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 renew. Not much on TV I love, but this is one of them! I love the interaction and the level of intelligence, real or made up, that is displayed. Come on, give it another chance.
This is one of the few shows that my daughter watch together. We both love it. It is witty, fresh and I love the twist with Watson being female rather than male for a change, a welcome update. It is also, like others have started not a reality show. One can only handle so much reality television.
I often wonder if networks are trying to shoot themselves in the foot! A weekly series about Sherlock Holmes during an era when Holmes is hotter than a firecracker and they move it to Sunday night when the air times are inconsistent, to say the least! C’mon, guys! You’re even longer putting the shows up on On Demand.
Please return it to a non-football night and advertise the change. Then check the ratings!
We as a family don’t watch regular TV to many ads not enough show. I have been trying to find this show but it’s not on netflicks so I was happy when I found it. I would enjoy another season or two so please don’t cancel it
The only reason ratings are down is because the show was either late or preempted… Which is crap!!! This show is amazing. You need to renew and give it a better time slot
Love this show, have to record especially when it runs late due to sports. Please renew!!!!!!
Please renew Elementary!!!! Absolutely the only show I watch. Everything else is reality or just plain sucks. This is the only enjoyable and entertaining show!!! Move back to Thursday night where it belongs and the ratings will go back up. I have every season and have watched from the very first episode. I have watched and enjoyed the changes in all the characters. All you did by moving to Sunday is try to deliver a death sentence. When I am not watching season 5 or old episodes on my dvds, I am watching older shows from the ’80’s since this… Read more »
Renew it
I love the show. It’s one of the best on television right now.
I still love watching the show!! Please renew!!!
Renew please. !!!!
Please don’t cancel this show. One of the few I can still watch on TV – otherwise it is Netflix and Amazon full time!
We love Elementary and will be upset if they cancel but it won’t be the 1st or last show they take away from us. Please do not cancel. It is a good show!
I enjoy the show immensely. I too am sick of all the reality shows this show is witty and engaging unlike the vast majority of tv viewing nowadays.
Please renew Elementary for a Sixth Season!!!! Please don’t suddenly cancel this show. My husband and I have watched this show from the beginning and we absolutely love it. We own every season on dvd, except the fifth season(we own it through Amazon digital). We love all the characters, the cases, how cases have affected them personally on the show, etc. It’s just great to watch a show that makes you think. Just tired of all this reality television. Please CBS keep this great show around, so the characters can have a good-bye or ending they deserve; one that is… Read more »