ABC launched 11 new scripted TV series (not counting the Roseanne revival) during the regular portion of the 2017-18 season. They cancelled seven and renewed only four. That’s not a very good average. How will the alphabet network TV shows perform during the 2018-19 season? Stay tuned!
ABC shows (so far): 1969, 20/20, The $100,000 Pyramid, The Alec Baldwin Show, American Housewife, American Idol, America’s Funniest Home Videos, The Bachelor, Black-ish, Card Sharks, Celebrity Family Feud, Child Support, The Conners, Dancing with the Stars, Dancing with the Stars: Juniors, Family Food Fight, The Fix, For the People, Fresh Off the Boat, The Goldbergs, The Good Doctor, The Great American Baking Show, The Great Christmas Light Fight, Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, Holey Moley, The Kids Are Alright, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, Match Game, A Million Little Things, Modern Family, Press Your Luck, Reef Break, The Rookie, Schooled, Shark Tank, Single Parents, Speechless, Splitting Up Together, Station 19, To Tell The Truth, Videos After Dark, and Whiskey Cavalier.
There’s lots of data that network execs look 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.
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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.
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?
We got lucky and saw reef break from the beginning however it was not well advertised. It is a great show. Please continue it. It should be rated much higher. We recorded all the episodes missed the first 15 minutes of the first one, Everyone we have showed has liked it. You didn’t give it a fair shot. You advertise all the game shows and nonsense shows. Please keep the ones that have some substance to them.
Please renew Grand Hotel!! It keeps us intrigued big time and we always look forward to Monday nights because of it. We haven’t seen such a good show in a very long time.
ABC has some of the worst programming ever! We loved THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT & they canceled it but kept soooo much other junk. So the only things we still watch on there are THE GOOD DOCTOR & THE ROOKIE! The other stuff is just so awful!
I can here to write the exact same thought. Look at what they kept that have much (much) lower ratings. Something is rotten in Denmark. Everyone I know that watched The Kids are Alright loved the show.