The ratings for the first season of Elementary weren’t all that impressive but CBS renewed it for a second season anyway. Will the numbers improve in season two, stay the same, or fall so the show ends up cancelled? We shall see.
A contemporary update on the Sherlock Holmes stories, Elementary follows the eccentric detective (Jonny Lee Miller) and Doctor Watson (Lucy Liu) as they help solve crimes in New York. Aidan Quinn and Jon Michael Hill round out the cast.
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.
3/13 update: This show has been renewed for the 2014-15 season by CBS.
Final season averages: 1.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 8.79 million total viewers.
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For comparisons: The first season of Elementary averaged a 2.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 10.65 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 be renewed for a third season?
Long live mindless fluff. If what passes as good TV is truly representative, we are a nation of narcissistic cretins.
love elementary….but they introduced a new girl…..bad bad bad choice….lost it’s magnetism….lost it’s appeal….too scattered now…..where have the good writers gone…..please have the new girl leave to take care of her aging grandmother…..it’s an insult to lucy liu…..she is splitting image of the famous nefertiti statue, and great actress…..how dare they upstage her!!!
Elementary is absolutely awful. The BBC’s Sherlock beats the pants off that show. The audience is definitely dwindling. for Elementary, I tip this show to disappear half-way through the season. It’s poorly done, and a bad example of hack writing. Pull the plug on it. The adult audience has already walked away!
I don’t see at all how Sherlock beats Elementary in any way. They have a whole bunch of story lines that are left unresolved which really defeats the point of Sherlock Holmes because he’s meant to SOLVE crimes. It’s a bit cliche and I see most of the twists coming whereas I don’t always for Elementary. The writing for Elementary is superior, you can tell they put a lot of research into it.
The way Sherlock is filmed is cool, I’ll give it that. I don’t find any of the characters particularly engaging though.
Nooooo, don’t cancel. I love it! Awesome characters and wonderful storylines! Pls, keep it going!
Absolutely loved the first season. The writing, the solutions, the characters, it was just a blast. However, all the perspective and training they gave you made you then notice the second season writing, so badly that you could start guessing who did it. It’s funny, maybe it was a training exercise? I started to not care about Joan + Mycroft and at that point I lost interest in the series. As a first season it was perfect. I don’t like where it went. It worked precisely because it wasn’t a romantic liaison between Sherlock and Watson, that would have been… Read more »
I love this show…don’t need the romantic intrigue from Sherlock…an element that adds nothing, the original relationship was good and interesting, don’t like so much of his brother…..don’t venture too far from original…..they are both great actors and the story line intriguing and can be even more so, you have smart creative writers, smarten it up, not boring typical stories trying to get ratings…….they are the kind of characters that can carry you far
ELEMENTARY is a knockout series with an excellent cast. Storyline is phenomenal and keeps me rooted to my seat. MORE PLEASE!!!
ELEMENTARY great show very talented people. LUCY LIU one of the most beautiful women on T.V.
I love this show!
Do not cancel it, please,.
Talking about the british one, it’ s defenetely nice, but no way, i do prefer kucy liu!
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Elementary is an excellent show, great acting, good writing, respectful of race and gender.much, much better than the BBC adaptation of Sherlock Holmes stories. The BBC one is very cliche and the character is too annoyingly arrogant and robotic, even reptilian. JLM has managed to make Sherlock into a lively, humane and a very inspiring character.
I actually like both of them. Both shows have actors that are doing well together. The shortness of the Sherlock keeps it from getting boring. Lucy Liu as Watson is an excellent idea.
No way. BBC Sherlock is awesome. Benedict Cumberbatch is great in the show.
PLEASE DON’T CANCEL!!!!
I completely agree with Fred. The BBC Sherlock is as far-fetched as you can get–especially this season! Terrible! I love Elementary, and the show seems to get better with every episode.
Miller & Liu have a great quirky chemistry. They’re both terrific. Show is clever, entertaining, & much better than the BBC Sherlock, which for some reason has everyone swooning.
WATCH THIS SHOW!!!!! DON’T LET ‘EM CANCEL IT!!!!!!!!!