NBC Renew/Cancel Week 20: A Newbie Finally Breaks Into the Renewal Categories

The NBC Renew/Cancel is nearing its end for the 2019-20 season, but that doesn't mean there aren't any new predictions to come. Keep on reading to see what show (or shows) will be moving this week!

Our House Season 2 Episode 11 - Our Mother’s Day

Our House Season 2, Episode 11

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Wednesday Cable Ratings 4/29/20: Dave Steady on Finale Night, What We Do In The Shadows Hits Season High

Below are the top 25 programs on cable on Wednesday, 4/29/20. Items of note include the season finale of Dave on FXX, What We Do In the Shadows on FX, and Motherland: Fort Salem on Freeform.
(Click the names of the shows written in teal or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
The Challenge	MTV	0.57	1.00
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills	Bravo	0.51	1.52
Black Ink Crew	VH1	0.43	0.98
Tucker Carlson Tonight	Fox News	0.37	4.46
Special Report with Bret Baier	Fox News	0.33	3.39
The Five	Fox News	0.33	3.98
Hannity	Fox News	0.32	4.41
Guy's Grocery Games	Food	0.3	0.88
Forged In Fire	History	0.29	1.00
Sistas	BET	0.29	0.99
Guy's Grocery Games	Food	0.28	0.94
House Hunters International	HGTV	0.28	1.52
Property Brothers: Forever Home	HGTV	0.28	1.67
The Ingraham Angle	Fox News	0.28	3.61
The Story	Fox News	0.28	2.85
All Elite Wrestling	TNT	0.27	0.69
Summer House	Bravo	0.27	0.73
The Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.25	3.00
My 600-lb Life: Where Are They Now?	TLC	0.25	0.96
House Hunters	HGTV	0.25	1.44
Cuomo Prime Time	CNN	0.25	1.94
Married At First Sight Special	Lifetime	0.23	0.97
What We Do In The Shadows	FX	0.23	0.62
Erin Burnett OutFront	CNN	0.22	1.42
Erin Burnett OutFront	CNN	0.22	1.53
Highlights Below the Chart:
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee	TBS	0.22	0.65
The Daily Show	Comedy Central	0.16	0.59
Deadline: White House	MSNBC	0.13	2.05
Dave	FXX	0.13	0.21
Conan	TBS	0.11	0.30
Morning Joe	MSNBC	0.1	1.35
Motherland: Fort Salem	Freeform	0.08	0.24
Crank Yankers	Comedy Central	0.08	0.17
Brockmire	IFC	0.04	0.14

Wednesday TV Ratings 4/29/20: The Masked Singer Down, SEAL Team and SWAT Rise Behind Steady Survivor (UPDATED)

ABC preempted their usual Wednesday comedy lineup for a trio of 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire' repeats (0.6/0.6/0.5). The 8 and 9pm encores bested its last original performance while the 10pm repeat tied its last episode.

'The Masked Singer' (2.0) remained on top on Fox but lost a tenth from last week. A 9pm aftershow (1.1) shed three-tenths. CBS's 'Survivor' (1.5) held steady but dramas 'SEAL Team' (0.8) and 'S.W.A.T' (0.7) each ticked up a tenth. Both programs matched their season highs.

NBC had another round of 'Chicago' repeats (0.5/0.5/0.5) while the CW had an even 'Riverdale' (0.2) and a 'Bulletproof' repeat (0.1).

Finals Update: After the Mask (-0.1) and the repeat of Chicago Med (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	The Masked Singer	2.0/11	7.79	Fox
	Survivor	1.5/8	8.08	CBS
	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (R)	0.6/3	4.14	ABC
	Chicago Med (R)	0.5/3	4.30	NBC
	Riverdale	0.2/1	0.66	The CW
9 PM	After the Mask	1.1/6	4.34	Fox
	SEAL Team	0.8/4	5.75	CBS
	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (R)	0.6/3	3.53	ABC
	Chicago Fire (R)	0.5/3	4.24	NBC
	Bulletproof (R)	0.1/1	0.36	The CW
10 PM	SWAT	0.7/4	5.03	CBS
	Chicago PD (R)	0.5/3	3.70	NBC
	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (R)	0.5/3	3.02	ABC

Tuesday Cable Ratings 4/28/20: One Day At a Time Rises for Midseason Finale, Deadliest Catch Rises, The Last OG Sheds a Tenth

Below are the top 25 programs on cable on Tuesday, 4/28/20. Items of note include the midseason finale of One Day At a Time on Pop and TV Land, The Last OG on TBS, and Deadliest Catch on Discovery.
(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.)

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
The Curse of Oak Island	History	0.65	3.41
Vanderpump Rules	Bravo	0.5	1.35
Deadliest Catch	Discovery	0.41	1.71
Little People, Big World	TLC	0.37	2.16
Deadliest Catch: Bloodline	Discovery	0.36	1.45
The First 48	A&E	0.35	1.10
Teen Mom	MTV	0.35	0.70
Lost Gold of World War II	History	0.34	1.67
Tucker Carlson Tonight	Fox News	0.34	4.07
Hannity	Fox News	0.33	4.08
The Five	Fox News	0.31	3.79
The Ingraham Angle	Fox News	0.31	3.50
Supermarket Stakeout	Food	0.3	1.04
Special Report w/ Bret Baier	Fox News	0.29	3.25
The First 48 (R)	A&E	0.27	0.87
Chopped	Food	0.27	0.95
Bargain Mansions	HGTV	0.26	1.36
Cuomo Prime Time	CNN	0.26	1.92
7 Little Johnstons	TLC	0.26	1.41
The Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.25	3.11
Curse of Oak Island Special	History	0.25	1.78
Bargain Mansions	HGTV	0.24	1.26
The Last OG	TBS	0.24	0.71
CNN Tonight	CNN	02.4	1.47
CNN Newsroom	CNN	0.24	1.41
Highlights Below the Chart:
Erin Burnett OutFront	CNN	0.23	1.48
The Daily Show	Comedy Central	0.22	0.70
Erin Burnett OutFront	CNN	0.2	1.53
Wild N Out	VH1	0.17	0.36
Conan	TBS	0.13	0.30
Deadline: White House	MSNBC	0.13	2.09
Morning Joe	MSNBC	0.1	1.38
One Day At a Time	Pop TV Land	0.07 0.06	0.19 0.33

Tuesday TV Ratings 4/28/20: ABC Comedies Return Steady, Game of Games Sinks in 9 PM Move (UPDATED)

CRIMINAL MINDS: Every Episode, Every Rating

Criminal procedurals are what CBS has done best since the turn of the millennium.  CSI crackled from 2000-15 and spawned CSI: Miami (2002-12) and CSI: New York (2004-13).  Exiting procedural JAG (1995-2005) spawned NCIS (2003-), and it split off to NCIS: Los Angeles (2009-) and NCIS: New Orleans (2014-). Seeing multiplicity in crime shows and reality TV, Criminal Minds entered the fold in fall 2005 on Wednesdays at 9:00.  The series followed FBI profilers tackling complex cases.  The series received critical acclaim for writing and acting, and like any longstanding ensemble series experienced a high share of turnover.  Initially a cast of 5 lead by Mandy Patinkin, the series expanded to 8 by the 15th and final season with only Matthew Gray Gubler being the only original series member.  Lead Patinkin left after 3 seasons and was replaced by Joe Mantegna, who remained with the series through the end.

Monday Cable Ratings 4/27/20: Dispatches From Elsewhere Hits New Low for Finale, Breeders Finale and American Dad! Hold Steady

Below are the top 25 programs on cable on Monday, 4/27/20. Items of note include the finale of Dispatches from Elsewhere on AMC, the finale of Breeders on FX, and American Dad! on TBS.
(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.)

CBS Renew/Cancel Week 8: Two Veterans Upgraded

It marked the end of the line for one CBS series this week, and two others saw their odds of renewal inch up into more positive territory   .

THIS IS US: Every Episode, Every Rating

The 2010's produced its slew of breakout hits, with This Is Us being the last in line on the scripted front after Empire, The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family.  Well ahead of its first season concluding, NBC delivered a landmark 3 season renewal, acknowledging this was as good as it gets with runaway hits.  The well layered drama, consisting of the proper mixture of suspense, character development and linings of humor took America by storm as it explored decades and generations of the Pearson family.  Centered on the timeless love story of Jack and Rebecca (Milo Ventimiglia, Many Moore), it explores their origins, raising their unorthodox set of triplets, Kate, Kevin and Randall (Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley and Sterling K. Brown).  And proceeding into the present, the adult lives of the triplets as Kate battles romance and weight issues, famed celebrity struggles for attention and adopted and black Randall discovers his birth father.  The series mopped the floor in the ratings its first two seasons.  And even as they cooled down in Seasons 3-4, This Is Us remains the strongest scripted show on broadcast network television.  Utilizing 18 episodes vs. the conventional 22-24, TIU and its bloated ensemble pack a lot of action into each 60 minute entry (or 42 minutes if one counts the chincy networks' demands for allowing commercials).

Please note This Is Us is a returning show, so this table only holds data up through the 2019-20 television season.  To see how This is Us rated year to year against its competition, cruise through TVRG's Ratings History database as it has television data from 1950 through the present!

The mysterious pilot dropped a 2.8 demo upon debut, well into the leagues of hit shows like Empire and The Big Bang Theory.  The debut season dropped a new mystery or wrinkle in every episode, leaving viewers clamoring to return and dig for more clues.  Rather than resorting to plot-driven criminal elements and horrendous events like car crashes and shootings, TIU turned to realism instead and offered mysteries like Rebecca knowing of Randall's birth father and what happened to Jack.  In between the big three were profiled through adolescence and teenage years, painting new layers and dimensions to these already rich characters.  Ratings in the fall maintained solidly in the mid 2.0 18-49 demo ratings, and January windfalls saw the series crack the 3.0 threshold for the first time following Toby's heart attack.  NBC chose not to exploit TIU's success and stretching to May like FOX did with Empire and ended mid-March, striking a then-series-high 3.4.

Season 2 returned swinging in September 2017 to another unprecedented high at 3.9, only bested by The Big Bang Theory in scripted performance.  Another season low came at the start of November Sweeps with a 2.0 (ironically coinciding with the start of the infamous #Me Too movement)  This Is Us managed to bounce back by exploring a cliffhanger relating to Kevin's drinking problem.  This could not top the season's big ticket item in plotting as they revealed how Jack died years earlier.  NBC held the Superbowl ticket this February prior to the Olympics and wisely chose this episode to reveal the heartbreaking development.  Season 2 finished with an impressive 12.7% gain averaging 3.07 with this episode.  Subtracting the Superbowl airing, it maintained steady with slight improvements over the prior season with 2.70 vs. 2.68.

With its big ticket item spent and viewers rewarded, Season 3 experienced noticeable drops.  Showrunners chose to make the focal point of the season exploring Jack's story in Vietnam, as well as Kate's futile attempts to conceive.  Critically acclaimed indeed, they couldn't hold a candle to the prior season's masterful mystery.  Making a heralded 3.0 debut in September 2018, Season 3 scraped below the 2.0 mark by November Sweeps.  The winter showings hovered just below the 2.0 line, with the season as expected suffering a massive loss of 34.5%.  A contributing factor is speculated with the trending three-episode special events in February which often focused on each of the big three and left several cast members noticeably absent.

Season 4 continued to see losses with its debut "Strangers" down 40% from the prior season.  Again, this episode showcased four unknown characters monopolizing screen time and the beloved favorites crammed into tiny scenes at conclusion.  Perhaps it should have been titled "Umm, Who Are They!?" as confused viewers were wondering where the cast was.  While well-constructed, showrunners perhaps should have waited till episode 2 to unveil this mystery which paid homage to the mysterious premiere.  Following the trend of the prior two seasons, November Sweeps again tunneled lower into the 1.0 range except January did not present bountiful gains.   Another three-episode special draped February, following a two-week break resulting in a disastrous 1.1 series low.  The next episode bounced back to a 1.4 as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of America, and the series bowed out with an improved 1.7 for the finale full of reveals and new twists.  Will Season 5 bounce back for This Is Us, or will it see this critical darling lose more than 25% of its audience again?

Check out the EVERY EPISODE, EVERY RATING LIBRARY to see other shows profiled.

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Us_(season_1)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Us_(season_2)
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Us_(season_3)
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Us_(season_4)

Sunday Cable Ratings 4/26/20: Homeland Bows Out with a Season High, City of Angels Starts Dreadfully

Below are the top 25 programs on cable plus highlights. Items of note include the series finale of Homeland on Showtime, the series premiere of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels on Showtime, and Killing Eve on AMC and BBC America.

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

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
The Last Dance	ESPN	2.27	5.24
The Last Dance	ESPN	2.1	4.80
Before 90 Days	TLC	1.2	3.93
Sportscenter	ESPN	0.65	1.42
Before 90 Day: Pillow Talk	TLC	0.58	2.24
Buddy vs Duff	Food	0.41	1.55
The Last Dance	ESPN-2	0.39	0.90
Real Housewives of Atlanta	Food	0.39	1.30
The Last Dance	ESPN-2	0.36	0.86
Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives	Food	0.34	1.22
Naked & Afraid	Discovery	0.34	1.45
Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives	Food	0.33	1.36
Beat Bobby Flay	Food	0.28	1.05
Bar Rescue	Paramount	0.28	0.74
Naked & Afraid	Discovery	0.28	1.27
Three Busy Debras	Adult Swim	0.27	0.50
Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives	Food	0.26	1.13
When Calls The Heart	Hallmark	0.26	2.67
Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives	Food	0.24	0.96
Homeland	Showtime	0.24	1.26
Pioneer Woman	Food	0.23	1.16
Beef House	Adult Swim	0.23	0.41
House in a Hurry	HGTV	0.23	1.18
Girl Meets Farm	Food	0.22	1.12
Westworld	HBO	0.21	0.81
Highlights Below the Chart:
Insecure	HBO	0.2	0.47
When Hope Calls	Hallmark	0.17	1.81
Raven's Home	Disney	0.15	0.48
Killing Eve	AMC	0.14	0.54
Outlander	Starz	0.13	0.85
Killing Eve	BBC America	0.1	0.33
Run	HBO	0.09	0.29
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels	Showtime	0.04	0.45