(BBC America)
This show has been a fixture of UK television for a long time and, despite any fluctuations in the ratings, it’s not going anywhere. We know it won’t be cancelled right now since we already know that Russell T Davies has been hired as showrunner for season 14. Is Doctor Who sure to be renewed beyond next season? Stay tuned.
A BBC America science-fiction drama, the 13th season of the Doctor Who revival stars Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, an alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. The Doctor travels through time and space in the TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box on the outside, with traveling companions Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) and Dan Lewis (John Bishop). Jacob Anderson recurs. Guest stars in season 13 include Robert Bathurst, Thaddea Graham, Blake Harrison, Kevin McNally, Craig Parkinson, Sara Powell, Annabel Scholey, Gerald Kyd, and Penelope Ann McGhie.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s chances of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances of survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
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For comparisons: Season 12 of Doctor Who on BBC America averaged a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 339,000 viewers.
Note: These are the final national ratings, including all live+same day viewing and DVR playback (through 3:00 AM). Early fast affiliate ratings (estimates) are indicated with an “*”. While these numbers don’t include further delayed or streaming viewing, they are a very good indicator of how a show is performing, especially when compared to others on the same channel. There can be other economic factors involved in a show’s fate, but typically the higher-rated series are renewed and the lower-rated ones are cancelled.
What do you think? Do you like the Doctor Who TV series on BBC America? Are you glad that it’s been renewed for a 14th season?
Love this show.
The 57% drop from Series 12 is the a vivid example of the negative impact the Timeless Child retcon has on this series. I’ve seen it compared to Last Jedi, but these numbers support that. Even people who accepted a female Doctor were saying they’d never watch it again. And the UK ratings took a similar nosedive. That and with the awful Easter special ratings on both sides of the Atlantic, it’s a miracle this show hasn’t been cancelled by BBC America if not the BBC itself (or in the case of the BBC moved to one of its smaller… Read more »
i have watched and loved Dr who for 30 years but stopped when the bill character appeared, peter capaldi is a great actor but when the scripts are hell bent on destroying the show he could not even save so i just gave up and went back to watching the old shows. so glad i did the shorts i have seen with all the woke rubbish made me cry.
With so many ways to watch anymore with the internet. Ratings are a thing of the past. Not uncommon for people to have parties with friends to watch. Just because it says 4 million viewers, doesn’t mean its 4 million, it could be double, or triple. I seldom watch it at its original airtime.
So British London has at least 4 million people watching this show compare to last few years right now such a shame changing storyline.
Unfortunately that’s an excuse that’s been used by fans for pretty much every cancelled TV show going back 20 years (people even made the same claim with Firefly). But the fact is ratings remain king and the only reason the UK BBC hasn’t cancelled the show is because it has a contract with Bad Wolf/Sony to do the anniversary specials. Of note to me is as of July 2022 as I write this BBC America has not confirmed if it will be airing a Season 14 beyond the specials, and neither has the BBC itself. If these specials don’t show… Read more »
Love this show. Enjoy it and love it. Please reconsider boost your ratings and one of my favorite syfy shows ever.
I don’t think the ratings are something they can ‘boost’. They’re based on objective data. You can’t just decide that more people watched it than did.
Agreed. The ratings are cratering and people can play “excuses bingo” all the like. Of course BBCA’s ratings won’t impact if the show continues. The BBC’s ratings are also tanking so RTD is really the show’s only hope. But as BBCA is not owned by the BBC there is nothing saying it will continue to air the show if it decides it can get higher ratings with something else.
The only reason this show is still alive is it’s made by the BBC which is state-funded. The ratings for the New Year’s special I believe render it the lowest-rated Doctor Who episode of all time. There will never be consensus on the female Doctor gimmick other than it cleaved off a large percentage of male, female and LGBTQ+ fans who did not want it to happen. Bu of those who remained, many left because of the Timeless Child retcon that not only ruined all the preceding Doctors, it even ruined the whole “first female Doctor” thing by rendering Whitaker… Read more »