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.
Renewed!!! This is my favorite show to watch!!!
I’ve given up on this show because there is not an ounce of joy or happiness to be had in it for my two favourite characters Rumple and Belle, all they’ve had is wall to wall misery for seasons now and I’ve had enough of it so I’m all for the show being canceled at this point or ending in May this year either one will do for me.
I know a lot of people who said they don’t watch the show at all anymore, not live or on netflix or via any other platform and they have deleted the episodes they did have from their dvrs, so I honestly don’t think taking netflix etc into account would make much of a difference to the ratings, if people say that they aren’t watching the show because they don’t like it anymore then it usually means they aren’t watching on any platform whatsoever.
cancel it the writers have sucked the life and soul right out of this show since season 4
I don’t have the heart to watch this show anymore, I loved it back in seasons 1 and 2 and I like season 3 until they killed Baelfire. After that the show just started slowly falling apart and it continued going down the slippery slope from season 4 onwards and it has never recovered since, I vote to cancel it.
Yes cancel it, OUAT has turned into a soap opera, its fallen so far from what it used to be and is certainly not worth another season because judging by the material the writers have been churning out for the past two years it would only get worse.
As much as I used to love this show I hope its cancelled or ends this season because its destroyed my favourite two characters and every season the stories are the same for all the characters, Regina Vs Snow White and charming, Regina’s Redemption, Rumple’s redemption, Rumple is a beast, Rumple has a bad relationship with his son, Rumbelle split up for the millionth time, Emma and her insecurities, Henry and his moms, Emma and her saviour issues, dark curses, sleeping curses, abandoned children, the list is endless. It’s just the same thing over and over again, its become painfully… Read more »
Don’t cancel it! I love Once Upon A Time so much! It’s one of the only shows I have watched that has continued on so long and I would be devastated for it to come to an end when there is so much story left to be told! My mom and aunt and I all watch it together <3
I hope it carries on, myself and my daughter love the show & only started watching it 2 months ago but we are on season 6 already. Maybe show makers should also look st viewing figures on Netflix ect where people often watch it.
Please don’t cancel this show its great for all ages. I do love the new twist in the Fairy Tail storys and how the writers tie them in together. The graphics and costumes also make up a lot of the show .
I want to watch many more seasons to come. Bring forth season 7 please
Cancel it
PLEEEEEASSSSE DON’T CANCEL THE SHOW!!! I know it started a little rough but it regain some of it’s original magic again towards the later half of season 6. I’m still hooked on the show!!!
Cancel it, this show has become a horror story, season 6 has been the worst season yet and I thought it couldn’t get much worse than season 5 well I was wrong season 6 went even further down the slippery slope and the show is now a nightmare.
Cancel it, this show has gone so bad its beyond a joke its so embarrassing