Last season, the Live + same day ratings for Once Upon a Time dropped more 30% on ABC. Can the series recover? It’s tough to attract new viewers when a show like this one has so many characters and such a complex back story. Could this fantasy drama be cancelled or will it be renewed for a seventh season? Stay tuned.
Once Upon a Time follows the continuing adventures of fairytale characters whose tales unfold between their storybook world and Storybrooke, a small town in Maine. This season, the good guys will have to contend with inhabitants from the Land of Untold Stories and the return of the Evil Queen. The large cast includes Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Josh Dallas, Lana Parrilla, Emilie de Ravin, Colin O’Donoghue, Jared S. Gilmore, Rebecca Mader, and Robert Carlyle. Expected to recur are Beverley Elliott, Raphael Sbarge, David Anders, Jessy Schram, Tim Phillipps, Ingrid Torrance, Peter Marcin, Hank Harris, Sam Witwer, Tzi Ma, Gabrielle Rose, Kristin Bauer van Straten, and Agnes Bruckner.
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.
5/15 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
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Last year comparison: The fifth season of Once Upon a Time averaged a 1.37 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.40 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 seventh season?
5/11 update: ABC has renewed Once Upon a Time for a seventh season. Details here.
Bottom line is the ratings are dropping and 6×18 is the third least watched episode of the series, and this season hs been hitying new series lows almost every week whether anyone likes it or not. This comment section proves that the only people still watching are CSers the rest of the fans have stopped watching. The worst thing this show ever did was create CS because it’s tanked the show ever since and the CSers can’t even see it.
Why do you say only CSers watch it? The bottom line is every single show on abc’s network has dropped in the last 2 years. It has nothing to do with a ship… people of all kinds and all ships still watch the show! This argument isn’t even true, and I don’t even ship them!
every show on abc’s network may have been dropping ratings in the last 2 years but that does not change the fact that Once Upon a Time has tanked over the past two years in it’s fifth and sixth seasons, hitting new series lows almost every week while other abc shows are still pulling in between 7 and 8 million viewers like Grey’s Anatomy in it’s 13th season. It is painfully obvious that Once is not going to last much longer with ratings like that and the ratings only started really seriously tanking because of season 5 pushing CS front… Read more »
I love this show! I’m excited for the season 7 reboot with four of the current characters it would still be great! It’s sad to see so much hate in this comment section but I suppose that’s just voluntary bias… Bottom line ratings are rising after this last episode which was great! Can’t wait for the musical episode and the season finale!
I completely agree Ruby!
I’m a new fan, just binged the first 5 season, and 6a before 6b aired. For me being a new fan, and completely falling in love with the charecters, I would love to see more seasons. There is so much more they can do, that they haven’t even touched on yet. Maybe a Savior pirate baby in the near future…so many more fairy tales they can still play off from as well!! Don’t quit on me now!! To be honest, this is the only show I watch on this network. So if the show bus canceled, I probably won’t watch… Read more »
Totally agree! Love this show!
Completely agree, welcome aboard! -Pun Intended.
Cancel it it’s a mess.
Coming in fourth against ho hum competition is not good news if you are looking for renewal. At one time it lead the pack.
Get rid of this show it’s a disgrace and should be cancelled.
Awful show with Awful writers ABC needs to cancel it.
Cancel OUAT, it’s a broken record, same stories and plot points recycled over and over again, same characters trashed all the time, same characters propped over the time, it’s sickening and I agree with other comments here, the only people still enjoying it are CS fans, everyone else is deserting the show in droves and rightly so.
Horrendous writing, horrendous morals, horrendous messages, happy endings are only for a select few and not for everyone, no one needs a show like this and no one needs a show that promotes abusive relationships as the norm, CANCEL THIS GARBAGE.
This series is trash and needs to be cancelled, I can’t believe how badly the writers have done by it started out so good in season one and now it’s hopeless, cancel it.
Please allow once upon a time to be renewed for season 7. The series is amazing and i love it so much.
I LOVE Once Upon A Time. I like all of the different Fairy Tales, all of the different takes on each of their stories. Love Hook & Emma. Regina is by far the most versatile character, as well as Rumple. I think it should be renewed for another Season. See where it goes.
Renew by God´s sake, but without Hook & Emma, they suck . All is done and said with them. This series should continue focused in Regina, he has all a potential waiting to be discovered. Regina is the answer to all the questions.
I’ve been with OUAT since the beginning and I don’t have the heart to stop watching, but it’s basically a chore to keep up with it. I think it’s time to call it a wrap.
People who want this show cancelled are the people who REALLY used to love it and can no longer stand the awful embarrassment that it has become.