Should Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23 been cancelled? Is Once Upon a Time still a ratings hit? What’s doing better? Now that Private Practice is over, is Grey’s Anatomy next? How is Shark Tank doing? How low will cancelled Last Resort fall?
Below, you’ll find the ABC TV show ratings averages as of Sunday, January 20, 2013; the end of week 17 of the 2012-13 season.
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| ABC Scripted TV shows |
18-49 demo rating (actual) |
Viewers in millions |
Ratings pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Family | 4.7 (4.69) | 12.05 | season 4 ratings |
| Grey’s Anatomy | 3.3 (3.30) | 9.41 | season 9 ratings |
| Once Upon a Time | 3.1 (3.14) | 9.35 | season 2 ratings |
| Suburgatory | 2.5 (2.53) | 6.84 | season 2 ratings |
| The Middle | 2.5 (2.49) | 8.40 | season 4 ratings |
| Revenge | 2.5 (2.48) | 7.71 | season 2 ratings |
| Scandal | 2.2 (2.22) | 6.74 | season 2 ratings |
| Nashville | 2.0 (2.04) | 6.41 | season 1 ratings |
| The Neighbors | 2.0 (2.02) | 6.62 | season 1 ratings |
| Castle | 2.0 (1.97) | 9.99 | season 4 ratings |
| Last Man Standing | 1.5 (1.52) | 6.95 | season 2 ratings |
| Malibu Country | 1.5 (1.50) | 6.63 | season 1 ratings |
| 666 Park Avenue (cancelled) | 1.5 (1.51) | 4.66 | season 1 ratings |
| Last Resort (cancelled) | 1.4 (1.39) | 6.33 | season 1 ratings |
| Private Practice (last season) | 1.3 (1.32) | 4.58 | season 6 ratings |
| Happy Endings | 1.3 (1.27) | 3.60 | season 3 ratings |
| Don’t Trust the B in Apt. 23 (cancelled) | 1.1 (1.10) | 2.85 | season 2 ratings |
| ABC non-scripted TV shows |
18-49 demo rating (actual) |
Viewers in millions |
Ratings pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bachelor | 2.4 (2.40) | 7.21 | cycle 17 ratings |
| Dancing with the Stars (fall) | 2.3 (2.29) | 13.87 | cycle 15 ratings |
| Dancing with the Stars (fall, results) | 2.2 (2.16) | 12.92 | cycle 15 ratings |
| Shark Tank | 1.9 (1.86) | 6.62 | season 4 ratings |
| Primetime | 1.5 (1.50) | 4.72 | season 24 ratings |
| America’s Funniest Home Videos | 1.5 (1.46) | 6.39 | season 23 ratings |
| 20/20 | 1.4 (1.44) | 5.27 | season 35 ratings |
These charts incorporate the daily final ABC show ratings (reported by Nielsen) and are sorted by the 18-49 demographic. Network advertisers typically prize those viewers most and so will pay more to reach them. There’s lots of information that the networks take into consideration when cancelling or renewing a TV series but the ratings are the biggest factor. The higher the ratings, the better chance that the show will be renewed. And yes, they take it into account when a show airs on a Friday or Saturday night.
What do you think? Are you surprised by any of the averages? Which show(s) do you feel should be doing better or worse, based on their quality? Comment below.
I would love to see Last Man Standing canceled. Not only did they come back this season with some majorly confusing actor changes and situations but they picked a political side during the election. I felt like I was watching a thirty minute ad campaign for Obama. I stopped watching that day and will never tune in again. You have to think about bringing current politics into a show when at least half of America voted Republican. Which would mean are a large audience to prime time television.