CBS Renew/Cancel Week 15: CSI: Vegas Gets A Taste of the Sunday Night Death Slot

 

Sunday TV Ratings 12/24/23: It’s a Wonderful Life Rises from 2022 but Home Alone Still Triumphs on Christmas Eve, Lingo and Loteria Loca Holiday Specials Leave Coal in CBS’s Stocking (UPDATED w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: Two classic Christmas movies faced off on Christmas Eve, but one had a clear advantage, that being 1990 film Home Alone (0.65). ABC's broadcast of the Macaulay Culkin staple beat out NBC's telecast of It's A Wonderful Life (0.42) head-on, even though the latter was actually up from 2022. Life had rotten lead-in help from reruns of 5 More Sleeps 'Til Christmas (0.08) and Night Court (0.12), while ABC began the night with an AFV encore (0.25) and followed Home Alone with a Celebrity Family Feud one (0.40). On CBS, 60 Minutes (0.30, -0.10) slipped to yet another season low after setting one last week. It was followed by holiday-themed editions of Lingo (0.20) and Loteria Loca (0.12) that underwhelmed in the Nielsen department. Fox had more NFL help than usual and used the extra assistance to boost The Simpsons (1.80, +1.27) to its highest rating of the season. Reruns of Krapopolis (0.83), HouseBroken (0.51), and Family Guy (0.43) clearly benefited as well. The Chosen (0.07, +0.04) climbed higher for its CW finale. 

Finals Update: It's A Wonderful Life (+0.1), NFL Overrun (+2.1), The OT (+1.4), The Simpsons (+0.3), 60 Minutes (+0.1), and the repeat of Krapopolis (+0.1) adjusted up. The repeat of Celebrity Family Feud (-0.1) adjusted down. 

Loteria Loca Pulled from Schedule by CBS

One of the lowest-rated originals on the Big Four this season has been pulled from the airwaves. CBS has pulled Monday night game show Loteria Loca from their schedule, effectively canceling the series after just five episodes. The Jaime Camil-hosted series was a terrible performer for the Tiffany Network, averaging only a 0.19 in the key 18-49 demographic and going as low as 0.13 for last night's episode. Repeats of NCIS will replace the series on the schedule - repeats had already been airing behind Loteria Loca at 10 PM and drew similar ratings to Loteria Loca originals.

Monday TV Ratings 10/30/23: World Series Ticks Up and Narrowly Tops Monday Night Football, The Voice and Lotería Loca Drop (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: The 2023 World Series (1.64, +0.09) was about a tenth higher in game 3 than it was in game 2 on the Fox network. This time around, ABC nearly eclipsed Fox with its 'Raiders v. Lions' NFL game (1.59) in the Adults 18-49 demographic. On NBC, 'The Voice' (0.51, -0.05) and new drama 'The Irrational' (0.27, -0.02) both slipped. CBS's 'Loteria Loca' (0.13, -0.06) crashed to a new series low and trailed the reruns of 'Ghosts' (0.29/0.21) that led into it. The 10 p.m. 'NCIS' encore (0.12) was steady. 'FBoy Island' (0.04, +0.01) gained a hundredth on the CW but was a good bit behind the repeat of 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.06) that aired an hour before it.

Finals Update: '2023 World Series Game 3' (+0.4) and 'NFL: Raiders v. Lions' (+0.3) adjusted up.

Monday TV Ratings 10/23/23: Monday Night Football Slips, MLB ALCS and The Voice Rises (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: The '49ers v. Vikings' NFL game (1.98) was almost two-tenths lower than last week's 'Cowboys v. Chargers' game (2.17) but still led ABC to a clean Monday-night win. Fox's 'Rangers v. Astros' MLB game (0.99) took a distant second in the 18-49 demographic. 'The Voice' (0.56, +0.05) and 'The Irrational' (0.29, +0.05) picked up five-hundredths apiece on NBC. CBS game show 'The Price Is Right At Night' (0.34, +0.01) was a hundredth higher than it was on Friday. 'Loteria Loca' (0.19, +0.05) was also on the rise. The 10 p.m. 'NCIS' rerun (0.12) picked up a hundredth as well. 'FBoy Island' (0.03, +0.01) inched up on the CW and led into 'The Royals: A New Era' (0.02).

Finals Update: 'NFL: 49ers v. Vikings' (+0.5), 'The Voice' (+0.1), and 'MLB ALCS: Rangers v. Astros' (+0.2) adjusted up.