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.
Please don’t cancel it, too many shows have been cancelled due to ratings at least finish it with something good instead of making us wonder what happened or what could’ve happened to everyone. I mean yous wrote about Emma Stone’s future and how she’s going to die at least let us know if it comes true or now… Hopefully not:( so please please please don’t cancel it it’s such an amazing show to watch for people that appreciate it
Team Cancel OUAT because this show sucks for anyone who is not a fan of either CS or Regina
cancel it this show is such a mess right now
So much for giving the show back its season 1 feel, this season could not be any less like season 1 if it tried, season 1 was good this season is utter crap, cancel it
This show has become nothing but a CS snooze fest
This season has been so bad its embarrassing, cancel it.
this show has gone so far down the toilet just cancel it already
Continue once upon a time I really enjoy watching it and gets more excited every time.
Cancel it
Cancel it there is no point in me watching OUAT anymore because this show is being written for CS fans and I’m not a CS fan, CS ruined the show.
Just end it in May, it isn’t worth dragging the show on any further, its the same crap every season, no fresh ideas or character development at all. Shows can’t go on forever and does the expression flogging a dead horse mean anything because that’s what will be happening if this show is given another season and its whats already happening now. Seasons 4 and 5 were bad and season 6 is even worse, if ABC have any sense about them at all, they will not allow OUAT to have another season and if the writers have any respect for… Read more »
Ratings are going down due to all the new online sites. There are so many illegal and free sites available now, how can you keep track of the ratings. Not everyone takes the time to rate a show. With more and more people switching to Netflix, holu +, and Amazon prime who each have their own exclusive shows. HBO and Showtime with their own series as well. People having 2 or 3 jobs don’t have as much time to watch all the shows out there. So ratings are going to go down for a lot of shows. So with that… Read more »
Cancel it, there is no joy or happiness in this show for anyone unless your a CS fan the writers don’t care about the rest of the fans so cancel it.
Cancel it!
Cancel, cancel, cancel!!!!!