Below are the CBS TV show ratings averages as of the end of week 23 of the 2012-13 season (Sunday, March 3, 2013). Ratings are typically the best way to tell if a show will be cancelled or renewed.
Week-to-week gains: NCIS, NCIS: LOs Angeles, Survivor, and The Amazing Race.
Week-to-week losses: 2 Broke Girls, How I Met Your Mother, Mike & Molly, Criminal Minds, CSI, The Mentalist, The Good Wife, and 60 Minutes.
New this week: Golden Boy.
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| CBS non-scripted TV shows |
18-49 demo rating (actual) |
Viewers in millions |
Ratings pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survivor: Philippines | 2.9 (2.85) | 10.42 | cycle 25 ratings |
| The Amazing Race (fall) | 2.6 (2.56) | 9.53 | cycle 21 ratings |
| Survivor: Caramoan | 2.5 (2.47) | 9.14 | cycle 26 ratings |
| 60 Minutes | 2.3 (2.31) | 12.69 | season 45 ratings |
| The Amazing Race (spring) | 2.3 (2.27) | 8.59 | cycle 22 ratings |
| Undercover Boss | 1.7 (1.72) | 8.61 | season 4 ratings |
| 48 Hours | 1.0 (1.04) | 5.28 | season 26 ratings |
| The Job (cancelled) | 0.8 (0.80) | 3.66 | season 1 ratings |
These charts incorporate the daily final CBS 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.
Survivor is the most talked about show of any tv viewing of non -script types at my work. I work at a place with over 4000 people and it seems to be the show that most find worth talking about. It has all ages and appeals to most competitive peoples fantasy. Everyone thinks they could go without eating and perform higher than maybe is possible.