The ratings for Grey’s Anatomy have been declining over the past couple seasons. Will they drop so low that the show will actually in danger of being cancelled? Stay tuned to find out.
The ninth season of Grey’s Anatomy typically airs Thursday nights at 9pm on the ABC network. This season, the cast includes Chandra Wilson, Ellen Pompeo, James Pickens Jr, Jesse Williams, Jessica Capshaw, Justin Chambers, Kevin McKidd, Patrick Dempsey, Sandra Oh, Sara Ramirez, and Sarah Drew.
Below are the TV show’s ratings for the 2012-13 season, the best way to tell if Grey’s Anatomy is going to be cancelled or renewed for a 10th season.
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Final season averages: 3.1 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.08 million total viewers.
Episode 09-24: Thursday, 05/16/13
3.1 in the demo (0% change) with 8.99 million (0% change).
Season averages: 3.10 in the demo with 9.08 million.
UPDATE: ABC has renewed this show for a 10th season for 2013-14.
Episode 09-23: Thursday, 05/09/13
3.1 in the demo (+3% change) with 8.97 million (+1% change).
Season averages: 3.10 in the demo with 9.08 million.
Episode 09-22: Thursday, 05/02/13
3.0 in the demo (+11% change) with 8.87 million (+8% change).
Season averages: 3.10 in the demo with 9.09 million.
Episode 09-21: Thursday, 04/25/13
2.7 in the demo (-4% change) with 8.24 million (-4% change).
Season averages: 3.10 in the demo with 9.10 million.
Episode 09-20: Thursday, 04/04/13
2.8 in the demo (-3% change) with 8.58 million (-5% change).
Season averages: 3.12 in the demo with 9.14 million.
Episode 09-19: Thursday, 03/28/13
2.9 in the demo (-3% change) with 9.02 million (-4% change).
Season averages: 3.14 in the demo with 9.17 million.
Episode 09-18: Thursday, 03/21/13
3.0 in the demo (+15% change) with 9.39 million (+15% change).
Season averages: 3.15 in the demo with 9.18 million.
Episode 09-17: Thursday, 03/14/13
2.6 in the demo (-16% change) with 8.20 million (-6% change).
Season averages: 3.16 in the demo with 9.17 million.
Episode 09-16: Thursday, 02/21/13
3.1 in the demo (+11% change) with 8.75 million (+2% change).
Season averages: 3.19 in the demo with 9.23 million.
Episode 09-15: Thursday, 02/14/13
2.8 in the demo (-10% change) with 8.57 million (-4% change).
Season averages: 3.20 in the demo with 9.26 million.
Episode 09-14: Thursday, 02/07/13
3.1 in the demo (+11% change) with 8.91 million (0% change).
Season averages: 3.23 in the demo with 9.31 million.
Episode 09-13: Thursday, 01/31/13
2.8 in the demo (-7% change) with 8.93 million (-1% change).
Season averages: 3.24 in the demo with 9.34 million.
Episode 09-12: Thursday, 01/24/13
3.0 in the demo (0% change) with 9.01 million (+2% change).
Season averages: 3.27 in the demo with 9.37 million.
Episode 09-11: Thursday, 01/17/13
3.0 in the demo (-6% change) with 8.80 million (-6% change).
Season averages: 3.30 in the demo with 9.41 million.
Episode 09-10: Thursday, 01/10/13
3.2 in the demo (+10% change) with 9.34 million (+14% change).
Season averages: 3.33 in the demo with 9.47 million.
Episode 09-09: Thursday, 12/13/12
2.9 in the demo (-3% change) with 8.17 million (-10% change).
Season averages: 3.34 in the demo with 9.48 million.
Episode 09-08: Thursday, 12/06/12
3.0 in the demo (-3% change) with 9.10 million (+2% change).
Season averages: 3.40 in the demo with 9.65 million.
Episode 09-07: Thursday, 11/29/12
3.1 in the demo (-3% change) with 8.95 million (+1% change).
Season averages: 3.46 in the demo with 9.72 million.
Episode 09-06: Thursday, 11/15/12
3.2 in the demo (-3% change) with 8.84 million (-5% change).
Season averages: 3.52 in the demo with 9.85 million.
Episode 09-05: Thursday, 11/08/12
3.3 in the demo (+10% change) with 9.26 million (+6% change).
Season averages: 3.58 in the demo with 10.06 million.
Episode 09-04: Thursday, 10/25/12
3.0 in the demo (-12% change) with 8.76 million (-10% change).
Season averages: 3.65 in the demo with 10.25 million.
Episode 09-03: Thursday, 10/18/12
3.4 in the demo (-11% change) with 9.69 million (-11% change).
Season averages: 3.87 in the demo with 10.75 million.
Episode 09-02: Thursday, 10/04/12
3.8 in the demo (-14% change) with 10.84 million (-8% change).
Season averages: 4.10 in the demo with 11.29 million.
Episode 09-01: Thursday, 09/27/12
4.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 11.73 million total viewers.
Season averages: 4.40 in the demo with 11.73 million.
Year-to-year, the season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy was up by 7% in the demo (vs a 4.1 rating) and up by 13% in viewers (vs 10.38 million). These were the best numbers since January 2012.
Reference point: The 2011-12 season averaged a 3.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 9.83 million viewers.
Note: These ratings are collected by the Nielsen company and are the final national numbers. These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings and are reported on by most other outlets. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you still like the Grey’s Anatomy TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a 10th season?
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Grey’s is one of the few shows BOTH my husband and I watch together. We love it, though sometimes the sex scenes seem pretty overdone. We enjoy the story lines, the medical cases and the wonderful actors. PLEASE keep it coming! It’s definitely my favorite show 🙂
i love greys. it is bad enough that abc has cancel pp but now they are thinking about greys also i would like to know what rating they are talking about because like another comment stated you have internet and all types of recorders now. do they consider that also i been watching since it started and i would truly miss it. you need to read commits that people leave on what ever stations that it is on. hopefully abc will keep it on an not be and idiot and cancel it.
I love this tv show it helps me clear my head and stay focused on having my dream career which is being a surgeon. And I think that the newer seasons are better than the first but i love them all.NEVER CANCEL
Grey’s needs to have Addision return to the show now that Private Practice is finally over.
Little Grey being killed off was a bad decision. Mark Sloan leaving hurt worse. This on again off again twosome was the next great love story Greys had and was wiped off for the new crop of interns? yuch! predictable! Also the plane crash ugh! The worst storyline now is with Arizona and Callie. They are the hottest couple and brillant doctors on the show bt this storyline backs them into a corner of dull. What were they thinking?
I’m NOT loving these characters..the show, I feel, is really lacking something..I can’t put my finger on what it is!
First let me say I love Grey’s, but… They currently have too many characters and two many story lines to follow. Everything is so disjointed and doesn’t flow because there is so much/many to keep up with.
I agree J.R. You put your finger right on it. Along with too many characters and too many story lines, all of these things keep going back and forth. Closing the ER, doctors quitting, nurses quitting, the hospital being sold to cut it up and sell off parts, then Catherine Avery coming up with making it a part of the Avery Foundation and her son getting too big for his breeches and Owen quitting. Most of this happened last night. Are you confused yet? Then there was the drama of 3 transplant patients waiting for organs and when they come… Read more »
Love it. It’s my favorite show!!!!
This show is a shadow of the first 4 years and in a lot of cases the current episodes are borrowing stories from those years. I hate the new interns who are apparently supposed to be replacements for the orig. cast. I miss Izzy and George and Burke. I also watch the old episodes. I don’t own Season 5-9. After Season 4 it headed downhill and the stories were really mind numbingly stupid. I am hoping it gets canceled before the creators tear it down to the point where it takes the first few years down with it.
hey, I’m from Romania, and I’ve been watching grey’s since the first episode, on TV and on the computer, all episodes , and not only once. In my country various televisions air different seasons, some of them older or newer,and I always watch an ep when I catch it on TV, even if it’s for the fourth of fifth time.It’s true, some episodes weren’t as good as those in the early seasons, but I could never stop watching grey’s, and when they will shut it down, I will rewatch them, until I learn the lines by heart:).I hope it will… Read more »
Do these ratings reflect Tivo and other DVR’s and on Demand and network websites for the videoes? Don’t forget the old VCR. There are a LOT of people still using them. Ever think to ask the viewers if they like the show?
I do and I watch every week, altho not at 9pm on Thursdays.
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Love this show since the first show! Please never cancel!!
I have LOVED grays ever since it started…i missed the first season then bought the whole season so I would know who was who. I then watched ALL the time yr,after yr. Until they said it was going to be cancelled , it was getting boring so stopped watching after Mcdreamy and that whole thing passed. I didnt care any more. Then I started seeing ads that it was starting again in Sept. asked my friend in the UK if I was dreaming “wasn’t Gray’s being cancelled?” She said YES. Anyway tuned in first eps.of sea#9…didnt have a CLUE as… Read more »
No doubt this season has been almost a reboot. Most of the episodes crackle with energy missing in the past couple of years. Having started out fresh and filled with strong female roles, the dip into constant sex and couples needing therapy stories brought it close to the soap opera cliff. However, the plane crash and resulting cast shake up gives Grey new life and an opportunity to watch three generations of surgeons, two we know and love and the new residents fresh out of medical school, blend together in many different and challenging situations bringing Grey’s closer to the… Read more »
I love grey’s Anatomy it is the best show ever. I watch all the seasons over and over again. I watch Grey before anything else. I do wish that you could play some reruns before the new season came on just to keep it fresh