This is the third year that NBC has been airing American Ninja Warrior but the sports competition has been running since 2009 on cable. Will the ratings remain strong enough for the peacock network to bring it back next summer? Stay tuned!
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 — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
7/13 update: NBC has picked up American Ninja Warrior for another season.
Final season averages: 1.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.33 million total viewers.
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For comparisons: The Summer 2013 season of American Ninja Warrior averaged a 1.6 rating in the demo and 4.96 million viewers.
Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you still like the American Ninja Warrior TV series? Would you like to see it cancelled or renewed for a seventh season?
I would like to see american ninja warrior be cancelled or be changed drastically. I am a huge fan of G4’s ninja warrior back when G4 was a great channel to watch. ninja warrior (sasuke in Japanese) was a show where anyone was given the opportunity to try and conquer the 4 ninja warrior stages. There was no single winner and no grand prize for the best and fastest athlete. All who competed and conquered Mt. Midoriyama were considered champions. All. Not one. There were also no long back stories about almost every competitor. They would maybe speak on someone… Read more »
My husband and I are obsessed with this show! It is by far our favorite thing to watch in the summer. I really hope they never stop showing it 🙂
I enjoyed the second 2 hours but that first “introductions” hour seemed like a waste of time.