Though it’s never been hit in the ratings, CBS has been renewing The Good Wife year after year. Will this be the season when the show’s luck runs out or will it be the biggest year yet? Will it be cancelled or renewed for a seventh season? We shall see.
On The Good Wife, attorney and mother Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) continues to face new challenges and opportunities in both her personal and professional lives. The series also stars Christine Baranski, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Graham Phillips, Makenzie Vega, Alan Cumming, Zach Grenier, and Matthew Goode.
The higher a show’s ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better its chances for survival. New ratings data will be added as it becomes available — typically around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/11 update: CBS has renewed The Good Wife for a seventh season.
Final season averages: 1.22 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.72 million total viewers.
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Due to a Nielsen glitch, some of the early ratings of the 2014-15 season were revised a couple weeks later.
Last year comparison: The fifth season of The Good Wife averaged a 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.4 million total viewers.
Note: These are the final national numbers (unless noted with an “*”). These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you still like The Good Wife TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a seventh season?
I like the good wife but I did not like will and don,t like Jason Keep Peter with Alecia period or I will probably quit watching
Love this show!!! Intelligent, funny, sexy drama !!
Great show keep it on we need more shows like this and less Crimson minds
Al.
I love, love the God wife. Please don’t take it off the air. I can’t wait each Sunday for it to come on.
Sincerely,
Karin
Yes the show be renewed. Beefing up Alicia’s love life is making the series much more interesting.
I was disappointed in this past season. I would like to strangle he writers!! Too many episodes written about racial issues! Talk about writer’s block! Can’t they come up with better story lines?!? I’m so sick of racial crap! I would be just fine with this series being cancelled. I think it has run its course!
Brilliant writing. The multi-layered show includes daily strains, strings, stains, stardom, stark, sunshine and motherhood. More, more, more, please.
Love The Good Wife. Best ever!
I enjoy the show very much. I would like to see the show continue.
Your stats are grossly misrepresentative of actual viewership. Many people have cut the cord with big cable and rely on streaming services. While Nielsen is eager to report CBS viewership, they are discounting the people who are willing to wait and binge watch entire seasons at once. If CBS is using this data to determine whether or not they should continue seasons is flat out silly. Come on out of the 80’s and join us in 2015, where we use these devices that access the Internet without wires (and for many people have higher resolution than the tv in their… Read more »
The problem with using the 18-29 demographic is that the show is a huge favorite with the 40-70 demographic — with much more sophistication : and BUYING power! I know: we and our friend in this group are dedicated viewers and advocates for others to tune in!
Do you really wonder why “no hit” in the ratings? It was moved from a fairly good night and time to the horrid Sunday night..we never knew when it would be on, and it was interrupted so many times that it was easy to lose track of what was happening. It seems as if when networks want to get rid of a show they move it to Sunday night. The Good Wife has been a great show most of the time, however the Cary-jail thing went on too long, and the candidacy-election of Alicia was an aboination…very boring and went… Read more »
Started marathon watching The Good Wife on Hulu, then watched season 6 weekly on regular TV. Love it. Yes, season 7 please with more about the mysterious Kalinda…. Also Cary, and the relationship between Alicia and husband, and a little less about her law cases.