Analysis to come.
Friday TV Ratings 4/26/24: CBS Dramas Decline, NFL Draft Narrowly Tops WWE SmackDown To Lead the Night, 100 Days to Indy Has Dismal Premiere (Final Ratings)
Wednesday Cable Ratings 4/24/24: American Horror Story: Delicate Doubles for Finale, Top Chef and Grown-Ish Tie Series Lows, NBA Playoffs Rise
Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Wednesday, 4/24/24. Items of note include the season finale of American Horror Story: Delicate on FX, Chucky on Syfy and USA, and Top Chef on Bravo.
(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 4/23/24: Shogun Ends Steady, NBA Playoffs Slip but Still Dominate, The Five Takes Cable News Lead
Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Tuesday, 4/23/24. Items of note include the season finale of Shogun on FX, Vanderpump Rules on Bravo, and NBA on TNT.
(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 4/22/24: The Rachel Maddow Show Hits All-Time Low, WWE Raw Slips Against NBA Playoffs, Jesse Watters Primetime Leads Cable News
Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Monday, 4/22/24. Items of note include Spring Baking Championship on Food Network, WWE Raw on USA, and the WNBA Draft on ESPN.
(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.)
Thursday TV Ratings 4/25/24: NFL Draft Rises from 2023, Elsbeth Hits New Low, Young Sheldon and Ghosts Also Drop (Final Ratings)
Analysis to come.
Sunday Cable Ratings 4/21/24: The Jinx Returns Low, When Calls the Heart and Parish Rise, The Sympathizer Drops
Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Sunday, 4/14/24. Items of note include the season premiere of The Jinx on HBO, Parish on AMC, and When Calls the Heart 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.)
Frances in the Kitchen Season 5 Episode 2 - Charity Basketball in the Kitchen
Frances in the Kitchen Season 5 Episode 2
Charity Basketball in the Kitchen
Wednesday TV Ratings 4/24/24: Not Dead Yet Ends Down, Survivor and The Conners Also Decline, The Masked Singer Stable (Final Ratings)
Analysis to come.
Law & Order: Organized Crime Canceled by NBC, Expected to Move to Peacock for Season 5
Detective Elliot Stabler's time on NBC is coming to a close, as Law & Order: Organized Crime will not return for a fifth season on the network. Despite that, the show will most likely live on, as a deal is being finalized for it to move to Peacock for a ten-episode season. This will almost certainly put an end to the Thursday night Law & Order block on NBC, which first came together in winter 2022, after the original Law & Order series was revived. There were hints that NBC was dissatisfied with the all-Law & Order block, as their initial fall 2023 schedule had Organized Crime benched in favor of new drama Found. Though it posted decent ratings for 10 PM, with a 0.36 average thus far, the network decided to cancel the show after its fourth season. Its retention from parent show SVU was middling at best, and it shed 25% of its season three audience this season. Creator Dick Wolf's shows are a key draw for NBCUniversal's streaming service, Peacock, and, if the deal for season five goes through, Organized Crime will be the first Wolf series to be a Peacock exclusive. Chris Meloni stars in the series, reprising his iconic role from SVU, alongside Ainsley Seiger, Danielle Moné Truitt, and Rick Gonzalez. This is a correct prediction for The TV Ratings Guide.
The Equalizer Renewed for Season 5
CBS continues to secure its programming for next season, this time renewing the Queen Latifah-led procedural The Equalizer for a fifth season. The series, a reboot of the 1985 Ed Woodward series of the same name, has been a solid performer for CBS since its debut behind Super Bowl LV in 2021. This season, the series averaged 0.47 in the key 18-49 demo, being slightly overshadowed by its lead-out, Tracker. Despite that, it has consistently rated as one of the top programs on Sunday nights and is CBS's #5 scripted show this season, only rating behind Thursday comedies Young Sheldon and Ghosts, FBI, and the aforementioned Tracker. The fifth season will run for eighteen episodes, steady with its second and third seasons. Lorraine Toussaint, Liza Lapira, Tory Kittles, Adam Goldberg and Laya DeLeon Hayes star alongside Queen Latifah. This is a correct prediction for The TV Ratings Guide, and leaves NCIS: Hawai'i as CBS's only show with its fate still in limbo.
Saturday Cable Ratings 4/20/24: Falling in Love in Niagara Solid on Hallmark, NBA Playoffs Continue Domination, Big City Greens Slips
Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Saturday, 4/20/24. Items of note include On Patrol: Live on Reelz, Monsters at Work on Disney, and Falling in Love in Niagara on Hallmark.
(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.)
Tuesday TV Ratings 4/23/24: TMZ Arnold & Sly Special Improves on The Cleaning Lady, Lopez vs Lopez and The Interrogation Tapes Hit New Lows, FBI Slips (Final Ratings)
Analysis to come.
Monday TV Ratings 4/22/24: The Voice Leads the Night, The Neighborhood and NCIS Tumble, NCIS: Hawai’i Slightly Up (Final Ratings)
Analysis to come.
Friday Cable Ratings 4/19/24: RuPaul’s Drag Race Hits Highest Rating Since 2021 with Finale, Real Time with Bill Maher Slips, NBA Playoffs Dominate
Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Friday, 4/19/24. Items of note include the season finale of RuPaul's Drag Race on MTV, The Masters 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.)
Sunday TV Ratings 4/21/24: The Great North and The Simpsons Jump, The Equalizer and Tracker Slide, America’s Funniest Home Videos Leads (Final Ratings)
Analysis to come.
Saturday TV Ratings 4/20/24: NBA Playoffs Dominate, SNL Vintage Takes Extremely Distant Second (Final Ratings w/Analysis)
Raymond Island Season 5 Episode 8 - Hostess with the Mostest
Raymond Island Season 5, Episode 8
Hostess with the Mostest
CW Renew/Cancel Part 1: All American’s Ratings Are All Right, but the End Is Nigh
Welcome to the all-new CW Renew/Cancel! There has been massive shakeups at the network since our last column in May of 2023, with the new owners completely reshaping what the CW is what what it airs. The network is now home to a heavily-unscripted slate, with nearly all of its scripted programs being acquired programs from Canada and the UK. However, some originals do remain, as do several co-productions. For this renew/cancel, we're only predicting CW originals like All American and Walker, as well as international shows that CW has a hand in producing, like Wild Cards and Son of a Critch. These are shows that, while other networks hold much of the power for determining renewals, CW has at least some stake in them and will have a sway in the decisions. This means fully acquired shows, like Children Ruin Everything, Family Law, and The Conners will not appear in this chart, though you can still get predictions for The Conners in our ABC Renew/Cancel.
Friday TV Ratings 4/19/24: Shark Tank and WWE SmackDown Decline, SWAT Stable, Billy Joel Repeat Decent (Final Ratings w/Analysis)
Thursday Cable Ratings 4/18/24: NHL Narrowly Trails Jersey Shore Family Vacation, Fox News Leads Cable News with Israel Strike Coverage
Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Thursday, 4/18/24. Items of note include NBA on TNT, Jersey Shore Family Vacation on MTV, and NHL on ESPN.
(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.)
FOX Renew/Cancel Week 25: "Family Guy" Fantasy Scheduling
Predictions for 04/21/24
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Below are the Week 25 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 grown or declined when compared to its average from the previous season. Scripted and reality are represented in their own separate charts.
Scripted
Reality
The 22nd season of Family Guy wrapped up on Wednesday, April 17th with a meager 0.17 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic. The long-running animated series has clearly struggled since moving away from Sunday night, even if live ratings barely matter when it comes to deciding whether this series gets renewed or not. Family Guy is clearly here to stay, but it's possible that it may not be on Fox forever. In fact, the recent announcement that Hulu will be the show's exclusive home for two upcoming holiday specials makes a move to streaming seem inevitable.
When looking back at this season, there was clearly a way to keep this series from having to switch nights. If Fox had something else to air in the 9:30 slot on Wednesdays, Family Guy could have easily aired the 6 Wednesday episodes on Sunday. Below is a breakdown of this fantasy scheduling scenario.
09/24/23: On this evening, Krapopolis debuted in the 8 p.m. time slot with an hour-long premiere that was inflated by football. Instead of airing a rerun of The Masked Singer at 9, Fox could have placed two episodes of Family Guy here. This would have served as the show's own one-hour season premiere. Family Guy would have had a decent amount of NFL help, enough to bring it up to a 0.4 rating at the very least. This takes care of 2 episodes.
10/29/23: Fox aired a rerun of Family Guy on October 29th and it managed a 0.24, a rating higher than any of its Wednesday episodes. If an original episode had aired here instead, it would have done the same or better. That takes care of 1 more episode.
12/24/23: A massive NFL lead-in on Christmas Eve catapulted The Simpsons to a 1.8 rating. Family Guy aired as a rerun on this night and managed a 0.43, a rating higher than most of its originals from this season. Had a new Family Guy aired directly after The Simpsons at 8:30, it could have possibly managed a rating in the 0.9-1.2 range. That takes cares of 1 episode.
01/14/24: The 2 remaining episodes could have aired as part of a one-hour season finale on January 14th. On this evening, an episode of We Are Family managed a football-boosted 1.17 rating. Instead of cartoon repeats taking up the 9 p.m. hour, Family Guy could have closed out its season in this slot.
Fox Renew/Cancel March Madness Concludes!
Our NCAA-style "March Madness" bracket tournament for Fox is now officially over. In the final match-up, Bob's Burgers beat out Family Guy and took home the gold. Congratulations to the Belcher family on their victory!
Poll of the Week
CBS Renew/Cancel Week 31: Renew/Cancel March Madness Is Over, But The Tight Battle Between The Equalizer and NCIS: Hawai’i Continues
Wednesday Cable Ratings 4/17/24: Top Chef Rises, Chucky Drops to New Low, American Horror Story Also Slides
Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Wednesday, 4/17/24. Items of note include Chucky on Syfy and USA, American Horror Story: Delicate on FX, and Top Chef on Bravo.
(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 4/16/24: NBA Playoffs Play-In Games Dominate, Shogun Ticks Up, The Five Tops Cable News
Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Tuesday, 4/16/24. Items of note include Shogun on FX, Vanderpump Rules on Bravo, and NBA on TNT.
(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 4/15/24: WNBA Draft Hits All-Time High, WWE Narrowly Leads, Spring Baking Championship Slips
Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Monday, 4/15/24. Items of note include Spring Baking Championship on Food Network, WWE Raw on USA, and the WNBA Draft on ESPN.
(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.)
So Help Me Todd and CSI: Vegas Canceled by CBS
CBS continues to whittle down the number of shows with outstanding fates. One day after renewing freshman Thursday drama Elsbeth, the Tiffany Network has canceled two series. Legal dramedy So Help Me Todd has been canceled after two seasons, while CSI reboot CSI: Vegas has been canceled after three seasons. Both series rated towards the bottom of CBS' scripted pack, with Todd and CSI squandering strong lead-ins - Ghosts and Tracker, respectively. Both series rated nearly the same as they did last season, with Todd down 4% and CSI: Vegas up 3%, marking some of the best year-to-year trends on broadcast. That was not enough to save either show, as CBS has a full slate heading into next season, having already ordered five new shows, including three new hour-long dramas. Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin headed the cast of So Help Me Todd, while CSI: Vegas featured Paula Newsome and Matt Lauria in lead roles. The cancellation of So Help Me Todd is a correct prediction for The TV Ratings Guide, while CSI: Vegas is a miss. These decisions leave just two shows - The Equalizer and NCIS: Hawai'i - awaiting decisions.
Thursday TV Ratings 4/18/24: Ghosts and Law & Order: SVU Lead the Night, Young Sheldon and So Help Me Todd Slip, Elsbeth Stable (Final Ratings w/Analysis)
Sunday Cable Ratings 4/14/24: The Sympathizer Off to Weak Start on HBO, Parish and When Calls the Heart Drop, MLB Leads
Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Sunday, 4/14/24. Items of note include the series premiere of The Sympathizer on HBO, Parish on AMC, and When Calls the Heart 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.)
Frances in the Kitchen Season 5 Premiere - Essie in the Kitchen
Essie in the Kitchen
NBC Renew/Cancel Week 15: Law & Order: Organized Chaos + One Shining Moment for Law & Order: SVU or Magnum PI as NBC Renew/Cancel March Madness Concludes
This week on the NBC Renew/Cancel, I take a closer look at the only drama with its fate still hanging in the balance, withs its odds continuing to take a downturn as May approaches. Plus, the results of the championship game of the NBC Renew/Cancel March Madness!
Wednesday TV Ratings 4/17/24: Survivor and The Conners Jump, Abbott Elementary Drops to New Low, Family Guy Slips for Finale (Final Ratings w/Analysis)
Elsbeth Renewed by CBS
CBS continues to lock down their programming for next season. This time, they have renewed their latest show, police procedural Elsbeth, for a second season. The show, starring Carrie Preston reprising her Emmy-winning role from The Good Wife, premiered February 29 before taking a one-month break. Despite that, it has performed well enough for CBS, averaging 0.30 in the key 18-49 demo and drawing over ten million viewers in multiplatform viewing. The series is the latest collaboration between CBS and married creatives Robert and Michelle King, who also created the aforementioned Good Wife and its first spinoff, The Good Fight, as well as CBS-turned-Paramount+ drama Evil. Elsbeth was one of only two new scripted originals on CBS this season, the other being the breakout hit Tracker, as the WGA and SAG strikes impacted scripted content on all of TV in the first half of the season. This is a correct prediction for The TV Ratings Guide.
Saturday Cable Ratings 4/13/24: Legend of the Lost Locket Mediocre on Hallmark, Big City Greens and Monsters At Work Hit Season Highs, UFC Dominates
Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Saturday, 4/13/24. Items of note include On Patrol: Live on Reelz, Big City Greens on Disney, and Legend of the Lost Locket on Hallmark.
(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.)
Tuesday TV Ratings 4/16/24: Weakest Link and FBI: Most Wanted Slip, The Cleaning Lady and Alert Rise, FBI Stays #1 (Final Ratings w/Analysis)
Friday Cable Ratings 4/12/24: The Masters Dominates, RuPaul’s Drag Race Rises, BMF Hits Series Low
Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Friday, 4/12/24. Items of note include RuPaul's Drag Race on MTV, The Masters 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.)
Monday TV Ratings 4/15/24: The Neighborhood Tops The 8PM Hour, NCIS Rises for 1000th Episode of the NCISVerse, American Idol Hits All-Time Low (Final Ratings w/Analysis)
Sunday TV Ratings 4/14/24: Billy Joel Special Solid on CBS, The Great North Rises for Double Episode, American Idol Also Ticks Up (Final Ratings w/Analysis)
Saturday TV Ratings 4/13/24: SNL Slips in Demo but Rises in Viewers, 48 Hours Soars (Final Ratings w/Analysis)
Raymond Island Season 5 Episode 7 - Rich Girl (Midseason Premiere)
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Raymond Island Season 5, Episode 7
Rich Girl
ABC Renew/Cancel Week 8: One Shining Moment for Station 19 or The Rookie, as the ABC Renew/Cancel March Madness Concludes
Friday TV Ratings 4/12/24: Fire Country Slips for Backdoor Pilot, SWAT and Shark Tank Rise, WWE SmackDown Remains Dominant (Final Ratings w/Analysis)
Ratings Analysis: Shemar Moore series SWAT (0.36, +0.03) was up on CBS, but fellow dramas Fire Country (0.35, -0.03) and Blue Bloods (0.31, -0.01) lost some ground. ABC's Shark Tank (0.32, +0.03) and 20/20 (0.31, +0.08) were both on the rise, with 20/20 experiencing the most growth. On Fox, WWE Smackdown (0.76, -0.01) lost a hundredth but remained on top. NBC's Dateline (0.26, -0.01) also lost a tick. The CW re-ran Penn & Teller (0.04) and Sight Unseen (0.04).
The Rookie Renewed by ABC
Officer John Nolan may not be a rookie anymore, but he'll remain on the case for another year. ABC has renewed The Rookie, their veteran police procedural, for a seventh season. The drama series has been a decent live+same-day performer for the network over its run, but is a top performer in digital multiplatform viewing. This year, the show averaged a 0.33 in the L+SD 18-49 demo, a decline from last season, but still enough to keep the show competitive in its hour. The show celebrated its 100th episode this season, and its success in delayed viewing inspired an order for its spinoff, The Rookie: Feds, in 2022. After failing to live up to the success of its parent show, Feds was canceled last year after a single season, but The Rookie remains a valuable asset for the network. Nathan Fillion, Melissa O'Neil, Eric Winter, Jenna Dewan Richard T. Jones and Alyssa Diaz star in the series. This is a correct prediction for The TV Ratings Guide.
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