The ratings for Once Upon a Time took another sizable dip last season but the show remained one of ABC’s top shows. Will the numbers continue to fall or will they grow? Could the show be cancelled or is it a sure bet to be renewed for season five? Stay tuned.
Once Upon a Time follows the continuing adventures of fairytale characters who switch between their storybook world and Storybrooke, a small town in Maine. The ensemble cast includes Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Dallas, Robert Carlyle, Colin O’Donoghue, Emile de Ravin, Jared S. Gilmore, and Michael Socha.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — typically around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/8 update: ABC has renewed this series for a fifth season.
Final season averages: 2.18 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 6.56 million total viewers.
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Due to a Nielsen glitch, some of the early ratings of the 2014-15 season were revised a couple weeks later.
Last year comparison: The third season of Once Upon a Time averaged a 2.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 7.08 million total viewers.
Note: These are the final national numbers (unless noted with an “*”). These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings. 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 Once Upon a Time TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a fifth season?
Just watched the finale. I mean if Game of Thrones, a show about boobs and swords in the medieval ages, can have some semblance of consistency in its character development (discrediting that they’re based off a series of books/aimed at a different audience), a show based off fairytales (around for decades) ought to be able to do a similar thing. Shoving half assed romance arc’s down my throat and leaving me to navigate plot holes larger than the Great Blue Hole will not succeed in holding my interest.
This show was good….once upon a time.
you guys need to keep this show.its an awsome show .then the whole villains and heroes is such a good idea!please keep this show already losing amazing shows not this one to.
wtf who can say this show is crap, its gone from good to fantastic ,love every single bit of it, great actors and great acting, great stories great effects ,i am sick and tired of these fantastic shows being cancled. time and again ,because of people like that who say its crap ,there is those of us out there who love this sort of show, and look forward to watching it , i am sick of getting into a show just for it to be cancled out of the blue, but they keep crap shows running but cancel great ones… Read more »
Once Upon A Time is defenetly THE best show I have ever seen. I didn’t know you could love a serie so much as I love OUAT. I just found it so well down, with amazing actors and such a great story line that is SO mindblowing at time!!! I beeeg that they DO NOT cancelled it, the show need to be RENEW for many more season. I’m sure the ratings will increase soon, I’ll even try to convince my friends to watch it. Please, do not cancel it. It would break millions of people’s hearts………. Including mine :'(
Awesome show..I hope they will renew it for fifth season and more ….
This show has jumped a tank of sharks, and they subverted the three female leads it was about to bad men entitled to be loved by them because sexist reasons.
Please please please renew Once Upon A Time. I love this show! I’ve been hooked from the very beginning. I always look forward to the next episode. It’s such a fascinating show. I love the way everything ties together from the past to the present, and the fairytale characters. I’m not ready to find a new favorite to watch every week. Please do whatever it takes to spice it up to increase the ratings.
OUAT was brilliant when it started, and I have been an avid fan. BUT, the last 2 seasons have not lived up to the first two. Season 4 has been better than the Frozen season, but not by much. The story has slowed to a crawl and the romance is minimal. Go back to the formula that put this show on the map! Otherwise, it will be gone after season 5!
Once Upon A Time is the ONLY show I watch and care about enough to watch on air. It’s pretty personal for me because Rumplestiltskin ended up being my saving grace. I related to him immediately, even in the pilot (albeit subconsciously) and it’s a lot like watching my life through anothers’ eyes. From being difficult to love; people not trusting my behavioural issues; losing a parent (my mom) as a child; being called a freak; never feeling good enough; learning to use my “issues” to my advantage because I couldn’t change anyway and no one believed I would. When… Read more »
I still watch hoping that the show will get better. But it’s clear now that I am wasting my time. They should be honest about the show and do a crossover with the Maury show! Please do not renew this for Season 5. Your ratings are down and everywhere in the fandoms, you hear clamors of disenchantment. OUAT the Fiendish are you doing, A&K, with this Once upon a good show?
HOLA soy de PERÚ y miro ONCE UPON A TME todos los domingos que dan , ESTOY ENCANATADO CON ESTA SERIE , Y SÍ.. YO TAMBIEN MORIRÍA SI FUESE CANCELADO, ADORO ESTA SERIE PORQUE ES TAN MAGNIFICA EN TODOS LOS ASPECTOS Y ME PREOCUPA QUE NO TENGO TANTOS COMO SE DICE AQUÍ EN PERÚ ” RATING” … VAMOS!! QUE PASA!! #OnceUponATime !!
I literally stopped watching all other ABC shows when I started watching Once Upon a Time! IT IS MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would die if it got cancelled! And yes, I want Hook and Emma to get married. But, I do have to say, I AM SICK AND TIRED OF HENRY!!!!!!!!!!! He’s too old now. There should be a new kid, but this time a girl. THERE HAS TO BE A FIFTH SEASON OF OUAT!!!!!!!!!!! I really do hope the producer is reading all of these comments! About 98% of the people said that they would die if OUAT got cancelled,… Read more »
RENEWED! I love love love love looovvvvvveeeee this program, I just wish that it wasnt cancelled in the UK (where I am) because i now have to watch it online :(. this show is amazing and the whol idea of it is pure genius and i love all the twists they put on the fairytales. It would be a travesty if it got cancelled
I would love to see Once Upon A Time go to season five because each season get’s better and better I love the fact how you bring all the fairy tale characters to life on one show together I also would like to see some more action and all the twist and turn are awesome it really does keep me on the edge of my seat….. ROOTING FOR SEASON FIVE!!!!!!!
This show is Horowitz and Kitsis own personal fan fiction about them getting hot, powerful women to date them basically. It’s even worse than it sounds.