Despite pretty low ratings in the prized 18-49 demographic, CBS has kept Madam Secretary on the air. How will it do in season three? Will the numbers go up or down? Will the series be cancelled or is it essentially guaranteed to be renewed to make sure it has enough episodes for syndication? Stay tuned.
On Madam Secretary, Elizabeth McCord (Tèa Leoni) is the shrewd and determined Secretary of State who drives international diplomacy. She battles office politics and circumvents protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, both at the White House and at home. The cast also includes Tim Daly, Željko Ivanek, Bebe Neuwirth, Patina Miller, Geoffrey Arend, Erich Bergen, Wallis Currie-Wood, Kathrine Herzer, and Evan Roe.
The ratings are typically the best sign of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
3/23 update: Madam Secretary has been renewed for season four on CBS. Details here.
5/22 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
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For comparisons: The second season of Madam Secretary averaged a 1.20 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 10.10 million total viewers.
Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you still like the Madam Secretary TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for season four on CBS?
My favorite show…period! This show is smart and gives me hope <3 Please please don't take it away!!!!!!!! My friends and I can barely wait for Sunday nights because of our madame secretary addiction 🙂
I LOVE Madame Secretary! Donlt cancel it, my daughter and i watch it together,
Please please please keep Madame Secretary!! It is one of my all time favorite shows and I watch it every week! I just love everything about the show.
Although we live in different states, Madam Secretary is our family’s favorite TV show. We range in age from 22, 26, 28 to 54. Congratulations on a winning show! Thanks for making smart entertainment with underlying family values. It is a sign of hope in a bit of a bleak TV scene!
Please keep Madame Secretary on the air. It is my favorite show. Not everything should have to appeal to the 18-49 year old demographics!
Please keep Madame Secretary! This show has a great cast and superb scripts! I believe the reason for the uneven viewing is because of the football games. I cannot rely on my DVR to capture the whole show (since it rarely starts at its allotted time.). I have to record from 60 minutes to the 11 o’clock news to be sure I can watch the whole episode. People who don’t record or haven’t figured out a way to record the episode in its entirety may skip the episode when they tune in and either it’s not playing or it is… Read more »
Please keep Madam Secretary. My favorite show
Please keep Madam Secretary. I watch it every Sunday. Please no more police shows.
Excellent show, actors and writers. Please do not cancel as it as it is so much better than all of those reality and game shows! We need a season 4!
Please keep this show on the air! So few really good shows left, don’t get rid of another one. Also, low ratings in the fall are more than likely due to Sunday Night Fotball. I record the episodes and watch them later so I’m sure that is not accounted for in the ratings.
Keep Madame Secretary. One of the few shows on TV worth watching!
PLEASE do not cancel Madam Secretary! It is THE BEST.
Myself and my wife and son would like to see Madam Secretary stay with the programing, we love a well written and executed drama television series and we give the show 2 Thumbs up and hope to see more of this type of television viewing as well as all the NCIS programs. We have watched these shows so much that i would actually binge watch reruns verses most other series. Please keep Madam Secretary on our 60 inch HD television. Thanks and Good luck, Mikey.
The ratings are awful for a 3rd season. Since Hillary didn’t win(That’s Right! Hillary Didn’t WIN.) it will now never become Madam President, which was the plan. I won’t finish the season over a 1.0 They need to cancel it.
this shows horrible ratings were an early indicator that hillary was going to lose.
One of my favorite shows, keep it going please.