Last year, FOX aired nine new shows and ended up dropping six of them. How will the network do in the ratings this time around? How many 2016-17 shows will be cancelled or renewed? Stay tuned.
How do the execs decide what to cancel or keep? They look at a lot of different factors but the ratings play a very large role. The higher the ratings, the better chances a show has of surviving.
FOX shows this season (so far): 24: Legacy, American Grit, APB, Beat Shazam, Bob’s Burgers, Bones, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Empire, The Exorcist, The F Word, Family Guy, Gotham, Hell’s Kitchen, Kicking & Screaming, The Last Man on Earth, Lethal Weapon, Love Connection, Lucifer, MasterChef, MasterChef Junior, The Mick, My Kitchen Rules, New Girl, Pitch, Prison Break, Rosewood, Scream Queens, The Simpsons, Sleepy Hollow, Son of Zorn, Star and You the Jury.
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A couple of notes about these charts:
These figures are updated automatically as new ratings are released. The averages are based on the final national numbers (live plus same day viewing), unless marked with an asterisk (*). For technical reasons, I have to resort them manually so feel free to let me know if I missed something.
Keep in mind that the demo numbers are typically what’s most important to advertisers. Therefore, that’s how the networks measure success. Advertisers pay more for ad time on a show that has a higher demo rating. Because older viewers don’t count? No, it’s because younger viewers watch less traditional TV and are therefore supposedly harder to reach.
Demo numbers are typically reported using the 10ths decimal place (2.4, for example). In the averages, I’m using an extra decimal for easier ranking. The networks take into account when shows air on Fridays and Saturdays, nights when TV viewership is lower.
What do you think? Which shows are you rooting for? Which one isn’t as big a hit as you thought? Are you hoping any series will get cancelled to make room for something else?
Need some more seasons of Rosewood. Loved it and want to continue watching please bring it back!!
Need some more seasons of Rosewood. Loved it and want to continue watching
Tulsa needs Rosewood to identify the bodies in the mass graves of the 1921 massacre
I think you should try another season of shots fired because a lot of people like that show and you really didn’t give it much time.
One of the best shows I’ve ever seen…please please bring it back
I Live the tv show/ series “Shots Fired” Idk why they would cancel it??? Great Plot, Great Cast, Great acting with real life issues…
PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!
I Love the tv show/ series Shots Fired. Idk why they would cancel it… OMG – It was SO Good!!! Please bring back!!!
Hello, newby here ! Love lethal weapon to death ! Wish I could vote somewhere to support the show x Tina x
I love the exorcist and I hope they keep the series for other season
I think its stupid that shows get canceled on their rating how can you say apb got canceled cause of a 0.78 rating when you cancel a show that has a 1.2 rating its stupid if the show has 3.43 million viewers obviously it should be renewed but when you let morons choose what goes on tv i guess you get to watch alot of stupid shows cause thats all you have to choose from cause they cancel all the good ones even pitch and shots fired had millions of viewers i think all 3 shows should get a second… Read more »
Fox made a massive mistake that them need to rectify.. How can you cancel a show like #rosewood. This is a family get together show so inspirational characters are brilliant. Imagine the show just start and it cancelled already come on #fox do better than that everybody requesting #rosewood bring it back for 2018
Bring prison break back. I think there is so much to tell, since nothing was really done with sara and micheal. 7 years has past. More detail and it will work.
So 24 Legacy is cancelled with over 5 million viewers but the Exorcist is renewed with less than 2.
I think that calculators should be dished out to the TV execs immediately, although I think an abacus would suffice to work out the simplicity of the equations.
24 Legacy is only at 5 because they aired an episode after the Super Bowl and it got a crazy amount of views, it probably would have gotten two million without it.
Please renewed another season of American grit it awosome competition show love watch most every week on Sunday’s at 9 are the best with John cena I really love it.
APB and 24 Legacy?! Come on FOX. APB was cool and creative.