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.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this smart, thoughtful, and well acted show. PLEASE give it at least one more season. PLEEEEEEEESE!
Keep this, move it away from Sunday night and back to it’s old timeslot
Please renew. We love it!
Please renew Elementary.
Please renew Elementary!
My husband and I love Elementary. We are so hoping that it will be renewed!
It should be renewed. It has evolved as a show and continues to provide excellent entertainment
One of the show’s I binge watch 2-3 episodes at a time with my family. I work weekends so can never catch it “live” on night it airs since it moved to Sundays. Crossing fingers since I only have 4 shows I record to watch later in addition to the local news (the magicians, blind spot, blacklist are the others).
Please don’t cancel.
Totally enjoy the show and hope it gets renewed — hate the new time slot on Sunday — start time usually gets pushed back because of sporting events — move it back to Thursday
The only show ever that both me and my husband love. We have both watched every episode twice now as its just so good. Top notch acting and still excellent storylines. Keep it going please!
One of the few shows worth watching, excellent acting, interesting stories.
Excellent, witty show. Please renew.
Quality acting. Intelligent character development. A pleasure to watch. Please renew!
Please renew this show. It is one of my very favorite shows. It is a well written and well acted drama, and that is a rarity these days. It deserves better than the time slot it is given. Give it a chance.