Wednesday TV Ratings 6/5/24: Sight Unseen Steady for Finale, MasterChef Ticks Up in Week Two, Price Is Right At Night Repeat Leads [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: Crime drama Walker (0.05, -0.01) shed a hundredth on the CW, but Sight Unseen (0.03, 0.00) held steady for its finale. On Fox, MasterChef (0.31, +0.01) inched up, while Food Stars remained frozen at 0.19. CBS's Price Is Right At Night repeat (0.32) topped the night in the Adults 18-49 demographic. ABC was close behind with its rerun of Celebrity Wheel (0.30). NBC re-ran Chicago Med (0.19), Fire (0.15), and PD (0.13).

Wednesday TV Ratings 5/29/24: MasterChef Hits New Low in Return, The Price Is Right at Night Leads [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: Though Fox's MasterChef (0.30) returned with a new series low on Wednesday night, this rating was only slightly below its summer 2023 premiere (0.33). In the 9 p.m. hour, Food Stars (0.19, 0.00) tied last week's meager premiere rating and lost out to a rerun of Willie Nelson's 90th Birthday Celebration (0.26). The Price Is Right At Night (0.45, +0.09) jumped on CBS and was the top-rated program of the night. Walker (0.06, +0.01) ticked up on the CW, while Sight Unseen (0.03, 0.00) matched its week-ago installment. ABC aired repeats of The Conners (0.22/0.18/0.17/0.13) and Shark Tank (0.15). NBC went with encores of Chicago Med (0.20), Chicago Fire (0.18), and Chicago PD (0.19).

Wednesday TV Ratings 4/24/24: Not Dead Yet Ends Down, Survivor and The Conners Also Decline, The Masked Singer Stable (Final Ratings w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: ABC's Not Dead Yet (0.22, -0.01) dipped on finale night, but its retention of The Conners (0.33, -0.06) was noticeably better than last week. Survivor (0.74, -0.03) and The Amazing Race (0.34, -0.03) were also down slightly on CBS. The Masked Singer (0.40, 0.00) was stable on Fox, but Animal Control (0.17, -0.01) lost a hundredth. The Chicago dramas (0.25/0.21/0.20) remained in repeat mode on NBC. Walker (0.04, -0.02) slipped on the CW, while Sight Unseen (0.05, 0.00) matched its week-ago rating.

CW Renew/Cancel Part 1: All American’s Ratings Are All Right, but the End Is Nigh

Welcome to the all-new CW Renew/Cancel! There has been massive shakeups at the network since our last column in May of 2023, with the new owners completely reshaping what the CW is what what it airs. The network is now home to a heavily-unscripted slate, with nearly all of its scripted programs being acquired programs from Canada and the UK. However, some originals do remain, as do several co-productions. For this renew/cancel, we're only predicting CW originals like All American and Walker, as well as international shows that CW has a hand in producing, like Wild Cards and Son of a Critch. These are shows that, while other networks hold much of the power for determining renewals, CW has at least some stake in them and will have a sway in the decisions. This means fully acquired shows, like Children Ruin Everything, Family Law, and The Conners will not appear in this chart, though you can still get predictions for The Conners in our ABC Renew/Cancel.

Wednesday TV Ratings 4/3/24: Walker Returns Down, Survivor Jumps, Chicago PD Builds on Chicago Fire (Final Ratings w/Analysis)

Ratings Analysis: On season premiere night, CW drama Walker (0.06) was a hundredth lower than the last time it aired (0.07) and led into the series debut of Sight Unseen (0.05). Over on CBS, Survivor (0.80, +0.10) picked up a tenth, while The Amazing Race (0.36, +0.01) gained a hundredth. Chicago Med (0.46, +0.02) improved on NBC, but Chicago Fire (0.42, -0.06) and PD (0.43, -0.04) slipped. The Masked Singer (0.40, -0.03) dropped on Fox and was followed by reruns of Animal Control (0.14) and Family Guy (0.11). ABC re-ran The Conners (0.25), Not Dead Yet (0.15), Abbott Elementary (0.15), and The $100,000 Pyramid (0.15/0.19).