This week on the CBS Renew/Cancel, the release of multiplatform ratings spurs several prediction changes, in different directions. Keep reading to see which shows are on the move, and how everything is rating overall, as 2025 draws to a close.
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| Shows' 18-49 demo average, weekly peak performance on Paramount+, and MP+35 viewership are listed in parenthesis |
Georgie & Mandy's first Marriage: After a brief stint as a likely renewal, Georgie & Mandy are back at their rightful place as a certain renewal. With some more clear multiplatform data, the sitcom is clearly performing extremely well, just a few hundredths behind Ghosts in total viewers and also beating most CBS shows in the demo in the MP+35 measurement. It's also CBS's third-highest-rated series in the demo in linear ratings. In fact, it's a top broadcast show in every multiplatform demographic, one of the few CBS series that can say that. While it's down 16% from last season, that is among the better trends across CBS this season, so its decline certainly isn't anything concerning. With CBS having two pilots ordered for next season and several other comedy projects in development, a comedy cut looks out of the question at this point, and that was pretty much the only chance Georgie & Mandy had of being canceled, anyway. Given the increasing importance of network ownership and the diminishing prospects that Georgie & Mandy's studio (Warner Bros) will be bought by Paramount Sykdance, it's practically impossible to imagine a Big Bang Theory-esque run for this show, and it may even struggle to run as long as Young Sheldon. However, this is just its second season, and it's doing perfectly fine. There are so many bigger issues for CBS than not owning Georgie & Mandy, a show that's a hit in pretty much every sense. It's not going anywhere this season.
NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney: The sun may be setting on the NCIS franchise. In addition to the struggles of both of these series, Paramount+ axed fellow NCIS spinoff Tony & Ziva this week, a few months after its finale. That was one of Paramount+'s most notable recent series launches, and it had recrd-breaking trailer views, yet was still unable to perform well enough to get another season. We see the same with both of these series, as Origins and Sydney are both towards the bottom of CBS's crop of shows in every metric. While Sydney's struggles aren't a surprise, NCIS: Origins not cracking the top twenty in a single MP+35 demographic is telling. This show has looked shaky all season, and every subsequent mulotiplatform report has just confirmed it. NCIS itself isn't streaming all that well (it has less viewers on streaming than Elsbeth, a show it handily beats in linear ratings), so with that context, it makes sense that Origins is underperforming. With Einstein already ordered for next season, several midseason debuts. that could be renewed for next season, and other new shows sure to join next season's schedule, CBS will need to cancel more than just The Neighborhood, Watson and The Road. Origins and Sydney are the lowest-rated options available, struggling across the board in multiplatform and in linear ratings. NCIS: Origins has failed to receive the strong international sales of another recent CBS spinoff, Boston Blue, and while NCIS: Sydney is cheap thanks to being an international co-production, it hasn't even aired its second season on linear TV in Australia yet. Who's to say Australia will want a fourth season when they've already got thirty other episodes waiting to air after debuting in 2023? It certainly isn't doing anything here stateside to make CBS desperate for more, seeing how it sunk to a new low of 0.11 in its most recent airing. While linear ratings mean less than ever, it is a pretty important metric for a show that seems to have almost no one watching it on streaming or even on DVR, as CBS has completely avoided providing multiplatorm data for this show, likely because it's completely embarrassing. The one redeeming factor for these shows is their ties to the NCIS franchise, but that wasn't enough to save Hawaii when it was arguably performing better than both of these shows, and it wasn't enough to save the older and higher-rated New Orleans or LA, either. Plus, there aren't any franchise shows in development at CBS next season, so maybe the new owners at Skydance are a bit less focused on franchises than CBS was in the last few years. NCIS: Origins continues to lean cancellation, while NCIS: Sydney is downgraded to a likely cancelation this week.
The Amazing Race: This is a show that you always just presume will be back, though this was a pretty poor season for it. Its finale showed some life, hitting a season high 0.36 while airing behind a strong 0.81 from Survivor, but its 0.27 average was profoundly mediocre given its lead-in, and it's far from a delayed viewing hit. It is, however, a show they can safely rely on to do OK at a fairly tough time slot (9:30-11 is not an idea time to air, and Survivor has a fairly distinct audience, though TAR is likely as compatible a show as CBS could possibly have to air with it), and they can always count on airing it if whatever they air behind Survivor fails to pan out. It's unlikely to go anywhere soon, but they could stand to shake it up a bit, perhaps with a streaming-exclusive season, which sure seemed to help Dancing with the Stars discover a younger audience. This show is a bit tired, but a decent companion for the crown jewel of their L+SD demo performers, and it remains a likely renewal as it wraps for the season.
DMV - It's only been two episodes, but this show looks a lot more promising on streaming than its Paramount+ chart performance would suggest, with 8.8 million viewers over those two episodes, and an even more impressive 1.71 in the 18-49 demo. That beats Survivor, Georgie & Mandy, and Matlock, three shows it really has no business beating. It is worth keeping an eye on it, though, as it drew 10.1 million viewers or its premiere and dropped to 7.5 million for its second episode. It's going to drop a bit from there, but if it can stabilize around that mark, it's probably going to be fine, even with middling ratings. It's obviously a middling same-day performer, but the delayed performance is much more important to CBS, and it seems to be continuing to do well there. CBS is likely trying to figure out how they can program it without hurting what shows air behind it, as it clearly struggles on linear, but they sure seem to want to make it work. With several other comedies in development, though, DMV will surely be competing with them. It could still find itself in a Poppa's House scenario, where CBS becomes enamored with a comedy pilot, while their existing bubble comedy is sent packing in the hopes that this new program can perform a bit better. For now, DMV continues to lean renewal, but multiplatform will truly be the key here.
Interactive Schedule:
| The TV Ratings Guide | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 |
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| Mon | The Neighborhood | DMV | FBI | Watson | |
| Tues | NCIS | NCIS: Origins | NCIS: Sydney | ||
| Wed | Survivor | The Amazing Race | |||
| Thurs | Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage | Ghosts | Matlock | Elsbeth | |
| Fri | Sheriff Country | Fire Country | Boston Blue | ||
| Sun | Tracker | The Road | Encores | ||
