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.
Cancel it!!!
Cancel it!
Cancel!!!!
Cancel it or end it, either way let it die with whatever speck of dignity it has left instead of trying to milk it dry and reducing it to a shell of it’s former self.
OUAT has become diabolical please cancel it before my favourite characters are ruined any further.
Cancel it!
No, still an amazing wonderfully creative show . Once Upon A Time does not deserve to be cancelled! ABC needs to let them have a final seventh season everyone needs to have a HAPPY ending there is so much passion in the fandom it’s not even funny .Too many people are invested in these characters. ABC also needs to realize this show has a younger audience who sometimes complain online when things don’t go their way. Bravo’s to the writers and actors who completely keep us going with twists and turns on these famous literary characters honestly one of the… Read more »
You better tell ABC not to cancel it!!!
I love Once Upon a Time, its the best show ever!!!! Dont cancel it, please renew its such a great show with such great actors in it!!! Renew it!!!!
Why would you take away once upon a time it’s a great show me and my mom look forward to it on Sundays please renew
Renewed!!!!!!!
Stay!
I absolutely love this show! It’s none of my favorites if not my favorite. I would hate to see it cancelled. I’s hope for at least one more season where they tie up everything and give the show the happy ending it deserves. I noticed a lot of people attacking the show because of their preferences, but that doesn’t mean that the show should end. I do think the 4th season wasn’t the best, but it is a good show. Just because a certain ship that people want isn’t cannon, doesn’t give the right for people tonjust want to cancel… Read more »
This show is literally the only thing in my life that I have to be excited for anymore.
it is the best to show ever made and should keep making more seasons.
No they should not cancel it just because of low ratings. They beed to check online ratings. Some people watch online because they missed it on sunday, dont have the channel or just because they want to. It’s a really good show and it should not end right now