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?
☺️Love Prison Break!!!
Just got cancelled…
Brooklyn 99 is a funny show. I especially enjoy Charles Boyle. Hope it is renewed for next season.
Not a big fan of 24 Legacy but the numbers are pretty good : it seems that another day will be on the works for another season. I’m just talking about the numbers, nothing else ….
24 Legacy’s numbers only seem good because of the Superbowl episode. Without that, the numbers would be much smaller as the last 4 episodes were 0.8
I love this show and it should go for another season, GET RID OF SOME OF THESE REALITY SHOWS, we need these shows and they are great. THis would be a keeper.
Just want to put a good word in for APB. That is a wonderful show, it shows what true technology could do for our police departments across America, could do to protect their people. It always leaves me wanting more and I can’t wait for the next episode. I would rather watch it, with morals and values, then some of the unmoral and no value cartoons on TV these days. Please renew APB. I think you’re ratings would be better on a different time and date. Right now it’s on at the same time as a very popular ABC show,… Read more »
I think it’s pretty bad when this channels renews stupid cartoons like the Simpsons abs Bibb burgers instead of rosewood the Simpson had run its course stupid cartoons that teach kids how to cussed and disrespect there parents it’s ridiculous how they would keep a show like lucifer the devils show everyone knows that lucifer is the name of the devils channels instead of Christians need to stand up and protest change 23 on what they rake as good and we count as stupid . God is delivering the u. S. With A Godly president u ought to be ashamed.… Read more »
Finally..Lucifer is back…
I was surprised at how incredible APB turned out to be! Of course it shows all of the amazing advancements in technology and the things that we can do with it. But it doesn’t completely glorify tech. APB also shows the dangers that these new innovations can bring and reminds us that no system, no matter how advanced, is completely secure. Please renew this show for a second season! It zeroes in on the the controversies our society faces today and is CRAZY AWESOME to boot!
Seems like “Shot’s Fired” just goes on & on each week. Each week, at end of the hour, very little “new information” comes out. Show moving slow!! Gets boring! Hurry up & let this show bring out the corrupt police force (as information to date suggests), & “BE DONE” with this TV series already, geez! Enough already. Only watch as nothing else is on! Thought tonight was season Finale, no found out 3 or 4, perhaps more episodes more… REALLY?? Think we’re going to have to go into “streaming with Netflix or Amazon”, This show just gets irritating & repitious… Read more »
Apb needs to be renewed for a season 2 like He said on the finale it’s just the beginning
omg..I hope the comment below is definitely incorrect!! Cancel “Shots Fired”, now,
please ??!
Sorry, saw Rosewood at end, at least Rosie finishes his story in an episode, “Shots Fired” is ridiculous & S-L-O-W, way too slow.!!
Please one more season rosewood. Let them get together
Please don’t cancel Last man on Earth!! Love this show, please one more season!
More Last man on earth and New Girl!! Give us a good ending for both!!
I like Sleepy Hollow because it has a lot of historical data mixed in with the drama. When it started getting off track, it was a little strange. Get it back to how it was in the beginning and don’t cancel it. Sleepy Hollow and Rosewood are both good shows.
I was a fan of Sleepy Hollow for about the first 2 seasons, (and I thought John Noble was a wonderful find), but then it got to be too bizarre and I didn’t find it entertaining so much as creepy.