Tuesday night was filled with special airings on broadcast.
ABC had arguably the most notable of them all with a tribute to iconic film and TV director Garry Marshall. Expectations weren't terribly high and the special did well for the network with a 0.6, about as much as you can expect for an end of season special with a niche premise such as this. IT was higher than last week's finales of the Ish-Verse at 9, and in-line with Bless This Mess' finale at 8:30, only underperforming The Conners, TV's #1 comedy. At 10, For Life ended a so-so season ratings-wise with a 0.5, likely helped by the stronger, if more incompatible, lead-in.
NBC saw a decline at 8 for The Voice, which has seen big declines on Mondays since beginning its "at home" episodes. It tied Monday's airing with a 0.9. Ellen's Game of Games ended its season at 9 with a 0.8, a far cry from its 1.4 from the early COVID-19 bump in March but steady with last week. A special Red Nose Day (but a week and a half early) version of Hollywood Game Night saw a nice boost to 0.6 after regular 0.4-0.5s last season.
Fox aired a 24 Hours to Hell and Back special that was in-line with its season average with a 0.6.
The CW said goodbye to their only real hit, The Flash, which ended its season with a 0.4. That's mildly below-average but in-line with what it's received since mid-March. Behind it, Legends of Tomorrow again held onto 0.2 for the eleventh straight week.
CBS had repeats of its midseason Tuesday lineup. Unusually, NCIS not being the highest rated of the bunch, with FBI taking on that honor. It got a 0.6 to the other shows' 0.5s.
Finals Update: The repeat of FBI: Most Wanted (-0.1) adjusted down.
A lot has happened in the world of reality TV since our last update, and now feels like a good time for a new update. Mltiple big hits returning, a few new shows and some under-the-radar filler shows are all getting predictions today, so keep reading to see where everything lands!
Certain Cancellation: Flirty Dancing
Likely Cancellation:
N/A
Leans Cancellation:
N/A
Leans Renewal: The Christmas Caroler Challenge
Kids Say The Darndest Things
Likely Renewal: 24 Hours To Hell and Back AGT: The Champions
The Great American Baking Show LEGO Masters
Shark Tank Undercover Boss
Certain Renewal:
20/20
48 Hours
60 Minutes American Idol The Bachelor
Dancing with the Stars
Dateline NBC The Masked Singer Survivor
The Voice (already renewed for spring cycle)
Already Renewed:
America's Funniest Home Videos
Ellen's Game of Games
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
The Great Christmas Light Fight
Hell's Kitchen
Making It
Coming Soon:
The Amazing Race
Don't
Generation Gap
Little Big Shots
MasterChef Junior
That's My Jam
The Titan Games
Tough As Nails
Videos After Dark
Who Do You Think You Are?
LEGO Masters: There's an argument to be made here for Certain Renewal status for this show, but as of now I'm going to hold off on that. With a 1.4 average thus far, it's the #2 new show on TV this season (if you don't count Jeopardy: The Greatest of All Time as a new show, which I don't). It's averaging a full seven-tenths ahead of the series high of Almost Family, which aired behind The Masked Singer last time around. However, I like to wait a little longer than two episodes to mark new shows as certain renewals (unless they're Masked Singer-level breakouts), and therefore it'll start as a LIKELY RENEWAL, with an upgrade in the near future a real possibility.
Undercover Boss: The way that CBS has treated this show has been confusing, because it's performed pretty well for them and is still treated like a complete afterthought. Its 0.65 average for the four episodes it aired this season isn't anything to get excited about, but for filler, it's a pretty decent number. I could see them just deciding it's not worth bringing back sometime soon, but as of now, there's not much to suggest that. It starts as a LIKELY RENEWAL.
24 Hours to Hell and Back: Even though it's taken an absolute shellacking this season airing without The Masked Singer, 24 Hours is still a decent option for Fox to use as midseason or summer filler. Its 0.63 average this season is down a staggering 44% from season two, but going from airing on the same night as TV's #1 show to having a middling 0.7 lead-in will do that to a show. Fox is packed, there's no denying that, but they have a close working relationship with Gordon Ramsay and it's hard to see them canceling a show of his that's performing acceptably, though it isn't unheard of. It starts as a LIKELY RENEWAL.
AGT: The Champions: It's not nearly as big as it was in the first season, but the second season of AGT: Champions (one of the earliest in a trend of shows doing "Greatest of All Time" specials lately) delivered reliably strong ratings for NBC. In usual circumstances, I'd consider its performance to be worthy of the certain renewal category. However, this doesn't feel like a concept that can run for ten, fifteen or twenty seasons like most of these reality shows. It's still young enough that it could do a few more seasons, but it wouldn't completely blow my mind if it went away for a while. It's a LIKELY RENEWAL for now.
Survivor, The Masked Singer, American Idol, The Bachelor: Four of the highest-rated shows on TV, three of which are also the longest-running. All are essentially renewed already and I probably won't talk about any of them again for the rest of the season. There's no chance that any of them will be canceled.
What do you think of my predictions? What are your predictions? Let us know in the comments and don't forget to vote in the poll below!
