The ratings for WGN America shows are quite small but the cable channel seems committed to producing their original scripted series. Which of the current TV shows will be cancelled or renewed for another season? Stay tuned!
Scripted WGN America TV shows listed: Carter, The Disappearance, Gone, Manhattan, Outsiders, Pure, Salem, and Underground.
Last updated: Most recent ratings for The Disappearance.
There’s a lot of data that WGN execs look at when deciding whether to renew or cancel a TV series but ratings are a major factor. Here’s an updated listing of all of their recent/current primetime scripted shows.
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A couple of notes about these charts:
These figures are updated automatically as new ratings are released (usually a day or so after the broadcasts). The averages are based on the final national numbers (live plus same day viewing). For technical reasons, I have to resort them manually so feel free to let me know if I missed something.
The demo numbers, which are typically most important to the broadcast networks, aren’t quite as vital to cable channels because their audiences are usually much smaller. Demo numbers are typically reported using the 10ths decimal place (2.4, for example). In the averages, I’m using an extra decimal for easier ranking.
What do you think? Are you surprised by any of the ratings? Which shows should be doing better? Which one do you think will be cancelled next?
I stopped watching Underground when they cancelled Outsiders. Watching Outsiders started me watching Underground but now that Outsiders is gone so is WGN in my house! Come on Netflix!! Pick up Outsiders!!
Please find outsiders a spot on any network. I really looked forward to this show every Tuesday night . My husband called this our date night with pizza and “outsiders” .Great cast and great plot.Not a show you could just walk out of the room and not watch .please bring it back for another season. Thanks
I think WGN should poll veiwers beyond their target range, ppl over 49. Underground is extremely popular with viewers in the older demographic.
OUTSIDERS is the best show out there, bar none. I don’t have much time to watch TV due to my job but I ALWAYS watch OUTSIDERS. It is timely, original, entertaining, and just plain phenomenal! Check out social media and you will see how loyal and vocal the fans of this series are! The story cannot end here – it must continue… on whatever station Sony leases it to. I’ll be there!
I agree! I will be there as well Sue Ferriola. Certainly not WGN…who BTW was becoming my favorite network. NOT ANYMORE! Just as you pointed out…check out social media about OUTSIDERS & their comments about dropping this show. GedGedYah fellow fan. I’ll see you on new network & we will find one!
Okay, OUTSIDERS is canceled?? That’s a dammmned good show. A VERY good show. I’m really stunned right now. But when I look at the ratings compared to the other shows, it shows that OUTSIDERS have even higher ratings than UNDERGROUND, which is also very good. So..I’m deducting that UNDERGROUND is about to be canceled as well or not too far off from being so. Also, SALEM was canceled and so was MANHATTAN. It looks like ALL of WGN’s shows are ending up canceled which is leading me wonder if it’s the network itself that just doesn’t have the viewership reach… Read more »
I totally agree & by canceling shows in their infancy, they NEVER WILL! Do you honestly think you will ever get the hit you so desire in 2 seasons? NO you will NOT.
Why are you taking off outsiders you guys are crazy,If it was not for that you would not have been successful with the other shows ,Just think consumers like me look forward to tuesday nights because of the outsiders,Now i love underground but because you guys took off outsiders ,I don’t want to watch underground it is a shame.Now you guys are gonna loose a lot of people over this.SHAY MUST STAY!!!!!!!!!
WGN is in some of the higher tiers when it comes to TV Providers. I would always pay more to make sure I have this channel! It started out with Manhattan then Outsiders and Underground. I was really upset when they cancelled Manhattan and now Outsiders!!! WGN, what are you thinking? I’ve lost all hope in your station! I will not care if WGN is a part of my channel lineup or not! I am extremely upset that Outsiders are leaving!!! What was the sense in me buying the first season just so it can be cancelled the next season?!?!… Read more »
All the satellite & cable operations should just drop WGN. I’ve watched several of their shows, like Manhattan & Salem, & now Outsiders, only to see them dropped. WGN is no longer worth my time in getting involved in story lines.
I absolutely agree. It takes at least a couple of seasons for people to become emotionally attached to the show. You are dropping them at the time the viewers are “growing” in leaps & bounds. I will NOT get involved in another WGN show only to have it snatched away with NO CLOSURE whatsoever! You’re cutting your own throat. Look at the 3 previous shows you have done the same thing to. I am not Matt Cheriss but I know a real hit when I see it & if 3 mil viewers & growing don’t tell him anything about what… Read more »
You need to run season two don’t stop the shows. It is a good series that needs to continue
Have not watched WGN America since they stop showing Chicago programming (news, Cubs, white sox). Just cancel the entire network…it’s worthless.
I love Underground. Me and my wife are addicted to it. There are very few shows that depicts this side of American History. Each episode keeps us wanting more.
Underground should have received better ratings. I would like to see it.
So why aren’t you seeing it? Maybe it would get better ratings if people were seeing it.
I agree but in WGN’s defense their network isn’t available through every cable provider
Havedn’t cared since they cancelled Manhattan. A fantastic show that should have stuck around at least through Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
With a 0.03 rating that was once said to be the lowest rating a TV show had in a long time, there was no way it was getting renewed
The WGNA has a hit in Salem,with the fans, for now, as for their other shows, that’ll probably pass. Give them time to mess Salem up, too! Underground was a huge historical undertaking, as is Salem. The background research involved when writing for such a show is complex to say the least. Salem’s 45 minutes up the road, so its history is so famous here in this part of MA. obviously! So is the Legend of Lizzie Borden, & that didn’t bode well for Lifetime & their ridiculous series. Keep it accurate & real as possible.
See what happens when you drop baseball? Nobody watches…
That used to happen to me a lot when I played little league baseball, drop baseball.