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.
Please do not cancel Elementary!! Or at least give them a season to wrap up. Good mysteries, fantastic acting, and unique. I never watch TV – it’s the only show I watch!!
Please renew Elemebtsry it’s my absolutely favourite show. Love the cast love the plots. It’s one of the best shows on tv if not THE best.
Please renew the show. It is one of my favorites even if I have to DVR it because it is in a lousy time slot.
Please renew!!!!!
My favorite show, please renew.
I also am a very big fan of this show, PLEASE continue with Season 6.
I would love for the show to continue , big fan .
Elementary should be renewed for a 6th season.
I love this show. I hope it continues for several more seasons. I would be heartbroken if didn’t.
Elementary is a wonderful show. It works the brain if you try to work the crime. I wish it was on Thursday night again, but I’ll watch it no matter what night it is own. I know I’m not the only person who really doesn’t care for reality tv. And I sure don’t care for the “whores and boars” shows like the bachelor and bachelorette series; the housewives of wherever; etc. PLEASE RENEW ELEMENTARY for those of us that font fall with the 20 to 30 age group.
This show should be renewed. The ratings are due to the hideous time slot the network placed it in and for no other reason. Any awards shows or football games and it gets booted. I always watch it online because if I make the time to sit down and watch it on television, I just get irritated when something I don’t care about knocks the show off the air for that week. This show deserves better than that time slot.
I hope this show is renewed. It is one of 3 that I make sure I never miss.
I think it should be renewed for 2 more seasons. The show is getting consistent viewers even after moving to Sunday’s. Maybe shake up the storyline for the next season and the show will be resurrected. KEEP THE SHOW, ITS A KEEPER.
Please renew! Such a great show!
The issue is whether season 5 can be fairly compared to season 4. In my view it cannot. For most of season 5 (only a handful of exceptions) the showing was delayed at least 30 minutes past its scheduled start because of football late starts, overruns, etc. Last weekend is amazing because the NCAA BB tourney ran over and it was delayed again. I’m guess that the youth crowd stayed on after the BBall. Suggestion to CBS: Move Elementary to the Blue Blood slot on Friday nights and put Blue Bloods in the death spot that Elementary is currently in.… Read more »
I agree 100 % the show wasn’t shown last night due to golf . you cant blame show for this dead spot ..