In the past, CBS has used Saturday nights to air episodes of 48 Hours and reruns of their crime dramas. They’ve also used the night to burn off unaired episodes of cancelled shows. Now, the network is airing an original scripted series called Ransom on Saturdays. The TV series is an international co-production so it may not end up costing them much. Will the ratings for Ransom be good enough to ensure that the TV show will see a second season? Or, will it be cancelled instead? Stay tuned.
On CBS‘ Ransom TV show, an experienced crisis and hostage negotiator, Eric Beaumont (Luke Roberts), and his team are brought in to save lives when no one else can. Eric understands criminals better than they sometimes understand themselves and he uses his insight into human behavior to resolve the most difficult kidnap and ransom cases. Eric’s team is played by Brandon Jay McLaren, Nazneen Contractor, and Sarah Greene.
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.
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Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like the Ransom TV show on CBS? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for season two?
5/17/17 update: CBS has cancelled the Ransom TV show. Details here.
5/19 update: Ransom may not be cancelled and could still be renewed for season two. Details here.
10/10 update: Ransom has been renewed for season two on CBS. Details here.
I love the show. I too found by accident. Should be rdnewdd
Must shout this: RANSOM IS A TERRIFIC SHOW! GIVE IT A CHANCE! PLEASE RENEW! My fingers and toes are crossed it is renewed. This series is much better than many others that are on Monday through Thursday evenings…BUT… so many channels, too few time slots…not enough hours in a day…
I love this show. Shame on cbs for not promoting it at all. Found it by accident on a boring sat night, when suddenly tv stations put nothing anymore. To find this little gem was such a surprise.
Love, love, love this show. Great cast & consistently good story lines. This one needs to be renewed!
For the uninitiated and those of us who are not familiar with the specifics of the metrics and analytics of the Ratings (of whom I would think the numbers are astronomically far higher than those who are), why not comment on where the rankings you post lie among other shows in that time zone and/or, at least, whether the ratings indicate that the show’s rankings are (a) High, (b) Medium or (c) Low. If you wanted to get really adventurous, you could add a one sentence statement of “These rankings seem to indicate that this show will (survive OR is… Read more »
I really like Ransom . I sure hope it’s renewed. I may be over the age range but I do like watching the show.
Love the show, even though it’s on a bad night. Too bad I’m not in the correct demographic group, but I guess we boomers don’t count for much!
Hope it will be renewed!
I like the show alot
Like this show and cast please give it a chance and season 2! I’m just not sure that Saturday night is a good night.
Just found this show. Really like it. Give it a chance!
The show is going to be CANCELLED. If Amazon or Netflix doesn’t take it, or CBS doesn’t move it to All Access or the CW, it is finished. The ratings are PUTRID! The Saturday experiment is a disaster(at least for this show).
Not an experiment. It’s the burial grounds.
Really like this show, don’t cancel
Really like the show 🙂
I love the new show ransom I hope it gets picked up for a second season. I’m really surprised it’s aired on Saturdays considering it’s so good! I didn’t even know it was on Saturdays at first cause I watch it on my cbs app.