Below is the table for Week 9 of CBS Renew/Cancel, followed by an analysis. Let us know what you think by voting in the poll and leaving a comment!
Let’s Make A Deal Primetime and Raid The Cage
I caught some flack for calling Raid The Cage’s ratings ‘abysmal’ last week. This week, though, the ratings truly were abysmal. At a 0.17 Adults 18-49 Live + Same Day prelim, Raid The Cage is proven to be dependent on its already low-rated lead-in. CBS will be trying out Let’s Make A Deal Primetime on Monday this week and Raid The Cage on Tuesday. Both shows need to prove their worth in these special airings or face downgrades. Despite how cost-effective Let’s Make A Deal Primetime must be to produce, there has to be a certain floor. Leading the night off with a 0.19 rating and being down 59% from the previous season would spell automatic doom for nearly any other show.
NCIS: Sydney premiered to a 0.34 A18-49 L+SD rating. That’s as good as or better than any rating that NCIS: Hawai’i received since early February. It’s right in line with the 0.35 seasonal averages for NCIS: Hawai’i and NCIS: Los Angeles last season. Despite originally being intended as an international series, NCIS: Sydney had a solid sampling and may end up fitting in nicely with the NCIS franchise. It’s too early to say for sure, but if Australia’s Network 10 wants a second season of NCIS: Sydney, so may CBS.