The Odd Couple Breaks Up: Sitcom Canceled by CBS

CBS has decided to get a divorce from the Odd Couple. The Thomas Lennon-led sitcom, which lasted for three seasons and 38 episodes, has been canceled. While the series pulled acceptable (but not very good) ratings, this decision was not surprising. Star Matthew Perry recently tweeted about the end of the series, and the show was capped at 13 episodes for the season, despite additional episodes being a possibility. With a 1.0 average, the series was the lowest rated comedy on CBS this season, likely leading to its demise. This was a correct prediction for the TV Ratings Guide.
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TV Ratings 1/30/17: The Odd Couple Ends Fractional, The CW Dips (UPDATED)

Monday night was a relatively normal night for the networks, with just CBS taking the night off. Despite most of CBS' shows being off, The Odd Couple aired two original episodes (including its season finale) last night, and the first episode held steady, while the second went fractional. The Bachelor once again lead the night quite easily, and was down from last week. Quantico, fresh off its return from hiatus, was even with its 0.8 last week. Timeless was also even with last week, while its lead-in, the Celebrity Apprentice, was down. Fox's Monday lineup took their last bow for awhile (they will return after newbies 24:Legacy and APB finish) and Gotham was down. Supergirl on the CW was down, as was Jane the Virgin.

Finals Update: Quantico (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	The Bachelor	2.3/8	7.19	ABC
	The Big Bang Theory (R)	1.5/6	8.49	CBS
	Gotham	1.1/4	3.45	Fox
	The New Celebrity Apprentice	1.0/3	3.68	NBC
	Supergirl	0.7/3	2.33	The CW
8:30 PM	Kevin Can Wait (R)	1.2/4	6.39	CBS
9 PM	Lucifer	1.2/4	4.20	Fox
	The Odd Couple	1.1/4	5.76	CBS
	Jane the Virgin	0.3/1	0.94	The CW
9:30 PM	The Odd Couple (F)	0.9/3	5.92	CBS
10 PM	Timeless	0.9/3	3.49	NBC
	Scorpion (R)	0.8/3	5.26	CBS
	Quantico	0.7/3	2.84	ABC

TV Ratings 1/16/17: Timeless Returns Fractional, Big Fan Ends Steady, CBS Soars High

Monday night was a pretty great night for ABC and CBS, with their programming hitting their highest ratings in a long time. NBC and Fox can not say the same, as Fox's shows returned to okay ratings (but solid enough for Fox), and NBC had another low episode of the Apprentice (but at least it ticked upwards). Of all of the shows returning, Timeless had the most disappointing night, going fractional for the first time without a cushy Voice lead-in (making it only the third scripted NBC show to do so). On CBS, their first three shows all jumped back to life, with Kevin hitting its highest ratings since November, Man With a Plan nearly tying a series high, and 2 Broke Girls hitting its highest ratings since October. Even The Odd Couple had an okay night. Scorpion was the only show on CBS to not receive a boost last night. On ABC, The Bachelor hit a season high, and easily lead the night. Big Fan closed out its first season with a 1.0/0.7, tying last weeks series premiere.  The CW aired a Howie Mandel special and received a 0.4.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	The Bachelor	2.3/7	7.1	ABC
	Kevin Can Wait	1.7/6	8.64	CBS
	The New Celebrity Apprentice	1.2/4	4.29	NBC
	Gotham	1.2/4	3.68	Fox
	The Howie Mandel All-Star Comedy Gala	0.4/1	1.42	The CW
8:30 PM	Man With a Plan	1.5/5	7.67	CBS
9 PM	2 Broke Girls	1.5/5	6.46	CBS
	Lucifer	1.1/4	3.98	Fox
9:30 PM	The Odd Couple	1.1/4	5.64	CBS
10 PM	Scorpion	1.2/4	7.69	CBS
	Big Fan	1.0/4	3.18	ABC
	Timeless	0.9/3	3.45	NBC
10:30 PM	Big Fan (F)	0.7/3	2.23	ABC

TV Ratings 1/9/17: Big Fan Mediocre, The Odd Couple Steady (UPDATED)

Monday night was a relatively quiet one, with CBS, Fox, and The CW all pretty much taking the night off. CBS did air one original program, The Odd Couple, which pulled a 1.0, steady from its last airing, even with a Man With a Plan rerun lead-in. Following the Bachelor, which was down slightly from its premiere, ABC premiered new game show Big Fan, which pulled in okay-but-not-great ratings. ABC can at least be a little happy that episodes 1 and 2 averaged higher than most episodes of Conviction. NBC aired a new episode of the New Celebrity Apprentice, which scored a 1.1, down from its (already low) premiere.

Finals Update: All shows held their preliminary results.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	The Bachelor	2.1/6	6.49	ABC
	The Big Bang Theory (R)	1.6/6	8.54	CBS
	The New Celebrity Apprentice	1.1/3	3.91	NBC
	Showtime at the Apollo (R)	0.7/2	2.32	Fox
	Supergirl (R)	0.3/1	1.21	The CW
8:30 PM	Kevin Can Wait (R)	1.2/4	5.91	CBS
9 PM	Man With a Plan (R)	1.0/3	5.07	CBS
	Penn and Teller: Fool Us (R)	0.3/1	1.15	The CW
9:30 PM	The Odd Couple	1.0/3	5.02	CBS
10 PM	Big Fan (P)	1.0/3	3.57	ABC
	The Wall (R)	0.8/3	2.78	NBC
	Scorpion (R)	0.7/3	4.87	CBS
10:30	Big Fan	0.7/3	2.74	ABC

TV Ratings 1/2/17: New Celebrity Apprentice Low, The Bachelor Dominates, The Wall Down (UPDATED)

The first Monday of 2017 saw the premieres of NBC and ABC's Winter reality programming. Of the two, The Bachelor won "bigly". The Wall's second of two special previews saw a relatively large drop in ratings. The CW aired a repeat of the iHeartRadio Music Festival, and that went over about as well as you thought it did. FOX had a Masterchef Celebrity special, which pulled in a 0.9, not off much from Gotham and Lucifer. CBS returned to normal this week, with its usual lineup back from winter breaks. No performances there were very noteworthy. ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live special beat every single Conviction airing in the slot.


Finals Update: Jimmy Kimmel's Bachelor special adjusted down (-0.1).

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	The Bachelor (P)	2.1/7	6.55	ABC
	Kevin Can Wait	1.4/5	7.33	NBC
	The New Celebrity Apprentice (P)	1.3/4	4.93	CBS
	Masterchef Celebrity Showdown	0.9/3	2.89	Fox
	iHeartRadio Music Festival (R)	0.3/1	0.92	The CW
8:30 PM	Man With a Plan	1.2/4	6.52	CBS
9 PM	2 Broke Girls	1.3/4	5.84	CBS
9:30 PM	The Odd Couple	1.0/3	5.30	CBS
10 PM	The Wall	1.2/4	4.53	NBC
	Scorpion	1.2/4	7.20	CBS
	Jimmy Kimmel Live: Here for the Right Reasons (S)	1.0/3	3.59	ABC