American Crime: Season Three Ratings

The ratings for the American Crime TV show have been quite low but the anthology series has become a bit of a prestige project for ABC. It was renewed for a third season but there are only eight episodes this time. Will the numbers improve or fall lower? Will American Crime be cancelled or renewed for a fourth season? Stay tuned.

Season three American Crime on ABC stars Regina King, Felicity Huffman, Connor Jessup, Richard Cabral, and Benito Martinez. Recurring players include Sandra Oh, Cherry Jones, Tim DeKay, Janel Moloney, Dallas Roberts, Timothy Hutton, Lili Taylor, Ana Mulvoy-Ten, Mickaëlle X. Bizet, and Clayton Cardenas. In the story, a father named Luis Salazar (Martinez) travels illegally from Mexico into the United States. Searching for his missing son, he discovers that modern servitude is thriving in the farmlands. Living in poverty and required to pay for their own food and other essentials, what little money the workers make is paid back to their employers, and because they will forever be in debt, they can never leave. Undocumented workers aren’t the only people targeted by this system.

The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — typically around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.

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For comparisons: The second season of American Crime on ABC averaged a 0.94 ratings in the 18-49 demographic with 3.72 million 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 like American Crime TV show on ABC? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a fourth season?

5/11 update: ABC has cancelled American Crime so there won’t be a fourth season. Details here.