ABC certainly needs new shows that are a hit in the ratings. They didn’t have much luck last season. Will this year be different or will much of their new crop of TV shows be cancelled as well?
There’s lots of data that network execs looks at when deciding whether to renew or cancel a TV series but ratings are the major ingredient. These charts will be updated daily, as new ratings data becomes available.
ABC shows (so far): 20/20, 500 Questions, America’s Funniest Home Videos, American Crime, The Astronaut Wives Club, The Bachelor, Bachelor in Paradise, The Bachelorette, BattleBots, Black-ish, Boston EMS, Castle, Celebrity Family Feud, Celebrity Wife Swap, Cristela, Dancing with the Stars, Extreme Weight Loss, Forever, Fresh Off The Boat, Galavant, The Goldbergs, The Great Christmas Light Fight, Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, In An Instant, Last Man Standing, Manhattan Love Story, Marvel’s Agent Carter, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, The Middle, Mistresses, Modern Family, Nashville, Once Upon a Time, Primetime: What Would You Do?, Repeat After Me, Resurrection, Revenge, Rookie Blue, Save My Life: Boston Trauma, Scandal, Secrets and Lies, Selfie, Shark Tank, The Taste, and The Whispers.
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A couple of notes about these charts:
These figures are updated automatically as new ratings are released. The averages are based on the final national numbers (live plus same day viewing), unless marked with an asterisk (*). For technical reasons, I have to resort them manually so feel free to let me know if I missed something.
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.
Demo numbers are typically reported using the 10ths decimal place (2.4, for example). In the averages, I’m using an extra decimal for easier ranking.
The networks take into account when shows air on Fridays and Saturdays, nights when TV viewership is lower.
Note: Due to Nielsen reportings glitch, some ratings for Modern Family, SHIELD, Once Upon a Time, Nashville, and Revenge have been adjusted downward. Nielsen has only released restated numbers for the first week of the season (9/22-9/28/14) so far.
What do you think? Are you surprised by any of the ratings? Which shows should be doing better? Which one do you think will be cancelled next?
The whole family is gripped by Forever.
Given the continued creativity of the scripts, this show could draw viewers for many seasons to come. Characterisation and Acting is great.
Forever is very beautiful , we can not let this gem slip through. Castle is amazing as well, these two shows are the ONLY reason I watch this channel as well as my friends and family who are excuse my terms here “nerds” we love this s**t it’s DVR set in all our homes for these shows only. Not only here in this channel, we also watch CW for such shows, as well as CBS and others . Great television comes along once in a life time, this here is the core of the tri state area group of persons… Read more »
Forever!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I LOVE forever and my children love it too! We can’t wait to see it every week. I so hope they don’t cancel it!!!
Keep Forever! It’s my favorite show along with Castle. I don’t watch any of the other shows.
I like the show Cristella and last man standing I look forward for Fridays to relax and watch those two shows
I’ve been watching forever live on tv, rather than online, hoping it makes some difference.. Even if it doesn’t, it’s done better for being in such a crappy time slot.. I really hope ABC takes notice, and give us another season, it really is one of their best shows on tv right now..
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My husband and I absolutely LOVE the show FOREVER! Because of the way we work, we always have to watch it on demand or record it, but we NEVER MISS AN EPISODE! We really hope that ABC renews FOREVER as we are looking forward to a second season.
Forever is my favorite show I’m goi g to be so bummed if it gets cancelled
I think most people on here agree that Forever is a great show. It has so much potential to be even better if they bring it back for another season. Their aren’t very many other shows on ABC that I find worth watching. The only reason why the ratings are the lowest is the time slot it is give. It has the 9/10 time slot on Tuesday. That is literally the hardest time slot for ABC to fill. So if that is taken into mind the show is doing pretty great with what it’s given. I really hope they keep… Read more »
I hate to say this but I think you’re right sound like they are wrapping it up.
Hello Daniel, I suppose you are right. Though Forever is a very lovely show, Rich with story and characters chemistry that I hate to see go no matter what but if you consider the time changes and the stops that happened to the show over the season plus being 10/9c on a Tuesday where all the shows in this time have been cancelled over the past years having ratings around 0.80 and less, I say Forever should be considered a very good show if they put more effort to it since it has a better rating than all the shows… Read more »
I am a huge fan of Secrets & Lies, American Crime, and I was starting to DVR Forever. I liked Forever okay…I absolutely love American Crime but it’s at the bottom of the barrel as well. Is Resurrection the one where the boy appears alive after all those years? It’s good too. I am guessing people don’t want drawn out story lines. Just like they don’t want long Wal-Mart lines, long Drivers Facility waits and Doctor’s Office waits either! Just a guess! I know that American Crime has some great actors on their show❤️ I hate to see it go……
I agree with you on the network calculations there probably will be four or five that will be going down the drain they got a make money people don’t watch the shows networks aren’t making any money, it is too bad but ABC is more lenient than CBS I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens.
I understand fans of Forever want their show to continue. All fans of all shows want their shows to continue. But you have to be realistic when you see the chart above – Forever is practically on a par with ABC’s lowest rated drama Revenge (1.1 demo rating). Networks always cancel their lowest-rated shows and ABC tends to cut the bottom 10 (more or less). Just look at the previous seasons’ charts and see what they canceled. The lowest rated shows always have to go. That means Forever is definitely getting canceled along with Revenge, Resurrection, Cristela and other shows… Read more »
I love Forever. It’s the only thing I watch on ABC. I am p***ed that it was cancelled tonight so we could be subjected to Jimmy Kimmel instead. He has his own time slot and should have stayed in it!!
I agree with you forever a lot better shows Jimmy Kimmel Hunter did like him the first time he came on.
Forever is the best show I watch that hasn’t been cancelled, I think it needs more publicity and reviews from people who have watched more than the first episode. I love different and non-traditional shows and hated it when my former favourite show was cancelled ‘In The Flesh’ so I really hope it doesn’t get cancelled. It still has more viewers than some of their other shows.