ABC Family Freeform has had some very successful scripted shows — and a lot more of the less successful kind. Which are your favorites? Which of the current TV series will be cancelled or renewed for another season? Stay tuned!
Scripted Freeform shows listed: Alone Together, Baby Daddy, Beyond, The Bold Type, Chasing Life, Cruel Summer, Dead of Summer, Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, Everything’s Trash, Famous In Love, The Fosters, Good Trouble, Grown-ish, Guilt, Kevin from Work, Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger, Melissa & Joey, Motherland: Fort Salem, Mystery Girls, Party of Five, Pretty Little Liars, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Ravenswood, Recovery Road, Shadowhunters, Single Drunk Female, Siren, Stitchers, Switched at Birth, Twisted, The Watchful Eye, and Young & Hungry.
Updated with the latest ratings for Grown-ish.
There’s a lot of data that Freeform execs look at when deciding whether to renew or cancel a TV series but ratings are a major factor. Here’s an updated listing of all of their recent/current primetime scripted shows.
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A couple of notes about these charts:
These figures are updated automatically as new ratings are released (usually a day or so after the broadcasts). The averages are based on the final national numbers (live plus same day viewing). For technical reasons, I have to resort them manually so feel free to let me know if I missed something.
The demo numbers, which are typically most important to the broadcast networks, aren’t quite as vital to cable channels because their audiences are usually much smaller. 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.
What do you think? Are you surprised by any of the ratings? Which shows should be doing better? Which one do you think will be cancelled next?
I believe that more attention needs to paid to The Fosters. I have to admit I don’t really watch many other ABC Family shows because I see them as focused on younger watchers. The Fosters deals with a setting and plot lines that are in keeping with an increasing number of families in this country. I think it would be good to look at the advertising philosophy and find ways to target older audience members to the show. Some attention to work with your marketing execs to evaluate their current agency to see if there are others that can reach… Read more »
There is nothing FAMILY about your trash shows, Tha’ts why nobody is watching this crap execpt for the few mind-less God-less people
Admin why is there no ratings for”Becoming Us”?
For cable, we only track scripted shows (comedies and dramas).
because it’s UNHOLY and nobody wants to see it
I could dn’t understand why I was not seeing new episodes of Twisted recorded on my DVR. I just saw that it was canceled. I also noticed it was the only show on ABC Family that I record and watch. Guess this network is of no use to me.
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I have no idea why chasing life is moving to 10pm people have to go to bed at the time the only way out is to move it to 7pm or the weekends slot
For me I watch all abc family programming shows over the weekends can someone please put chasing life season 2 on on demand I hope tom ascheim counts the abc family programming shows on On Demand
So I can watch them on a speical feature that has on demand by the network
please don’t cancel chasing life. I’ve been very sick since a young age & it’s the only show out their I can connect & relate too. It’s so difficult dealing with being such & knowing you may possibly die & I would really like to see how April handles getting the news that their is nothing else that can be done. Also love switched at birth so please don’t cancel it either. It’s interesting.
Both Twisted and Ravenswood were fabulous show, I was really disappointed with their cancellations. IMO, Ravenswood had a much better storyline than PLL.
I absolutely loved Ravenswood!
Melissa and Joey,Twisted,Mystery Girls Will Not be Seen This Year,So Instead We May Bring you Some Rodeo,Black Girls In Bikini Being Tackled a Clp Eric Caseboldt At a Pool Party In McKinney,T.X. and Kid and Family Friendly Programmings On Television with Girls In Bikinis and In Baithing Suits and In G-String Thong Bikinis and the Bikini Open On Television.
Why are Ravenswood and Twisted still in the list? I mean when they aired, PLL was on season 4. It’s now on season 6…
Because ABC Family has so few shows, I’ve left them on the list for comparisons. At some point, I’ll move them to an “archive” list but keep them on the same page.
I’m watching twisted on hulu and I’m so in to it. I have never heard about this show until now. what is so upsetting that I won’t be able to see the second season. Something has to be done about this.
I watch all the ABC Family shows and love all of them. I am somewhat baffled that more people don’t watch. The sitcoms are the funniest and the dramas have fantastic plots. Also the shows have a social message that needs to be viewed and heard. Please, PEOPLE, watch these shows, I know you will love them as much as I do. These shows are must-see programming with the whole FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually many of these are NOT family shows, which is why the ratings are dropping so much. This channel is increasingly putting out what is mostly ‘social propaganda’ that many parents do not want their children exposed to. If they ever return to real family programming and get out of the political correctness business, they may regain some market share. Even some better shows on the channel still get bad ratings because even the commercials for the good shows are objectionable.
Melissa and Joey isn’t being cancelled because the ratings are bad. It’s because the kids grew up and they got married so the original story doesn’t really make sense anymore.
Mystery Girls Will Not Be Seen This Year,So Instead We May Bring More FOrever TV Shows On TV With High Raitings and Watc FOrever It’s Better Tha Mystery Girls
The ratings aren’t that good anymore either though
Why would they cancel Twisted,Ravenswood,& Melissa & Joey they had better ratings than Chasing Life & Switched @ Birth
Twisted & Ravenswood did NOT have better ratings tan CL & SAB,not for ling.Neither of them Coukd keep half of PLLs audience,Twisted declined in rating all season going down to 0.3.ABCFamily seems to support CL.SAB is critically acclaimed and a will be at syndication numbers at the end of this fourth season,while Ravenswood & Twisted wre nowhere near it and wouldn’t made it to syndication. sAB is a in house production while Twisted & Ravenswwood might not have been( meaning ABCfsmily owns/produces SAB but not the others maybe) im not sure.As for M& J, it’s ratings have dropped and the… Read more »
PRetty little LIars will not be seen in 2015,so instead,we may bring you some good moral judgements,godly family values and good role modles to kids ad teenagers on television
Wth ? Why is Melissa & Joey cancelled ?
They’re viewers haven’t dropped nearly as much as “Baby Daddy ” & “Pretty Little Liars” & that’s renewed. Why aren’t these shows being dropped ??
“Melissa & Joey” is an amazing show.
Family friendly, hysterical, cute, sweet, the best characters ever, and tons more positive things to say.
Come on, pick it back up ?!!!!!?!!!!
It’s a great show & I’ve never missed an eppie since it started.
Love everyone on the show.
Cancel the shows whose numbers are really bad, not “Melissa & Joey!!!!”
It’s basically I waste of time to complain to this network- I think they only want to please themselves. I see hundreds of comments a day to bring back Witches of East End but they are totally ignored – so will your comment regarding Melissa & Joey. Sorry but this network it now on my don’t view list – since they continually do this to their followers.
OMG I loved Witches of East End, my god that was my show, I’m so angry and sad that it isn’t on anymore. Also anyone remember that show about the twins that switched lives Sutton and the other girl? I LOVED THAT SHOW WHY DID IT HAVE TO END ON A CLIFFHANGER??!
+Hailey::The Lying Game You Mean
Melissa & Joey 18-49 demo had dropped to 0.4-05 from 0.5-0.6& it’s total Viewrs have dropped too to below a million Viewers.Itll have enough episodes for syndication and the sl has reached a natural conclusion with Joe not being a ” manny” anymore and Lennox & Ryder becoming adult & Mel & Joe being married.Those are three reasons it was cancelled.Plus,abcfamily is rebranding and wants older 20somethings watching & has two single camera comedies in devlopment.While I agree BD & Y& H have worse ratings, i suspect theyll be next to go & PLL is still the highest rated abcfamily… Read more »
M& J is being cancelled cause 1.its 18-49 demo has dropped from 0.5-0.6 to 0.4-0.5& total Viewrs below a million. 2.Itll have enough episodes for syndication 3.ABCFamily is rebranding & has two single cam comedies in devolpment & want older 20s something’s to watch 4.The sl is reaching a natrual conclusion now that Joes no linger a “manny”,Mel & Zoe are married,Lennox & zryder are adults. I agree BD & Y& H have worse ratings and I suspect they’ll next to go but PLL-despite it’s ratings drop-is still the networks highest rated show and WS renewed for seasons six& seven.… Read more »
i am surprised by Chasing Life ratings it’s getting worse in the 18 to 49 demos
Chasing SAB PLL The Fosters Should be getting Higher raitings