Welcome to the third and final edition of New Show Power Rankings for the 2024-25 TV season. This column ranks the new broadcast scripted series from the 2024-25 TV season by perceived strength, linear ratings, and multi-platform ratings where available. Whether a show was renewed or canceled is disregarded for the purposes of this column. These rankings include co-productions, but not fully imported series. Let us know what you think in the comments!
1. High Potential
High Potential finished its first season with a whopping 3.88 rating in the Adults 18-49 demo in 35-day multi-platform viewing, making it the highest-rated show on broadcast television in that metric. It was also the second-most-viewed show on broadcast, averaging 16.1 million viewers. In an era where most shows are reducing episode counts as a cost-saving measure, High Potential is a rare case of a show actually increasing its episode count in season two. It will have an 18-episode season in 2025-26, which is considered a full season by today’s standards. It skyrockets nine spots from its pre-season power ranking, and three spots from its mid-season power ranking. While it had always ranked above average, it had never previously topped the list due to the sparse availability of the 35-day multi-platform ratings.
2. Matlock
Like High Potential, Matlock was originally intended for the 2023-24 TV season before being delayed due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. In these cases, the saying is true that good things come to those who wait. High Potential and Matlock turned out to arguably be the two most successful new shows of the 2024-25 TV season. Matlock averaged 16 million viewers in MP+35 through April 6, 2025, making it the third-most-viewed show on broadcast. It lags behind quite a bit in the demo, averaging a 1.79 in that metric. Even then, that’s enough to tie for third place among new broadcast series. It rises up three spots from its pre-season power ranking, and stays even from its mid-season ranking.
3. Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage finishes the season as the best-ranked new series that was always intended to premiere in the 2024-25 TV season. Like Matlock, it averaged a 1.79 demo rating in MP+35 through April 6, 2025. It came in third place among new broadcast series in total viewers in that same time period, with 12.1 million viewers. It’s also arguably the most valuable new show on broadcast television from a linear ratings perspective, leading the pack with 6.2 million viewers Live + Same Day and coming in second in the demo with a 0.43 average. In the pre-season column, there were concerns Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage could be an under-performer. However, it proved itself a strong performer from the beginning, and rises to its best power ranking in this column.
4. St. Denis Medical
Like High Potential and Matlock, St. Denis Medical was originally slated to premiere in the 2023-24 TV season. It is also among one of the highest-rated new shows in the Adults 18-49 demo in MP+35 day viewing, averaging a 1.64 demo through April 6. St. Denis Medical is NBC’s best-ranked show on the year-end power rankings, a moniker it did not hold coming into the season. It rises one spot from the midseason power rankings, and a whopping eight spots from the inaugural edition. That makes for the third-highest jump on this list.
5. Shifting Gears
While Shifting Gears is down two spots from its midseason power ranking and one spot from its preseason ranking, it’s still one of the strongest new shows of the 2024-25 TV season. In fact, it’s the best-ranked non-spinoff originally intended for the 2024-25 season. It’s also the highest-rated new sitcom in the Adults 18-49 demo in MP+35, with a 2.39 rating. After Last Man Standing ended on an underwhelming note on FOX, it wasn’t guaranteed that Shifting Gears would perform well. Luckily for the barebones-on-scripted ABC, it did good enough such that they didn’t need to develop any new sitcoms for the fall schedule.
6. Doc
Doc may not have been the highest-rated new show of the 2024-25 TV season, but it certainly was one of the most impressive. FOX is in a dire situation in the scripted department, and Doc gave them a glimmer of hope when it premiered midseason. Averaging 7.6 million viewers in MP+35, it came in just behind ABC’s highly-hyped Doctor Odyssey despite likely having comparatively lower expectations. Doc was granted a 22-episode second season, FOX’s only scripted series to receive such an episode order. Its success also inspired FOX to order another medical drama for the 2025-26 TV season. It skyrockets ten spots from its unimpressive midseason and preseason power rankings, both of which came before the medical drama premiered.
7. NCIS: Origins
Of all the new shows that premiered in the 2024-25 TV season, NCIS: Origins was arguably the safest. NCIS spinoffs have a long history of performing mediocre at worst, pulling in respectable ratings at face value even upon their cancelations. That’s why NCIS: Origins debuted at the top spot in the preseason power rankings column. While its ratings ceiling may not have been as high as some other shows on this list, it was a relatively safe bet to at least do passable. NCIS’s latest spinoff did ultimately end up doing pretty well, becoming the sixth-most-watched new broadcast show in MP+35 through April 6 with 9.3 million viewers (it very likely surpassed Watson to finish the season ranked fifth). It clearly does not deserve to maintain its chart-topping status from the preseason rankings, but does earn a tick up from the midseason column that placed a bit more weight on its low linear ratings for a CBS drama. On average, it’s CBS’s least-watched scripted show in Live + Same Day viewing renewed for the 2025-26 TV season.
8. Watson
Watson had a tough start on the preseason power rankings, as it was then slated to air in the Sundays at 10 pm death slot. It rose four spots in the midseason power rankings, mainly due to the decision to air it at 9 pm instead. Now it declines one spot, coming off a far-from-impressive linear performance for a CBS drama. Sure, it’s averaging a 1.42 demo rating and 11 million viewers in MP+35 through April 6, 2025, but that’s only counting its first four episodes — the first of which notched a 1.60 demo rating in Live + Same Day after the NFC Championship. More indicative of Watson’s overall performance is the fact it was left off CBS’s fall schedule, and is returning midseason in the Sunday night death slot. Still, given ratings woes at the other networks, CBS’s weakest new drama on this list still comes in at #8.
9. Happy’s Place
Happy’s Place has been fairly steady throughout all three columns, starting off at #8 before declining to #10 midseason, and now evening out at #9 to close out the season. Reba McEntire’s new sitcom isn’t quite the hit that Tim Allen’s new sitcom is, a comparison made as the two used to air back-to-back with their former comedies, Last Man Standing and Malibu Country. It averaged 6.9 million viewers in MP+35 through April 6, more than St. Denis Medical but lagged behind it by an unknown amount in the A18-49 demo. NBC wouldn’t have minded if Happy’s Place performed a tad better on a consistent basis, but they also have much bigger problems on their hands in the scripted department.
10. Brilliant Minds
Landing the coveted post-Voice time slot on Mondays in the fall, Brilliant Minds was one of the best-ranked shows in the preseason power rankings. Ratings soon proved to be lackluster, plummeting all the way from #3 to #14 in the midseason column. It recovers slightly to #10 now, averaging 7.5 million viewers in MP+35 for its first season. It’s actually tied in that metric with The Voice’s Tuesday episodes, and NBC’s most-viewed non-Dick Wolf scripted series (also coming in ahead of the original Law & Order). Brilliant Minds isn’t the big hit it had the potential to be going into the season, but its renewal does make a bit more sense than it would with only traditional metrics at bay.
11. The Hunting Party
The Hunting Party looked somewhat promising in the preseason power rankings, in eighth place, before declining to #12 midseason. Given the pitiful linear ratings, it’s ironic it actually rises a spot in the time between the midseason rankings and the first season actually airing. The Hunting Party averaged 7 million MP+35 viewers, making it the sixth-most-viewed NBC scripted show of the season and second-most-viewed to not be part of the Chicago or Law & Order universes. That may be enough for a renewal on NBC, but it’s not enough for more than a middle-of-the-road ranking on these power rankings due to NBC’s general ratings woes.
12. Doctor Odyssey
Coming into the season, Doctor Odyssey was arguably considered the show with the highest hit potential. The Ryan Murphy-created cruise ship medical drama received a plush time slot in between one of his flagship series, 9-1-1, and ABC’s longtime tentpole medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. While the premiere managed over 16 million viewers in MP+35, the series as a whole averaged a much smaller 7.7 million viewers in the same metric through April 6. It’s hard to call Doctor Odyssey anything but a disappointment, and one with seemingly high name recognition. Doctor Odyssey will not be on the fall 2025 schedule; Ryan Murphy opted instead to order 9-1-1: Nashville to series, while he has not yet announced if he will be renewing Doctor Odyssey for a second season. (If that sounds ridiculous, ABC either actually gave Ryan Murphy full control over Doctor Odyssey’s fate, or they’re lying to our faces to save cover.)
13. Poppa’s House
Almost every CBS scripted series were in the top 100 most-viewed series across broadcast, cable, and streaming of the season through April 6. Poppa’s House was the lone exception. It was always known to be weak in multi-platform viewing, ahead of only lead-in The Neighborhood for scripted shows through its first few episodes. As the season progressed, The Neighborhood overtook Poppa’s House, with the latter’s cancelation looking fully justified in spite of reasonably solid linear ratings. It crashes seven spots from the midseason power rankings, and five spots from the preseason power rankings, both of which put more weight on its linear performance. Poppa’s House is the highest-ranked show to miss out on a top 100 ranking on the multi-platform viewership chart, with everything ranked below it also missing out.
14. Universal Basic Guys
FOX’s latest cartoon Universal Basic Guys is far from a remarkable performer, which is enough to give it the second-best ranking for a FOX series on this list. Its reputation was scarred by an abysmal second week in the Live + Same Day metrics, but it doesn’t stick out as any worse a performer than the network’s other newer cartoons. It’s also not completely fair to punish Universal Basic Guys too much for missing the top 100 rankings in multi-platform, as no cartoon made the top 100 in viewership, and only Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy cracked the top 100 in A18-49 demo. Universal Basic Guys certainly not in the conversation of being among the most successful new shows this season, but it stays out of the lower echelons as well despite declining three spots from the midseason ranking.
15. Rescue: HI-Surf
FOX had high expectations for Rescue: HI-Surf, giving it a script-to-series order with no cast attached. They even went as far as to refer to it as their new franchise, and originally intended on giving it the post-Super Bowl time slot. This column’s expectations were always much lower than that, with the awkwardly-titled series starting at #13 before dipping to #15 midseason, where it finishes today. While the linear ratings weren’t terrible for FOX’s low standards, it’s nowhere to be found on the multi-platform rankings. Much like with the NCIS franchise the season before, the first and likely only series in the Rescue: -Surf franchise could not make its filming location work financially.
16. Murder in a Small Town
Murder in a Small Town was never ranked particularly favorably by this column, starting at #17 before rising to #14 midseason, and now back down two spots to #16. Its linear performance was respectable for FOX’s standards, though it would likely have been canceled had it brought in those ratings on ABC, CBS, and possibly NBC. At the very least, it did relatively better than most recent attempts of international co-productions tend to perform.
17. Going Dutch
Going Dutch was the worst-ranked non-CW show on both the preseason and midseason columns. It finishes the season in its best position, thanks in no part to its own performance. While FOX’s newest live-action sitcom didn’t have the best scheduling, it clearly isn’t making up for its low linear ratings with a strong multi-platform performance. Rather, Going Dutch is a show that was expected to do underwhelming coming into the season, and did just that. Its renewal is more a referendum on the state of FOX as a whole right now than it is on the show’s actual popularity.
18. Grosse Pointe Garden Society
Grosse Pointe Garden Society also had low expectations in this column from the beginning, starting at #17 before declining to #18 midseason, where it remains today. It flopped upon its premiere in the Sundays at 10 pm time slot, one where NBC has long abandoned scripted television. It also failed to show meaningful signs of life upon its move to Fridays at 8 pm. Somehow, Grosse Pointe Garden Society has not been canceled yet, but the ratings are certainly pointing in that direction.
19. Suits LA
NBC ordered Suits LA to series in the wake of a Netflix-fueled resurgence of Suits. That resurgence had since worn off by the time Suits LA premiered, with the LA-based spinoff’s linear ratings oftentimes lower than Suits were on USA Network. Just when you’d think Suits LA couldn’t possibly go any lower, it would hit another ratings low. It also failed to make an entrance on the top 100 multi-platform series list. Suits LA is arguably the biggest flop of the season, and should give networks reason to pause before developing more spinoffs based on the Netflix viewership charts. It declines a whopping ten spots in the power rankings from the preseason column, and six spots from the midseason column.
20. Sherlock & Daughter
The Discovery+ co-produced Sherlock & Daughter spent the first two columns ranked dead last in the power rankings. It rises one spot to #20 in this final column, as it performed marginally better than fellow new CW show Good Cop/Bad Cop in linear ratings and appears to be gaining a following on Max. While Sherlock & Daughter can’t take on even the biggest flops from the Big 4 networks, it does manage to be The CW’s best-ranked show on this list.
21. Good Cop/Bad Cop
At the very bottom is The CW’s new dramedy Good Cop/Bad Cop, produced with The Roku Channel and the Australian streaming service Stan. This show went as low as a 0.01 Adults 18-49 demo rating (twice) in Live + Same Day viewing, and never went above a 0.05. To its credit, it did have some relatively healthy DVR viewership boosts, but that’s only when considering the low starting point. The series did manage to score a recent win at the prestigious Monte-Carlo Television Festival, where it took home the Jury prize.