Last season, original castmember and fan favorite Archie Panjabi left The Good Wife TV show. How will this development affect the series’ storylines and ratings? Will they rise or continue to fall? Is this the year that the series is cancelled by CBS or will it be renewed for an eighth season instead? Stay tuned.
On The Good Wife, attorney and mother Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) continues to face new challenges and opportunities in both her personal and professional lives. This season, the series also stars Matt Czuchry, Alan Cumming, Zach Grenier, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Christine Baranski, and Cush Jumbo.
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 — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
2/7 update: CBS has announced the series is ending.
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For comparisons: The sixth season of The Good Wife averaged a 1.22 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.72 million total viewers.
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 still like The Good Wife TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a eighth season?
Keep the series going. It is my favorite! CBS has lost their rockers 8f they cancel.
Love the show. Would continue watching for several seasons more should it not be canceled. The characters’ development and build-ups have been terrific. The writers, directors, and actors kept the story lines interesting and at times both awe-inspiring and thought-provoking. The core actors, all extremely talented, played their respective roles quite believably. Ms. Marguiles’ numerous award nominations for her work in The Good Wife speak volumes about the way she embraced her role. I hate to see the show go and wish CBS would, instead, consider a different writing staff if the Kings are bored and want to move on… Read more »
I hate that the good wife was ending and i hope it will come back
As I expected this show lost its AFC playoff bounce and is back to its usual poor ratings. Now what is it going to do without football as a lead in?
I’m sorry but football is the reason the Good Wife has such poor ratings. When there is a football game on Sunday night on CBS, it is impossible for people like me who record the series to find the beginning of the show. You have to record extra hours to get the show in it’s entirety. CBS should move it to another night where football does not interfere.
If “The Good Wife” gets renewed for an eighth season, will the episode-title symmetry be wrecked (the symmetry is 1-2-3-4-3-2-1 for a seven season run, for example, seasons three and five have three-word titles). Will they have to come up with two-word titles again during season 8? An extra six seasons of “TGW” to keep the episode-title symmetry going, for a total of 13 seasons? I doubt it, considering the show’s mediocre ratings. Maybe this would be possible if “Good Wife” were CBS’s top drama ratings-wise. Because of this, you would think “Good Wife” would be wrapping up some or… Read more »
Its called entertainment Kasey just what Hillary Clinton is I don’t take the show as anything to do with Hilary its just a good show to watch.
Julianna Margulies and signed a two year contract extension or so I have read online so I imagine it will be renewed and next season will be announced as the last season. I just wish they would move the show to a different night like Thursday or Friday in Hawaii Five 0’s spot if it is canceled this year and not against the Walking Dead on Sundays.
ratings say this puppy has been on one or two years too long
Should have ended with her SA victory, divorcing Peter and going on to living a happy life.
RENEW RENEW RENEW! But it’s so annoying that it hardly ever starts on time because of the late afternoon football game which almost never ends on time and delays everything after it by sometimes 30-40 minutes! I DVR it and set the DVR for 2.5 hours just to be sure I get the whole episode. The cast is great, Alicia is always funny, interesting and complicated. She needs a new serious love interest like … I don’t know … Maybe JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN? Smoldering chemistry between the two of them! I’d like to see her finally break completely free of… Read more »
I’ll take Jason over Kalinda any day!
I thought Peter was aiming for VP, not President. I’m ready for him to leave as a character. He’s a thorn in Alicia’s side.
The Good Wife is back, and it’s brilliant once again. The only thing missing is more screen time for Christine Baranski.
Really enjoying the new season of The Good Wife. Hoping the runners saying it is the last season are not true!
I am falling behind in my prerecorded shows so I did not watch the premier of “The Good Wife” until last night, and it was better than I thought it would be! Although Will and Kalinda are gone, I like where the show is heading; it looks like it is going to be juicer! Eli is taking on a more devious role and I am glad that Louis Canning is back. I almost lost my dinner when Louis admitted he is the “devil”. It certainly will be interesting to see if Alicia works “for” or “with” him. Although I have… Read more »
‘The Good Wife’ is still on? It used to be good, but if it is still on it must have gotten really really good. Sunday night is where CBS and Fox move shows to die. I DVR everything and gave up on Sunday night shows long ago. It just wasn’t worth having to add an extra hour or more to the recording time and then search for the show within that time, IF football ‘accidentally’ ran over the scheduled time.
The Good Wife is an excellent show last night was excellent season premiere and they should keep the series going for a season 8 it’s an excellent show we look forward to watching it every week it must be renewed.