Ratings Analysis: On ABC, Christmas special Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (0.23) was down markedly from last year's showing (0.38) and fell behind its CMA Country Christmas lead-in (0.30). Over on NBC, St. Denis Medical (0.31, -0.02), Night Court (0.25, -0.07), The Voice (0.33, -0.02), and The Irrational (0.17, -0.02) all declined, with Court taking the biggest hit. FBI (0.42, +0.04), FBI: International (0.36, +0.05), and FBI: Most Wanted (0.32, +0.02) all rose on CBS. Accused (0.15, -0.02) was down in its Fox finale. WWE NXT (0.13, -0.02) couldn't stop its slide on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.
Ratings Analysis: ABC's Dancing with the Stars (1.14, +0.39) exploded to a new season high on finale night, soaring to its best Adults 18-49 performance since September 2020! The reality-competition series cleared the 1.0 threshold effortlessly and posted a rating over 3x larger than its nearest broadcast competitor. On NBC, St. Denis Medical (0.33, -0.01) lost a hundredth, but Night Court (0.32, +0.04) was up from last week's premiere. The Voice (0.35, +0.03) and The Irrational (0.19, +0.02) also rose. CBS aired repeats of FBI (0.25), FBI: International (0.21), and FBI: Most Wanted (0.19). Over on Fox, Murder in a Small Town (0.19, +0.03) gained some momentum for its finale and brought Accused (0.17, +0.05) up with it. WWE NXT (0.15, -0.04) dropped on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.
Ratings Analysis: On season premiere night, NBC's Night Court (0.28) was down from its March 2024 finale (0.30) and could only tie last season's low. Earlier in the night, St. Denis Medical (0.34, -0.11) dealt with a sizable post-premiere drop. The Voice (0.32, -0.07) slipped in the 9 p.m. hour and led into the special Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked (0.20). Dancing with the Stars (0.75, +0.04) grew some more on ABC, but the 10 p.m. special Vegas Lights & Country Nights: Countdown to the CMA Awards (0.15) completely flopped. FBI (0.38, +0.02), FBI: International (0.31, +0.03), and FBI: Most Wanted (0.30, +0.01) all ticked up on CBS. Fox dramas Murder in a Small Town (0.16, +0.01) and Accused (0.12, +0.01) picked up a hundredth apiece. WWE NXT (0.19, +0.03) climbed higher on the CW. Key: (P) = premiere.
Ratings Analysis: New sitcom St. Denis Medical (0.51/0.45) had a very healthy debut on NBC and appeared to give The Voice (0.39, +0.06) a nice boost. However, The Irrational (0.17, -0.02) slipped further in the 10 p.m. hour. On ABC, Dancing with the Stars (0.71, +0.04) was up for its 500th episode, but High Potential (0.25, -0.01) inched down. FBI (0.36, -0.05), FBI: International (0.28, -0.07), and FBI: Most Wanted (0.29, -0.03) all declined on CBS. Murder in a Small Town (0.15, -0.06) plummeted on Fox, and Accused (0.11, -0.04) dropped to a new low. WWE NXT (0.16, -0.01) shed a hundredth on the CW but stayed ahead of the Fox dramas.
Below are the October 27th renew/cancel predictions for the Fox network in the 2024-25 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.
Universal Basic Guys: Thanks to another direct NFL lead-in, cartoon comedy Universal Basic Guys soared to a 1.09 rating on Sunday, October 20th. Fox is clearly utilizing the Krapopolis strategy by pumping Guys with as much football juice as possible before spring hits. As a result, Guys is currently the highest-rated scripted series on broadcast television. However, it is guaranteed to lose that title as more non-inflated episodes air.
Rescue: HI-Surf:Rescue: HI-Surf recently dipped to a measly 0.15rating. This serves as a new low for a drama that cannot seem to find its floor. HI-Surf remains a Likely Renewal, but that may change if Fox decides to remove it from the post-Super Bowl slot in the near future.
Murder in a Small Town: Though Murder in a Small Town did sink to an abysmal 0.13on October 15th, it climbed back up to a 0.21on the 22nd. A 0.21 may not seem like a strong rating, but it is only a hundredth below what the series managed on premiere night and only a few hundredths behind the latest episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star (0.25). The renewal of this series will largely depend on Canadian network Global, but this ratings surge does not hurt its chances. Murder in a Small Town is still a Likely Renewal in this column.
Accused: After debuting with a 0.16 rating, Accused dropped to a 0.13 and then rose to a 0.15. Though any form of growth is good, it was still the lowest-rated broadcast series on Tuesday, October 22nd, even going below what the CW had to offer. Since this series does not have any football-boosted episodes this year, it is also the lowest-rated show among the big four broadcast networks. By moving it from the initially-announced 8:00 p.m. time slot to 9:00 and giving it a relatively small episode order, Fox seems to be implying that they do not have much confidence in this anthology drama. Due to these factors and the poor 18-49 ratings, Accused is now Likely to be Canceled by the Fox network.
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