“Charlie’s Angels” on Friday joined “The Playboy Club,” “H8R,” “Free Agents” and “How To Be A Gentleman” as one of the first shows of the new season to see cancellation. Which shows are next for the axe, you ask?
CBS 18-49
8.4 (---) (---) (---) (---) Sunday Football
5.9 (6.2) (7.4) (10.7)(1.2) 2½ Men
4.6 (4.5) (4.9) (5.0) (2.5) Big Bang Theory
4.3 (4.5) (4.6) (7.1) (---) 2 Broke Girls
4.0 (4.5) (4.5) (5.0) (1.2) How I Met Your Mother
4.0 (4.2) (5.2) (4.3) (1.7) NCIS
3.9 (4.3) (4.8) (---) (---) Mike & Molly
3.8 (3.8) (3.6) (4.1) (---) Criminal Minds
3.3 (3.4) (3.6) (3.6) (1.7) NCIS LA
3.2 (3.5) (2.3) (2.9) (1.3) 60 Minutes
3.2 (3.1) (3.2) (3.2) (3.4) Survivor
2.8 (3.2) (3.0) (---) (---) Amazing Race
2.8 (2.6) (2.7) (3.1) (---) Person of Interest
2.7 (3.2) (3.3) (3.4) (---) Hawaii Five-0
2.6 (2.9) (3.1) (3.2) (---) CSI
--- (2.5) (2.7) (---) (---) How/Gentleman
2.5 (2.7) (2.6) (2.8) (1.5) Mentalist
2.3 (2.5) (2.5) (2.9) (---) Unforgettable
2.2 (2.4) (2.3) (1.1) (---) CSI Miami
2.1 (2.2) (2.2) (1.1) (0.9) The Good Wife
1.9 (1.8) (2.0) (0.9) (0.8) Blue Bloods
1.6 (1.7) (1.8) (0.8) (0.7) CSI NY
1.2 (1.2) (1.4) (---) (---) A Gifted Man
0.9 (---) (1.2) (1.1) (0.9) 48 Hours
“The Good Wife” and “CSI Miami” are not well capitalizing on the strong lead-in “Amazing Race” provides. The whole “CSI” franchise, frankly, looks pretty wobbly these days.
If “Unforgettable” falls behind “Parenthood,” CBS will want to stick something else on after its hit “NCIS” franchise.
Fox 18-49
--- (4.3) (4.5) (4.8) (---) New Girl
--- (4.1) (4.1) (4.4) (---) The X Factor (We)
3.7 (4.0) (3.9) (4.3) (---) The X Factor
--- (3.6) (3.7) (4.0) (1.0) Glee
--- (3.5) (4.1) (---) (1.9) Family Guy
--- (3.0) (3.9) (---) (2.4) The Simpsons
--- (2.9) (2.9) (3.1) (0.8) Raising Hope
--- (2.7) (3.0) (---) (---) American Dad
2.7 (3.9) (---) (---) (---) House
--- (2.6) (3.1) (---) (---) Cleveland Show
2.5 (3.1) (3.1) (---) (---) Terra Nova
2.5 (---) (---) (---) (---) Baseball (Tu)
2.5 (---) (---) (---) (---) Baseball (We)
1.9 (---) (---) (---) (---) Baseball (Mo)
1.6 (1.7) (1.6) (1.0) (0.9) Kitchen Nightmares
1.3 (1.2) (1.5) (0.6) (0.6) Fringe
--- (---) (1.0) (1.1) (1.0) Cops
Fox gave its competitors a huge gift this week by pre-empting for lower-rated baseball games higher-rated hits like “New Girl,” “The X Factor,” “Glee” and “Family Guy.” This will not help the momentum of the Fox shows.
Nothing on Fox really looks very vulnerable to cancellation except “Fringe,” a huge hit in its first season long before it was comported to the Fox Friday Death Slot that has killed so many sci-fi franchises.
“Terra Nova” is easily Fox’s lowest-rated new series and one of its more expensive, but may have to drift a tiny bit lower before the network banishes it to the Fox Friday Death Slot.
NBC 18-49
8.9 (7.7) (8.3)(10.0)(10.7) Sunday Football
3.3 (3.2) (3.5) (3.9) (1.4) The Office
2.1 (2.0) (2.2) (2.1) (2.2) Parenthood
2.1 (1.9) (2.1) (2.1) (---) Parks and Recreation
2.1 (2.1) (2.1) (2.4) (---) Law & Order SVU
2.1 (2.3) (2.1) (2.3) (3.7) Up All Night
2.0 (2.1) (2.3) (3.6) (---) Biggest Loser
2.0 (2.3) (2.5) (3.3) (---) Whitney
1.7 (1.5) (1.8) (1.7) (0.6) Community
1.5 (1.8) (1.7) (1.9) (---) Sing-Off
1.4 (1.6) (2.0) (1.5) (1.8) Dateline
1.3 (1.5) (1.5) (1.8) (---) Prime Suspect
1.2 (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) (---) Harry’s Law
--- (1.2) (1.3) (1.6) (---) Playboy Club
--- (1.0) (1.0) (1.3) (2.1) Free Agents
I think NBC is ordering scripts but not actual episodes for “Harry’s Law.” The network needs to develop better reality shows than “The Sing-Off” and “Minute To Win It” to fill holes when its scripted fare tanks.
Speaking of which, everybody loves Maria Bello but not her new cop show in “ER’s” old slot. After NBC shuts down “Prime Suspect” it should gin up “Anna Del Amico, MD”?
NBC has already given “Whitney” a full first season, but the network may want to rethink that if the laughtrack sitcom can’t do better than a 2.0 in the NBC’s cushiest timeslot.
ABC 18-49
5.9 (5.7) (5.7) (6.1) (1.8) Modern Family
3.6 (3.1) (3.6) (4.3) (1.0) Grey’s Anatomy
3.6 (---) (---) (---) (---) Last Man Standing
3.3 (2.9) (2.9) (2.9) (---) Dancing/Stars (Tu)
3.2 (2.8) (3.1) (---) (---) Happy Endings
3.0 (3.1) (3.3) (4.0) (---) Dancing/Stars (Mo)
3.0 (3.1) (3.3) (---) (---) Suburgatory
2.9 (2.8) (2.7) (3.1) (1.3) The Middle
2.8 (3.0) (3.2) (---) (---) Desperate Housewives
2.7 (2.4) (2.7) (3.3) (---) Revenge
2.3 (2.1) (2.8) (---) (---) Private Practice
2.1 (2.5) (3.1) (3.2) (---) Castle
2.0 (2.1) (2.3) (1.4) (1.1) Extreme MHE
1.9 (2.6) (3.1) (---) (---) Pan Am
1.8 (2.0) (1.8) (2.2) (---) Body of Proof
1.6 (1.8) (2.2) (3.0) (---) Saturday Football
1.4 (1.5) (---) (1.2) (1.2) AFH Videos
1.3 (1.2) (1.5) (2.1) (---) Charlie’s Angels
1.1 (1.2) (1.0) (1.2) (1.0) 20/20
“Pan Am” and “Body of Proof” are now neck-and-neck for oblivion. ABC’s lowest-rated scripted shows both follow shows that still get decent ratings.
CW 18-49
1.4 (1.2) (1.3) (1.2) (1.5) Vampire Diaries
0.8 (0.7) (0.8) (0.7) (0.9) 90210
0.8 (0.8) (1.0) (0.9) (1.3) Secret Circle
0.7 (0.6) (0.9) (0.9) (1.2) Ringer
0.7 (0.7) (0.8) (---) (0.3) Supernatural
0.6 (0.7) (0.7) (---) (---) Gossip Girl
0.6 (0.8) (0.8) (---) (---) Hart of Dixie
0.5 (0.6) (0.6) (---) (0.3) Nikita
--- (0.4) (0.6) (0.4) (0.6) H8R
“Hart of Dixie,” “Ringer” and “Secret Circle” all just got full first-season orders. “Nikita,” meanwhile, is now the lowest-rated show on the lowest-rated broadcast network.
Cable Shows With Better Ratings Than “Ringer”:
6.9 (4.5) (7.2) (4.8) (6.3) Monday Night Football
3.6 (3.7) (3.8) (3.5) (3.8) Jersey Shore
2.8 (1.4) (---) (---) (---) TBS Baseball (Fr)
2.2 (---) (---) (---) (0.7) Keeping/Kardashians (Su)
2.1 (---) (---) (---) (---) Hip Hop Awards
2.1 (---) (---) (---) (0.7) Keeping/Kardashians (Mo)
1.9 (1.9) (1.7) (1.9) (2.0) Sons of Anarchy
1.9 (1.7) (1.6) (1.6) (1.4) WWE Entertainment
1.8 (3.2) (---) (---) (---) TBS Baseball (Th)
1.7 (1.5) (---) (---) (---) South Park
1.7 (1.7) (1.7) (1.9) (0.9) Tosh.0
1.5 (0.8) (0.9) (---) (---) Kendra
1.5 (---) (---) (---) (---) Reed Between/Lines
1.4 (1.6) (---) (---) (---) American Horror Story
1.4 (1.3) (---) (---) (---) TBS Baseball (We)
1.3 (1.2) (---) (1.5) (1.3) Real Housewives NJ
1.3 (1.0) (1.0) (1.4) (---) Workaholics
1.2 (1.1) (1.3) (---) (---) Boardwalk Empire
1.0 (---) (---) (---) (---) Psych
1.0 (1.0) (0.9) (---) (---) Real Housewives BH
1.0 (0.8) (0.7) (0.7) (0.9) Breaking Bad
1.0 (0.9) (1.1) (0.7) (1.0) WWE Smackdown
0.9 (1.1) (---) (---) (---) Dexter
0.9 (1.1) (1.3) (1.2) (1.4) It’s Always Sunny
0.9 (1.0) (0.9) (0.8) (1.2) Project Runway
0.9 (1.1) (1.2) (---) (---) Sister Wives
0.9 (0.7) (1.0) (0.9) (---) Ultimate Fighter
0.9 (0.6) (0.5) (---) (---) Watch What Happens (Su)
0.8 (0.8) (1.0) (0.7) (0.8) Chopped
0.8 (0.9) (---) (---) (---) Gene Simmons
0.8 (0.8) (---) (---) (---) Halloween Wars
0.8 (---) (---) (---) (---) Keeping/Kardashians
0.8 (0.8) (0.8) (---) (---) Mythbusters
0.8 (0.8) (0.8) (0.7) (0.9) Next Top Model
0.8 (0.7) (1.2) (---) (---) Real World
0.8 (---) (---) (---) (---) TNT Baseball (Fr)
0.8 (2.1) (---) (---) (---) TBS Baseball (Mo)
“Dexter,” which may or may not come back next year given the salary demands being made by Michael C. Hall’s agents, took a sharp downward turn while “Boardwalk Empire,” tied with “Dexter” the week before, ticked up.
“Sons of Anarchy,” is cable’s top scripted show at the moment, followed by “South Park.” So they’re probably not getting cancelled.
“Breaking Bad,” which has 16 episodes left, caught a nice uptick with its “Face Off” season finale.
