Last season, CBS tried to establish new shows but almost all of them were cancelled due to low ratings. No new dramas survived and only two sitcoms did. Which shows will be cancelled or renewed this time? We’ll have wait and see.
CBS shows this season (so far): 2 Broke Girls, 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, The Amazing Race, Battle Creek, The Big Bang Theory, Big Brother, Blue Bloods, The Briefcase, Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Cyber, Elementary, Extant, The Good Wife, Hawaii Five-0, Madam Secretary, The McCarthys, The Mentalist, Mike & Molly, The Millers, Mom, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, The Odd Couple, Person of Interest, Scorpion, Stalker, Survivor, Two and a Half Men, Under the Dome, Undercover Boss, and Zoo.
There’s lots of data that CBS looks at when deciding whether to renew or cancel a TV series but ratings are typically the biggest piece. Here’s how the network’s shows are doing so far.
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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? Which shows are you rooting for? Which one isn’t as big a hit as you thought? Are you hoping any series will get cancelled to make way for something else?
Most of my favorite CBS Shows; Elementary, Hawaii 5-0, Person of Interest, and the Good Wife seem to be in trouble. These shows, each in their own way are good television and tell great stories. Only Blue Bloods, with its high viewership, seems like it will be back for sure.
Criminal Minds deserves to go, however. I use to love that show but the criminals are getting stale and repetitive and killing Jason Gideon was the last straw for me.
Totally agree.
Give battle creek a chance to get an audience !! Sunday night 10 pm is a death slot
Please please please bring back the Mcarthy’s please. You have so many shows that aren’t half as funny please bring them back. Is it coming back?
Please KEEP Stalker!!!! It’s one of the best shows CBS has aired in a while. All of the CSI & NCIS shows are becoming redundant. I’m getting bored with the monotonous themes where Stalker had something new and fresh to offer. Cancel it and I’ll be watching another station.
Well stated!
Don’t cancel hawaii five-O I love that show
Hoping stalker is renewed
Please keep STALKER, it keeps you on the edge of your seat. Such a nail bitting show.I love it, want more of it.
Totally agree.
Please! Keep STALKER on the air. Its one of the most enjoyed new shows for adults.
Renew Stalker. Best new show this season.
Also renew Blueblood …a great show that we never miss.
PLEASE keep Stalker!!! It is the best new show by far and one of my over all favorites!! It has great actors and it is not like every other thing on tv! Given time I think it will end up being a huge hit. It would really be a stupid decision not to renew it.
I love Stalker its a great show that keeps you on edge … Please dont let it be cancelled!!
2 Broke agirls was good in the begininning but really it is so lame now I cant bear to watch it for 5 mins … Cancel that, dont cancel Stalker .. Please!!!
I agree. I watched 5 minutes of 2 Broke Girls when it first aired and changed channels faster than a gazelle running from a cheetah. It would be a BIG Mistake to cancel Stalker. When I was looking through my scheduled recordings and did not see Stalker, I called Frontier cable to find out if something went awry with my DVR!! Going forward, realizing there were no more upcoming series
I agree with Hawaiian Girl we love Stalker too but we also love RECKLESS.. Which was cancelled by CBS …I just wish somebody would pick up these series as they are really good ..So tired of the reality shows they sucks
Please please please don’t cancel Stalker. This show is amazing and i can’t get enough. I have yet to see anything to confirm and new season or cancel yet. Can you lease email me back to let me know the shows fate.
Cancel those reality shows – they are stupid! I LOVE Person of Interest, MOM, Mike and Molly, Scorpion, Criminal Minds, Big Bang, & Stalker!!!! I LOVED the Mentalist also, but I guess it’s over. 🙁 I look forward to these each week!! Please keep them on!!
Thank you!
The reality shows are incredibly popular and addictive. I have watched Survivor and the Amazing Race from the start. In 2006 I actually won an online contest and won a car from Survivor. I am intensely loyal. I personally hate Big Bang theory 2 Broke Girls and IMHO THEY are stupid, but would not ask that they be cancelled because they give many people much pleasure. If ratings support it, there is a reason.
i want to know if they going to make a other season 6 of hawaii o five
CBS hasn’t made or announced a decision yet.
I LOVE STALKER! It’s something amazing in the crime world! I love blooie bloods! 250 people at my work watch and love these shows. If you wana cancel something cancel the dumb so called Reality Shows!
Interested if Stalker is returning, great show with good acting. Want to drop something take Madam Secretary off just a plug for Hilary. Also revamp Hawaii Five-O, take Scott “Dano” Caan off he can’t act and his negative character sucks.
Return Stalker……..agree with you on the Hilary plug.