Which TV shows are doing the best? The worst? Cancelled or renewed? Wondering how your favorite series are doing in the ratings? Here are the season average ratings of the 2016-17 network TV shows — through the end of week 35 (Sunday, May 21, 2017).
ABC shows (so far): 20/20, American Crime, American Housewife, The Bachelor, Big Fan, Black-ish, The Catch, Conviction, Dancing With The Stars, Designated Survivor, Downward Dog, Dr. Ken, Fresh Off The Boat, The Goldbergs, The Great American Baking Show, The Great Christmas Light Fight, Grey’s Anatomy, How To Get Away With Murder, Last Man Standing, Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD, Match Game, The Middle, Modern Family, Notorious, Once Upon A Time, People Icons, Quantico, The Real O’Neals, Scandal, Secrets And Lies, Shark Tank, Speechless, Time After Time, The Toy Box, and When We Rise.
CBS shows this season (so far): 2 Broke Girls, 48 Hours, 48 Hours: NCIS, 60 Minutes, The Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, Bull, The Case Of, Code Black, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Doubt, The Great Indoors, Hawaii Five-0, Hunted, Kevin Can Wait, Life In Pieces, MacGyver, Man With A Plan, Mom, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, The Odd Couple, Pure Genius, Ransom, Scorpion, Superior Donuts, Survivor, Training Day, and Undercover Boss.
CW shows this season (so far): The 100, Arrow, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow, The Flash, Frequency, iZombie, Jane The Virgin, No Tomorrow, The Originals, Reign, Riverdale, Supergirl, Supernatural, Terry Crews Saves Christmas, and The Vampire Diaries.
FOX shows this season (so far): 24: Legacy, APB, Bob’s Burgers, Bones, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Empire, The Exorcist, Family Guy, Gotham, Hell’s Kitchen, Kicking & Screaming, The Last Man On Earth, Lethal Weapon, Lucifer, Making History, MasterChef Junior, The Mick, My Kitchen Rules, New Girl, Pitch, Prison Break, Rosewood, Scream Queens, The Simpsons, Sleepy Hollow, Son of Zorn, Star, and You the Jury.
NBC shows this season (so far): The Blacklist, The Blacklist: Redemption, Blindspot, Caught On Camera With Nick Cannon, Chicago Fire, Chicago Justice, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, Dateline NBC, Emerald City, First Dates, The Good Place, Great News, Grimm, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Little Big Shots, Powerless, The New Celebrity Apprentice, Shades of Blue, Superstore, Taken, This Is Us, Timeless, To Tell the Truth, Trial & Error, The Voice, and The Wall.
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The averages are based on the final national numbers (live plus same day viewing). The demos are typically reported with one decimal place but I’ve included two for more accurate ranking.
Keep in mind that the demo numbers are typically what’s most important to advertisers. Therefore, that’s how the networks measure success. Advertisers pay more for ad time on a show that has a higher demo rating. Because older viewers don’t count? No, it’s because younger viewers watch less traditional TV and are harder to reach.
What do you think? Are you surprised by any of the ratings? Which shows should be doing better?
Do the networks really KNOW what the ratings are? Do they (CAN they) count the millions of hours of DVR recorded shows? Do they (CAN they) add in the multitudes of shows watched on non-monitored and, thus, not counted devices? Is the ratings “count” even a viable means of determining the “best” shows on television? These are not rhetorical questions but, rather, queries someone needs to be submitting to the networks before they totally destroy the industry by stifling creativity and talent of those who make really excellent Series which, ultimately, get cancelled prematurely due to counterfeit counts in inexplicable… Read more »