Fall TV Ratings - Sluggish TV Season

Fall TV Ratings

I think it's hard not to say after this TV Viewing season that TV Viewership is down, but it's also fairly obvious that most of the new TV shows have not found an audience.  The first two fall casualties have already been canceled after two episodes - FOX's Lone Star was the first, and ABC's My Generation was the second.

In addition, this week NBC's Chase dipped below a 1.7, which is extremely low for a (new) first season show.  NBC's The Event (whose advertising budget was larger than most returning series entire production budgets) lost 17% of its viewership this week as well, bringing it down to a 2.4. NBC's other big new premier, JJ Abrams Undercovers, dropped to a 1.6 for a 24% drop in its second week.

ABC's The Whole Truth is down 20% to a 1.2 putting it firmly in the cancellation zone as well.  Detroit 1-8-7 hasn't found an audience either, at a 2.1, and is likely to be canceled by the end of the season.

FOX's The Good Guys is likely to be the next to be canceled with a 0.7 rating, and is Running Wilde going to be far behind at a 2.3?

The CW is down across the board as well, so it's hard to see what shows will be canceled.  Life Unexpected is certainly going to be canceled with a .77 rating.  The rest are too close to call, but the CW will certainly need some work, as their rating are all quite low.

CBS is doing the best of all the network overall, with none of their shows in cancellation range yet.

That concludes the ratings report for the first two weeks of fall TV.

So far, it's not looking too promising for most of the new fall shows, although Mike and Molly, CBS' Monday comedy, is looking to be the most ppopular new fall show with a 3.9.