) and Totally Funny repeats (0.04/0.05).

Monday TV Ratings 3/11/24: Bob Hearts Abishola Sinks to New Low, Deal or No Deal Island Rebounds, The Bachelor Continues to Lead (UPDATED)

Finals Update: The Bachelor (+0.1) adjusted up.

Analysis to come.

Saturday TV Ratings 3/9/24: Saturday Night Live Rises, Celtics/Suns NBA Game Leads Primetime (Final Ratings w/Analysis)


Ratings Analysis: With the help of Josh Brolin and Ariana Grande, Saturday Night Live (0.71, +0.07) bounced back on NBC and was able to beat out all primetime programming in the key demo. ABC had a solid Celtics v. Suns NBA game (0.57), but it was two-tenths below last week's Nuggets v. Lakers game (0.79). Fox's college basketball broadcast (0.16) underwhelmed, but the CW's (0.04) was a hundredth higher than last week. 48 Hours (0.22, -0.01) inched down on CBS but doubled the rerun of CSI: Vegas (0.11) that led into it.

ABC Renew/Cancel Week 3: Is Retirement on the Horizon for The Rookie?

This week on the ABC Renew/Cancel, we have a reversal of fortune for the network's Tuesday dramas. Keep reading for my updated thoughts on The Rookie and Will Trent!

Friday TV Ratings 3/8/24: SWAT Slips in Double Airing, WWE SmackDown Rises (Final Ratings w/Analysis)


Ratings Analysis: CBS's SWAT (0.40/0.33) was down markedly from last week's episode (0.44) for a special double airing, and the steep decline from 8 to 9 only made this showing more disappointing. On ABC, Shark Tank (0.31, 0.00) tied its week-ago installment, but 20/20 (0.24, +0.04) improved at 9. But despite the 20/20 growth, NBC's Dateline (0.34, +0.03) also grew and was a full tenth above it. WWE Smackdown (0.69, +0.05) climbed higher on Fox. Totally Funny Animals (0.05, -0.02) slipped on the CW, but Totally Funny Kids (0.07, +0.01) picked up a hundredth and built on Animals

Thursday Cable Ratings 3/7/24: Fox News Leads Rising State of the Union Coverage, Impractical Jokers Rises

Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Thursday, 3/7/24. Items of note include the State of the Union on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, Impractical Jokers on TBS and TruTV, and NBA on TNT.

(Note: Click the names of the shows written in purple or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)

Evergreen Aimee Season 3 Episode 15 - Didn’t We Almost Have It All?

Evergreen Aimee Season 3 Episode 15
Didn't We Almost Have It All?

Wednesday Cable Ratings 3/6/24: Resident Alien Hits New Low, Feud: Capote vs the Swans Stable, NBA Leads

Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Wednesday, 3/6/24. Items of note include Resident Alien on Syfy, Feud on FX, and AEW: Dynamite on TBS.

(Click the names of the shows written in teal or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)

Tuesday Cable Ratings 3/5/24: Good Trouble Ties Low for Series Finale, Fox News Leads Super Tuesday Coverage, Shogun Slips

Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Tuesday, 3/5/24. Items of note include Shogun on FX, coverage of Super Tuesday on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, and the series finale of Good Trouble on Freeform.

(Note: Click any show with its name in green or blue to be taken to its page in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Ratings Database.)

CBS Renew/Cancel Week 25: It’s A Beautiful Day for The Neighborhood

The Ratings Junkie Sunday, March 10, 2024

 

FOX Renew/Cancel Week 21: The Cleaning Lady Will Be Fired

 

Predictions for 03/09/24

Photo Credit: Fox

Below are the Week 21 renew/cancel predictions for the Fox network in the 2023-24 television season. The numbers listed in the table mark the Nielsen rating low, average, and high for each respective program in the Adults 18-49 demographic. The "Y2Y (year-to-year) Change" column denotes how much the series has risen or fallen when compared to its average from the previous season. Because of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, there is a limited amount of scripted programming this winter. As a result, reality television will continue to be included in this column. Now that scripted programming is returning, scripted and reality will be split into two separate charts. 



Scripted


Reality


The Cleaning Lady: The Cleaning Lady returned for its third season on Tuesday, March 5th, but its numbers were clearly not what they used to be. The crime drama put together a 0.20 in the Adults 18-49 demographic, a rating that serves as a new series low for the program. This result felt inevitable given the extended hiatus and loss of the 9-1-1 lead-in, but that does not make the outcome any better. As a result of this underperformance, The Cleaning Lady is Likely to be Canceled for the time being. Fox is clearly having to rely more on reality programming for sufficient Nielsen ratings, because their scripted roster just isn't delivering. This one just doesn't have enough value for them to keep it around when something like Name That Tune could do about the same or better for a lesser cost.


Alert:
 Alert: Missing Persons Unit essentially falls into the same boat as The Cleaning Lady. The police procedural opened season two with a pitiful 0.18 rating, setting a new series low out the gate. This one definitely showed some signs of life when it was growing from Fantasy Island last season, but it seems any potential it might have had in winter 2023 has evaporated. Alert is Likely to be Canceled.


Animal Control: Animal Control started its second season with a modest 0.21 rating and shed about half of its Masked Singer lead-in (0.41). In comparison, its first season ended with a 0.22 rating behind a 0.41. To characterize this performance as solid would be a massive stretch, but the sitcom is clearly doing about the same as it was last season. And since Fox has already Renewed the series for a third season, they are clearly okay with this below-average delivery. 


Family Guy: Family Guy is yet another Fox show to return with a new series low this March. The animation staple was booted to Wednesdays and managed just a 0.20 rating in its time slot debut. Considering its lead-in was only a hundredth higher and it's airing in the 9:30 slot, this is a fine performance. It is certainly better than the abysmal Sunday lineup that is regularly full of 0.1s. Still, Family Guy is a series that was far more reliable in years past. This level is well below what it's used to, even on a historically-adjusted basis. 


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Monday Cable Ratings 3/4/24: Spring Baking Championship Returns Steady, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Rises, The Five Tops Cable News

Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Monday, 3/4/24. Items of note include the season premiere of Spring Baking Championship on Food Network, The Daily Show on Comedy Central, and The Five on Fox News.

(Note: Click any show with its name in yellow or blue to be taken to its page in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Ratings Database.)