The networks announce their 2013-14 schedules in May, and we’re starting to get a better picture of what won’t be back next fall.
CBS
(18-49 finals; repeats in grey; prior weeks in parentheses)
5.6 (5.5) (6.2) (5.4) (3.2) (3.2) (6.4) Big Bang Theory
3.9 (3.8) (4.1) (3.9) (2.2) (2.3) (4.2) 2½ Men
3.5 (1.5) (3.7) (3.8) (1.7) (3.9) (3.5) NCIS
3.5 (3.6) (3.7) (2.0) (3.7) (4.1) (1.7) 2 Broke Girls
3.4 (3.2) (4.0) (1.6) (3.7) (3.9) (1.5) How I Met Your Mother
3.2 (3.0) (3.2) (1.8) (3.3) (3.5) (1.6) Mike & Molly
2.9 (3.0) (3.1) (3.2) (1.9) (1.6) (3.3) Person of Interest
2.9 (2.8) (3.1) (---) (---) (---) (---) Rules Of Engagement
2.7 (---) (3.1) (3.1) (1.7) (2.7) (3.0) NCIS LA
2.6 (---) (2.8) (1.6) (3.1) (2.9) (---) Criminal Minds
2.5 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Amazing Race
2.4 (2.3) (2.2) (2.2) (1.5) (1.4) (2.4) Elementary
2.4 (2.4) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Survivor
2.3 (1.9) (2.4) (1.5) (2.6) (2.3) (---) CSI
2.0 (2.1) (2.3) (1.2) (2.3) (2.4) (1.1) Hawaii Five-0
1.6 (---) (---) (1.9) (---) (2.1) (2.1) The Mentalist
1.5 (---) (1.5) (1.9) (1.0) (1.6) (1.6) Vegas
1.4 (1.5) (1.5) (1.0) (1.5) (1.6) (1.3) Blue Bloods
1.3 (---) (---) (1.5) (---) (1.9) (1.8) The Good Wife
1.3 (1.8) (---) (1.7) (---) (3.3) (1.4) 60 Minutes
1.2 (1.6) (1.5) (1.0) (1.6) (1.6) (1.4) CSI NY
1.0 (1.2) (0.8) (0.9) (1.1) (1.3) (0.9) 48 Hours
0.7 (0.9) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) The Job
“The Good Wife” hit another new series low of 1.3 last Sunday; its lead-in was “The Amazing Race,” the highest-rated network broadcast that evening.
“CSI NY’s” season finale could only scrape up a 1.2, which may not be enough for CBS, even on a Friday. Word is that episode was also likely a series finale.
ABC
(18-49 finals; repeats in grey; prior weeks in parentheses)
4.0 (3.8) (3.7) (2.2) (4.2) (4.3) (4.7) Modern Family
3.1 (2.8) (3.1) (2.8) (3.0) (3.0) (3.2) Grey’s Anatomy
3.0 (2.7) (2.4) (2.5) (2.5) (2.5) (2.3) The Bachelor (Mo)
2.7 (2.7) (2.8) (2.7) (1.7) (2.6) (2.8) Scandal
2.6 (---) (2.7) (---) (---) (---) (---) The Bachelor (Tu)
2.4 (2.2) (---) (0.9) (2.4) (2.8) (3.1) Once Upon A Time
2.3 (2.0) (1.8) (1.4) (2.0) (1.9) (1.9) Castle
2.3 (1.9) (2.3) (1.3) (2.5) (2.3) (2.4) The Middle
2.0 (2.1) (2.0) (1.8) (2.2) (2.3) (2.6) Suburgatory
1.9 (1.7) (1.7) (1.6) (2.0) (1.8) (2.1) The Neighbors
1.8 (1.4) (---) (---) (1.7) (2.0) (2.4) Revenge
1.8 (1.8) (1.9) (1.4) (1.5) (2.0) (1.8) Shark Tank
1.6 (1.5) (1.8) (1.6) (2.1) (---) (---) The Taste
1.5 (1.8) (0.5) (1.8) (1.3) (1.4) (---) AFH Videos
1.5 (1.3) (1.5) (1.4) (1.2) (1.5) (1.4) 20/20
1.4 (1.5) (1.4) (0.9) (1.3) (1.5) (1.4) Last Man Standing
--- (---) (---) (1.3) (---) (1.3) (1.4) Happy Endings
1.2 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Body of Proof
--- (---) (---) (---) (1.2) (1.0) (1.2) Last Resort
1.2 (1.3) (1.2) (0.8) (1.2) (1.4) (1.2) Malibu Country
--- (---) (---) (---) (---) (1.1) (1.1) Don’t Trust The B
1.1 (1.4) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Zero Hour
“Zero Hour,” from “Prison Break” mastermind Paul Scheuring, is already looking way worse in the old “Last Resort” timeslot than “Resort” did when when ABC cancelled it. It needs to do better than the jettisoned “Don’t Trust The Bitch” if it hopes to stick around.
The just-returned Dana Delany hourlong “Body of Proof” looks equally vulnerable.
Can “Revenge” stay on ABC if it can’t pull better than a 1.8?
NBC
(18-49 finals; repeats in grey; prior weeks in parentheses)
2.5 (2.7) (1.6) (2.8) (2.8) (2.0) (2.8) Saturday Night Live
2.1 (2.0) (2.1) (2.3) (2.4) (2.4) (2.4) Biggest Loser
--- (2.0) (2.1) (2.0) (2.0) (2.1) (2.2) The Office
1.9 (1.9) (1.9) (2.1) (0.8) (1.0) (2.2) Chicago Fire
--- (---) (---) (1.9) (1.4) (1.3) (1.5) 30 Rock
1.6 (1.5) (1.5) (1.7) (0.7) (0.9) (2.1) Law & Order SVU
1.4 (1.5) (2.0) (---) (1.7) (1.9) (0.7) Parks and Recreation
1.4 (0.8) (0.5) (---) (---) (---) (---) SNL Documentaries
1.3 (1.4) (1.1) (1.2) (1.2) (1.4) (1.5) Dateline (Fr)
1.3 (1.2) (---) (1.5) (1.7) (1.7) (1.6) Off Their Rockers
1.2 (1.2) (1.1) (1.2) (1.3) (1.6) (2.0) Deception
1.1 (1.2) (1.9) (---) (---) (---) (---) Community
1.1 (---) (---) (1.3) (1.3) (1.7) (1.5) Go On
1.1 (1.2) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Rock Center
1.1 (1.2) (1.2) (1.3) (0.8) (0.8) (1.4) Whitney
1.0 (1.2) (---) (---) (---) (---) (1.5) Dateline (Su)
1.0 (1.0) (1.2) (1.1) (0.7) (0.8) (1.3) Guys With Kids
1.0 (---) (1.1) (---) (1.3) (1.2) (1.6) 1600 Penn
0.9 (---) (---) (1.1) (1.2) (1.4) (1.3) The New Normal
0.9 (---) (1.2) (---) (---) (---) (---) Smash
0.6 (0.7) (0.7) (---) (---) (---) (---) American Ninja
“Smash” (once thought to be NBC’s answer to “Glee”) and “The New Normal” (once thought to be “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy’s answer to “Modern Family”) are doing worse than “Guys With Kids” and “1600 Penn” now? They all make the fast-declining “Community” and “Whitney” look positively robust.
A Sunday primetime repeat of the documentary “Saturday Night Live In The ‘90s” beat most of everything else that aired on NBC last week. After “The Voice,” SNL remains NBC’s most important franchise.
Fox
(18-49 finals; repeats in grey; prior weeks in parentheses)
4.1 (4.3) (4.6) (5.5) (5.5) (6.0) (---) American Idol (We)
3.9 (3.7) (4.1) (4.5) (5.2) (5.6) (---) American Idol (Th)
2.9 (2.4) (2.9) (3.3) (3.2) (---) (---) The Following
2.4 (2.5) (0.9) (2.9) (1.5) (3.2) (3.6) Family Guy
2.2 (2.2) (2.4) (2.6) (2.3) (2.1) (0.9) Bones
2.2 (1.1) (2.6) (2.6) (2.2) (1.9) (2.1) New Girl
2.0 (2.0) (0.8) (2.3) (1.8) (2.4) (4.2) The Simpsons
1.9 (2.0) (0.8) (2.2) (1.6) (2.4) (2.8) American Dad
1.8 (1.8) (0.7) (2.0) (1.5) (2.3) (3.1) Bob’s Burgers
--- (1.7) (2.2) (2.1) (2.6) (---) (0.7) Glee
1.6 (---) (1.9) (1.7) (1.5) (1.5) (1.5) Mindy Project
1.5 (1.1) (1.6) (1.7) (1.7) (1.6) (1.7) Raising Hope
1.1 (1.4) (---) (1.2) (---) (1.3) (---) Cleveland Show
1.1 (---) (1.0) (1.4) (---) (1.0) (---) Kitchen Nightmares
0.7 (1.0) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Touch
Tim Kring’s “Touch” is not healthy. Again, “Fringe” in five years never fell below a 0.8.
That 1.5 is not a ratings nadir for “Raising Hope”; it hit a 1.4 earlier this season.
The CW
(18-49 finals; repeats in grey; prior weeks in parentheses)
1.3 (1.0) (1.1) (1.3) (1.3) (1.4) (---) Vampire Diaries
0.9 (1.1) (1.0) (0.9) (1.1) (1.1) (0.5) Arrow
0.9 (1.0) (1.0) (0.9) (0.9) (0.9) (0.3) Supernatural
0.5 (0.5) (0.6) (0.7) (0.7) (---) (---) Beauty And The Beast
0.5 (---) (0.6) (0.5) (0.6) (0.6) (0.3) Hart of Dixie
--- (0.5) (0.4) (0.5) (0.4) (0.3) (0.3) Nikita
0.4 (0.5) (0.7) (0.5) (0.5) (0.6) (---) Carrie Diaries
0.3 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Cult
0.2 (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (---) (---) 90210
Not enough “Farscape” fans tuned into “Cult” to keep it on the air (even on The CW), but it still did better than “90210.”
Meanwhile, “The Carrie Diaries” took a nasty tumble last week.
Cable Series With Better 18-49 Audiences Than “Touch”:
(18-49 finals; repeats in grey; prior weeks in parentheses)
5.6 (6.1) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Walking Dead
3.5 (0.5) (---) (0.7) (---) (---) (---) NBA Basketball (Su)
2.2 (2.2) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Talking Dead
1.7 (1.9) (1.7) (1.7) (1.8) (1.9) (1.9) Gold Rush
1.6 (1.1) (2.0) (1.8) (1.6) (1.3) (1.0) Teen Mom
1.6 (1.5) (1.7) (1.9) (1.5) (1.7) (1.8) WWE Entertainment
1.5 (---) (---) (1.4) (1.7) (1.3) (1.4) Catfish
1.5 (1.6) (1.6) (1.5) (1.5) (1.2) (---) Pawn Stars
1.4 (1.8) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Swamp People
1.3 (1.2) (1.5) (---) (---) (---) (---) Tosh.0
1.2 (0.8) (0.8) (0.6) (0.6) (0.8) (---) College Basketball
1.2 (1.1) (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) (1.1) (1.4) Pretty Little Liars
1.2 (1.2) (---) (2.0) (1.6) (1.7) (1.8) Real Housewives Atl
1.1 (1.1) (---) (1.4) (1.1) (1.1) (1.3) Ax Men
1.1 (0.8) (0.9) (1.0) (1.1) (1.0) (---) Archer
1.1 (1.1) (1.1) (0.9) (0.9) (1.0) (1.1) Cougar Town
1.1 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Love And Hip Hop
1.1 (---) (0.5) (1.1) (---) (0.8) (0.8) NBA Basketball (We)
1.1 (1.5) (1.1) (0.6) (1.0) (1.7) (0.7) NBA Basketball (Th)
1.1 (1.1) (1.1) (1.2) (1.2) (2.1) (---) Real Husbands
1.0 (0.9) (1.2) (1.2) (1.1) (1.0) (0.5) American Pickers
1.0 (0.7) (1.1) (0.9) (0.8) (1.1) (0.9) Black Ink Crew
1.0 (0.8) (0.9) (0.4) (1.0) (1.0) (1.4) NBA Basketball (Fr)
1.0 (1.0) (0.9) (1.0) (1.1) (0.9) (1.1) Snooki & Jwoww
1.0 (1.0) (1.0) (1.0) (1.1) (1.3) (---) Suits
0.9 (1.1) (0.9) (1.1) (1.0) (1.1) (1.2) Bering Sea Gold
0.9 (0.8) (0.8) (0.7) (0.8) (0.9) (1.0) The Daily Show (Tu)
0.9 (0.9) (0.8) (1.1) (1.0) (1.1) (1.0) Dance Moms
0.9 (0.9) (1.0) (0.6) (0.9) (0.8) (0.9) Impractical Jokers
0.9 (0.8) (0.9) (1.2) (1.2) (---) (---) Lizard Lick Towing
0.9 (0.8) (0.8) (0.7) (---) (---) (---) Top Gear
0.8 (0.7) (0.8) (1.2) (---) (---) (---) The Americans
0.8 (0.6) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Bar Rescue
0.8 (0.8) (0.7) (0.9) (0.7) (0.8) (---) Face Off
0.8 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Fast N Loud
0.8 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Jeselnik Offensive
0.8 (0.9) (0.9) (0.9) (1.0) (0.9) (1.3) Justified
0.8 (0.6) (---) (1.1) (1.1) (---) (---) Kourtney & Kim
0.8 (0.7) (0.7) (0.7) (0.8) (0.8) (---) Newsreaders
0.8 (0.6) (---) (1.0) (0.8) (0.9) (1.3) Shahs of Sunset
0.8 (0.6) (0.8) (0.7) (---) (0.9) (1.1) Storage Wars Texas
0.8 (0.6) (0.7) (0.7) (0.7) (0.7) (0.8) Top Chef
0.8 (0.8) (1.0) (0.8) (0.8) (1.1) (---) Workaholics
AMC’s “Talking Dead,” now that it gets to follow “Walking Dead,” is doing better than anything in NBC primetime these days.
And look how much better MTV’s “Catfish” and “Teen Mom” are doing than the channel’s overscripted “Snooki & Jwoww.”
