While the show’s ratings have dropped quite a bit, The Good Doctor remains one of ABC’s highest-rated drama series. The network needs newer shows so, is this series essentially guaranteed to be renewed for a fifth season or, could it still be cancelled? Will viewers tire of medical dramas because of the ongoing pandemic? Stay tuned. *Status Update Below.
A medical drama series, The Good Doctor TV show stars Freddie Highmore, Antonia Thomas, Hill Harper, Richard Schiff, Christina Chang, Fiona Gubelmann, Will Yun Lee, and Paige Spara. The series revolves around Shaun Murphy (Highmore), a young autistic savant who’s a surgical resident at the fictional San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. Alone in the world and unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives. He also challenges the skepticism of his colleagues like Dr. Claire Browne (Thomas), Dr. Marcus Andrews (Harper), Dr. Morgan Reznick (Gubelmann), Dr. Alex Park (Lee), Dr. Audrey Lim (Chang), and Shaun’s mentor, Dr. Aaron Glassman (Schiff). Lea Dilallo (Spara) is Shaun’s friend and sometime love interest.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s chances of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
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For comparisons: Season three of The Good Doctor on ABC averaged a 0.86 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 5.81 million 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.
Cable ratings are typically released within a day or so of the show’s airing, except for in the case of weekends and holidays.
What do you think? Do you like The Good Doctor TV series on ABC? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a fifth season?
*5/4/21 update: The Good Doctor has been renewed for a fifth season on ABC.
We’ve done our own diagnosis of the Good Doctor. We are either going to keep this show on life support by fast forwarding any scenes with Lea and Shauny or we will be pulling the plug.
Good doctor season 4 two thumbs down get rid of the writers. What happen to Shawn in the show? Stories are complete nonsense my wife and I are done !! So disappointed.
Yep I agree with you on that one. But please consider boost your ratings so good every week haven’t missed any episodes since season 1 from beginning.
I am SICK and TIRED of ABC’s “The Good Doctor” preaching to us about racism, transgenderism, homophobia, surgical procedures to change one’s gender etc ! ABC has RUINED what once was a good medical drama series ! I won’t be watching it anymore !!
Agreed!
Same here
They ruined the show last season, killing Melendez was a huge mistake. I really like the actress that plays Lea, Freddy Sizemore is really good but the writers have ruined things there as well. Why keep Reznick? what a hollow unrelateable character, I really liked the first couple of seasons, it was nice to see a show that could make me feel good for a change, those days are over.
They could have killed anyone else and it would have made more sense…
Biggest mistake ever. I stopped watching after 3×20.
This is one of our very favorite shows . Please do not cancel!
I Love this show please keep in on
Loved the show since the first episode . Season 4 aired starting with the pandemic and could not watch … already was on the fence since losing Dr . Melendez and that was it unfortunately for me . Just not the same without him .
Thank God. We thought we were the only ones that don’t like the Lea and Shaun scenes. If Lea is going to move in with Shaun, then we might just move on to another Tv show.
Lynda and Dianne
Too much soap opera
Please boost ratings don’t like stupid coronavirus talk not fun to watch.
Yes! I used to like this show a lot, not these first two episodes.
Ratings down 37.5%?
Bye Shaun Murphy
Maybe if they layoff the gloom and doom virus, and go back to the storylines that people liked.
Its a great show and I enjoy it every Monday.
nuff said
I have loved this show and have watched every episode. I think is was a big mistake to kill off Dr. Melendez and get rid of Carley. I was hoping for a romance between Claire and Melendez. The relationship between Shaun and Lea does not work for me. Lea is not a likable person as Carley was. Shaun is becoming whiney and seems to think about sex too much. I an unsure if I will continue to watch without Dr. Melendez and Carley.
In the beginning, this show was about a young autistic doctor who was a diagnostic savant. I was intrigued and never missed an episode.
Now, it’s a show about an annoying ill-tempered little brat with a sex addiction. Good-bye.
I couldn’t agree more!! So sad
Love this show so good can wait for this season.