After becoming a staple of the CBS Thursday night schedule for four seasons, the network has moved Elementary to late on Sunday nights. Will viewers follow the crime drama to the new night? Will the ratings fall because of football game overruns? Will it be renewed for a sixth season or, will it be cancelled instead? Stay tuned.
A contemporary update on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle characters, Elementary follows eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) and Doctor Joan Watson (Lucy Liu) as they help solve crimes in modern-day New York. Aidan Quinn and Jon Michael Hill co-star in the series.
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.
5/22 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
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For comparisons: The fourth season of Elementary averaged a 0.96 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.74 million total viewers.
Note: 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 Elementary TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for season six on CBS?
5/13 update: Elementary has been renewed for season six on CBS. Details here.
Renew, please!
Please renew. Has so many episodes per season, all quality. I’ve never met anyone who has seen it and doesn’t like it. Football is over soon n then the ratings will go up. It’s going to be a situation where when it gets cancelled and is done, more people will start watching and they’ll b mad to see how many people actually will want to watch it when they actually watch the first one.
Renew
Don’t cancel
Yet another week where CBS has made us skip an episode of this great program.
Are they out to kill it?
I am beginning to despise CBS.
Renew it, and stop taking it off. More people would watch it if it were actually there when they turned it on!
Please renew. I make a point to watch on Sunday night which is a hard day for any show. I luv show
Keep it going!!!
Renew renew renew
I certainly hope CBS is smart enough to renew Elementary for a 6th season. It is a fantastic show with good writers, excellent actors and a joy to watch. My vote is YES – please renew it for years to come!
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This show is awesome. I have recorded every single episode and watched each at least 3 times. Each time I watch, i learn something new. It would be injustice to cancel this show. If the ratings drop, put it on a weaker night (like Saturday) or get the season 1 writers back. Have Sherlock and Watson’s brilliance be called to other cities such as L.A.
Absolutly love this show, one of the few show on that does not contain filth and swearing, Putting it on late sunday will ruin it, but I never miss it, I will be angry if this great show with a great cast gets cancelled. I never miss an episode and been here since day one!!!!
It’s obvious that when people know that the show is on, they want to watch it.
CBS putting on Sunday – cancelling show for football – skipping two or three weeks at a time… What are they thinking?
If CBS doesn’t renew, I’m boycotting them.
We love this show, it is the best entertainment televised. We look forward to every episode, so well done.
It was a counterproductive and utterly stupid to move “Elementary” to Sunday night, late Sunday night at that! This is a great and enjoyable show. Put it back on it original night, ditch the new stupid shows and let us keep our “Elementary”.
Yes! Keep it going. When is season 6?
There’s still much of season five left. No decision on season six yet.