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?
Pitch and Rosewood need to be back on Fox. Both shows were very good, and well written. Please bring them back. They both had better ratings than The Exorcist,and The Exorcist was renewed. Wtf were y’all thinking FOX
Pitch should be brought back… Season 2 please… I am dying of curiosity…. The show was…scratch that, IS lit… FOX bring it back!
Get rid of the simpsons after next season which 30 coming tired same crap ones need to end it time on tv.
Season 30 will come by in 2019, so be patient if you wanna see its end.
Excuse me need end man tired dumb crap comedy that animated never like in first place. Matt Goening need to retired create this kind this long let hope it end in 2019.
Totally obsessed with Gotham! Need more!
Im disappointed that Rosewood was canceled.
I loved Rosewood. Please bring it back.
Great finale of Lucifer . Can’t wait for Season 3
More prison break please thank you
Hi i will love love to see prison break please amake a season 6 please thank you
Correction: That should have read 3.44 not 3.88 viewers for Shots Fired. Which is still better than some of your long running shows.
SHOTS FIRED…………. I hope that FOX powers that be change their minds and give us another season of Shots Fired. At 3.88 rating of Americans watching the show, the entire cast and crew deserve another season. I have seen shows with less people watching be renewed with less tear jerking characters and story line’s that just don’t make sense go further than they should. So if anyone at Fox studios reads this by all means give Shots Fired another season. Then make your final decision on wether or not to grant another one, 3.88 is pretty good compared to other… Read more »
Ok heres t h e problem we love these shows and you dont want them. There a way to keep Everyone working finish the build on further channels. Radio and tv have on air and internet channels instead of on air have it on internet. Not sure but it sounded good!!!!
Pitch and APB deserved second seasons!
Agreed. Just found and watched all of APB it was very entertaining loved it and was family friendly for my teen and I so hard to find. Yet those are the ones that get renew.
Man last week of Lucifer .. Now have to wait for another hiatus ..Hell
Remember how smart TV executives are. I remember a dhow called “Cheers” that was canceled after the first season. That’s until they started to listen to people and brought it back for a second season and I think 9 other seasons. Cheers went from crap show to number one… yeah TV executives don’t always know what people want.
Prison Break and shots fired are awesome, hope they both get renewed.
Both have just been cancelled… sorry 🙁
PLease renew Scream Queens!
PROBABLY A MISTAKE CANCELING APB..VIEWER’S WERE ACTUALLY HIGHER THEN SOME RENEWED SHOWS. SHOULD BE PICKED UP BY ANOTHER NETWORK