Original sitcoms were slim pickens this week as all of CBS and FOX Sunday took the week off, leaving lower entries to fend for themselves. ABC's comedies returned to lackluster results after weeks off on January 13 with The Goldbergs (0.69) and American Housewife (0.56) down 0.06 each, while The Conners (0.62) up 0.02. New entry Call Your Mother (0.53) sadly made an underwhelming debut, though it was up 0.11 from Blackish's last entry in December.
Thursday, January 14 left CBS off the radar and NBC and FOX comedies with limited competition. The results? Mr. Mayor (0.53) dropped 0.02 as Superstore (0.48) shed 0.05 from its last showing and tunneled a new series low. Over on FOX, Call Me Kat (0.55) scratched deeper into the litterbox and dropped 0.13 from its last showing, and Last Man Standing (0.49) found a new series low after shedding 0.06.
Call Me Kat is still a likely renewal as its numbers remain strong enough if FOX shows interest in maintaining live comedies. And Bless The Harts has been downgraded to Likely Cancellation due to FOX's rescheduling and apparent priority over developing The Great North. Bless The Harts may have a full season order, but it remains FOX's weakest Sunday comedy. The network could open the 7:30 timeslot again or wait till summer, but Harts' prognosis is looking bleak.