Monday TV Ratings 10/31/22: Quantum Leap Steady on Halloween, The Voice Slightly Up, The Good Doctor and Bachelor in Paradise Drop (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: ABC's 'Bachelor in Paradise' (0.49, -0.14) and 'The Good Doctor' (0.29, -0.04) both took a hit on Halloween night but remained a few ticks away from their respective series lows. On NBC, 'The Voice' (0.61, +0.01) picked up an extra hundredth while 'Quantum Leap' (0.33, 0.00) held steady. The CW had a Halloween-themed rerun of 'World's Funniest Animals' (0.11) and a rerun of 'The 13 Scariest Movies of All Time' (0.08). CBS's reruns of 'The Neighborhood' (0.33), 'Bob Hearts Abishola' (0.24), 'NCIS' (0.21), and 'NCIS Hawai'i' (0.22) were on-par with Fox's encores of '9-1-1' (0.33) and 'The Cleaning Lady' (0.23).

Finals Update: 'Bachelor in Paradise' (-0.1) and 'The Good Doctor' (-0.1) adjusted down.

Saturday TV Ratings 10/1/22: Saturday Night Live Hits New Low on Premiere Night, College Football Dominates, Halloween in Hollywood Special Weak (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: First-time host Miles Teller and musical guest Kendrick Lamar were unable to keep 'Saturday Night Live' (0.73) afloat on premiere night. NBC's sketch-comedy staple returned with a new series low for its season 48 premiere and declined by over 20% from its Fall 2021 launch (0.92). The peacock network had even less luck in the primetime hours as their 'Halloween in Hollywood' special (0.13) turned out to be a complete dud in the 8PM slot. 'Dateline' (0.17) and 'SNL Vintage' (0.18) improved a tiny bit from there. ABC's 'NC St. v. Clemson' college football game (1.12) rose by five-hundredths from the 'Wisconsin v. Ohio State' one (1.07) that aired a week prior. Fox was at about half of the alphabet network's size with its 'MLB: Regional Coverage' (0.54). CBS had a rerun of 'The Equalizer' (0.25), an encore of 'NCIS: LA' (0.21), and a rising '48 Hours' (0.23, +0.02). The CW was down across the board with repeats of 'Great Chocolate Showdown' (0.02) and 'Masters of Illusion' (0.03/0.03). 

Finals Update: 'College Football: NC St v Clemson' (+0.2) and 'MLB: Regional Coverage' (+0.1) adjusted up. 'Halloween in Hollywood' (-0.1) adjusted down.

ABC Renew/Cancel Watch: Quantico is Certain to be Treated to Another Season

Certain to be Tricked to a Cancellation	Likely to be Tricked to a Cancellation	Watching	Likely to be Treated to Another Season	Certain to be Treated to Another Season
Blood & Oil	Castle	Nashville	Last Man Standing	Grey’s Anatomy
	The Muppets	Fresh Off the Boat	Dr. Ken	Scandal
				The Middle
				The Goldbergs
				Modern Family
				Blackish
				Once Upon a Time
				Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
				How to Get Away with Murder
				Quantico

Changes from Last Week

Unlike some previous weeks, I only made one change this week:

• Quantico upgraded from "Likely to be Renewed" to "Certain to be Treated to Another Season" (Halloween talk for "Certain to be Renewed"

Why Is Quantico "Certain to be Treated to Another Season", And What Took Me So Long To Put It There?

First off, Happy Halloween! However you celebrate it, if at all, The TV Ratings Guide loves doing themed segments, so I hope you all like the one-week-only change of chart colors and titles.

On to Quantico. I was weary of Quantico's success at first. Even though it premiered in a historically
tough time slot, premiering under a 2.0 can still be worrisome considering the drops shows usually have. It seems to have settled into mid 1s for the fall, and will most likely dip lower in the spring, but guess what? It's ABC's #2 10pm show, only behind How to Get Away with Murder. The latter, while also recently upgraded, has declined A LOT this season, to the point where it isn't too far ahead of Quantico. In fact, a case may even be made that Quantico was STRONGER than How to Get Away with Murder this past week given the time slot. A side note: How to Get Away with Murder is the #1 show amongst W18-49, where the W stands for Witches.

Realistically, ABC probably doesn't have anything that would do better in the time slot. ABC didn't find--and probably didn't expect to find--the next Grey's Anatomy, but they also didn't find the next Betrayal, and undeniably Quantico is doing better in that troubled spot than Nashville would have done. 

I may have to reevaluate this prediction, but for now: Quantico fans have nothing to worry about.