NBC held a not-unexpected bloodbath last week, cancelling five shows on Friday. On the hit list were The Irrational, Found, Lopez vs Lopez, Night Court, and Suits LA. The cancellation of The Irrational and Found could be good news for fans of Brilliant Minds and possibly The Hunting Party, as it could mean the network is willing to give the two freshman shows a second chance to find an audience next season. The network also announced renewals for Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU last week.
On the ratings front, Yes, Chef managed to hold its premiere audience, though the numbers remain low. Suits LA picked up a few tens of thousands of viewers, but as mentioned, it was too little, too late.
LATE UPDATE: As expected, with the cancellation of The Irrational and Found, Brilliant Minds and The Hunting Party were renewed. Grosse Point Garden Society was quietly cancelled with no mention of the series during the network's upfront presentation.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Law & Order: SVU | 0.42 | 3.56 | Renewed |
| Chicago Med | 0.39 | 5.37 | Renewed |
| Chicago PD | 0.34 | 4.42 | Renewed |
| Chicago Fire | 0.33 | 5.41 | Renewed |
| Law & Order | 0.32 | 4.45 | Renewed |
| The Voice (Monday) | 0.24 | 3.51 | |
| Found | 0.23 | 2.20 | Cancelled |
| Night Court | 0.20 | 1.90 | Cancelled |
| Dateline: NBC (Friday) | 0.19 | 2.73 | |
| Night Court (finale) | 0.18 | 1.63 | Cancelled |
| The Americas (rerun) | 0.17 | 1.97 | |
| The Voice (Tuesday) (clip show) | 0.16 | 1.73 | |
| Yes, Chef! | 0.16 | 1.50 | |
| The Making Of The Americas (rerun) | 0.15 | 2.12 | |
| Suits: LA | 0.14 | 1.11 | Cancelled |
| Dateline: NBC (Sunday) | 0.13 | 1.64 | |
| Grosse Pointe Garden Society | 0.12 | 1.40 |
ABC announced renewals for most of its slate of unscripted shows last week. America's Funniest Home Videos, American Idol, Celebrity Jeopardy!, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, and Shark Tank were all renewed. With that announcement, fans of Doctor Odyssey should ready themselves for the show's cancellation. The silence regarding the medical drama is telling.
Speaking of Doctor Odyssey, it managed to pick up half a million viewers last week. 9-1-1 lost eight hundred thousand viewers. Will Trent was up four hundred thousand viewers. The Rookie was up three hundred thousand viewers.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| American Idol (Sunday) | 0.57 | 5.17 | Renewed |
| America's Funniest Home Videos | 0.42 | 3.94 | Renewed |
| 9-1-1 | 0.40 | 3.99 | Renewed |
| American Idol (Monday) | 0.39 | 4.28 | Renewed |
| Will Trent | 0.28 | 4.27 | Renewed |
| The Rookie | 0.27 | 3.11 | Renewed |
| Shark Tank | 0.25 | 2.60 | Renewed |
| Celebrity Wheel Of Fortune | 0.24 | 2.52 | Renewed |
| The American Pope: Leo XIV | 0.24 | 2.40 | |
| Grey's Anatomy | 0.21 | 2.04 | Renewed |
| Doctor Odyssey | 0.19 | 2.52 | |
| Jeopardy! Masters | 0.19 | 2.35 | |
| TIME100: The World's Most Influential People | 0.17 | 2.00 | |
| Celebrity Jeopardy! (rerun) | 0.17 | 1.67 | Renewed |
| Bad Romance: A Special Edition of 20/20 (Friday) | 0.15 | 1.60 | |
| Bad Romance: A Special Edition of 20/20 (Tuesday) | 0.11 | 1.36 | |
| Paradise | 0.10 | 1.31 | Import |
CBS was the first network to announce its fall schedule last week. The fall 2025 season included franchise nights for NCIS and FBI.
In ratings news, the network wrapped more of its scripted content last week. The Equaliser wrapped its final episode, up half a million viewers. Elsbeth and NCIS closed out their latest seasons, even with the previous week. The Neighborhood ended its season, up one hundred thousand viewers
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| Survivor | 0.62 | 4.43 | Renewed |
| 60 Minutes | 0.43 | 6.86 | Renewed |
| Tracker | 0.38 | 8.22 | Renewed |
| Ghosts (finale) | 0.37 | 4.80 | Renewed (through 2026-27) |
| Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage | 0.36 | 5.64 | Renewed |
| The Amazing Race | 0.32 | 2.57 | Renewed |
| NCIS (finale) | 0.31 | 5.59 | Renewed |
| FBI | 0.30 | 5.64 | Renewed (through 2026-27 season) |
| Elsbeth (finale) | 0.30 | 4.69 | Renewed |
| The Neighborhood (finale) | 0.30 | 4.19 | Renewed (final season) |
| The Neighborhood | 0.29 | 4.10 | Renewed (final season) |
| Watson | 0.26 | 4.85 | Renewed |
| FBI: International | 0.25 | 4.47 | Cancelled |
| The Equaliser (finale) | 0.25 | 4.19 | Cancelled |
| FBI: Most Wanted | 0.24 | 4.14 | Cancelled |
| Elsbeth (rerun) | 0.18 | 2.39 | Renewed |
| Watson (rerun) | 0.16 | 2.20 | Renewed |
| SWAT | 0.15 | 2.83 | Cancelled |
| Hollywood Squares (finale) | 0.13 | 2.46 | Renewed |
| Fire Country (rerun) | 0.12 | 1.67 | Renewed |
FOX announced a couple of surprises last week, with the news that Animal Control and Going Dutch were both renewed. On the unscripted side, The Masked Singer, Extracted, and The Floor were also renewed. On the animation front, Universal Basic Guys was renewed for season two last fall. The network has now renewed it for a season three as well. Krapopolis was renewed through the 2028-29 season, joining The Simpsons and Family Guy in the network's long-term animation plans. And finally, Grimsburg received word of a season three renewal. Rescue HI-Surf, however, was cancelled after one season.
The Masked Singer picked up one hundred thousand viewers for its season finale. The Cleaning Lady lost one hundred thousand viewers last week. Alert Missing Persons Unit went sub-one million, losing two hundred thousand viewers it really couldn't afford to lose. America's Most Wanted: Missing Persons dropped one hundred thousand viewers from its premiere. Parent show, America's Most Wanted, dropped below one million viewers.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| The Masked Singer (finale) | 0.35 | 2.89 | Renewed |
| Next Level Chef | 0.26 | 1.72 | Renewed through 2026-27 season |
| Family Guy | 0.19 | 0.66 | Renewed through 2028-29 season |
| Farmer Wants A Wife | 0.18 | 1.46 | |
| The Simpsons | 0.15 | 0.63 | Renewed through 2028-29 season |
| The Cleaning Lady | 0.14 | 1.10 | |
| America's Most Wanted: Missing Persons | 0.14 | 1.06 | |
| Krapopolis | 0.11 | 0.43 | Renewed through 2028-29 season |
| The Great North | 0.11 | 0.43 | |
| America's Most Wanted | 0.10 | 0.91 | |
| Alert: Missing Persons Unit | 0.10 | 0.89 | |
| UFL Football | 0.09 | 0.54 | |
| Next Level Chef (rerun) | 0.06 | 0.33 | Renewed |
CW trundled along for another week. All American wrapped its season down a few thousand viewers. The network has yet to make any announcement about the show's future. Sherlock & Daughter returned after a week off, down a few thousand viewers.
| Program | Rating | Millions of Viewers | Renew/Cancel |
| WWE: NXT | 0.14 | 0.65 | |
| Wild Cards | 0.06 | 0.44 | Import |
| Police 24/7 | 0.05 | 0.45 | |
| Sherlock & Daughter | 0.05 | 0.44 | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us (rerun) | 0.05 | 0.38 | |
| All American (finale) | 0.05 | 0.30 | |
| Bill O'Reilly's 100 Days of Trump: Are You Better Off? | 0.04 | 0.41 | |
| Sunday Movie: The Italian Job | 0.04 | 0.38 | |
| Masters Of Illusion (rerun) | 0.04 | 0.29 | |
| Masters Of Illusion (rerun) | 0.03 | 0.25 | |
| Trivial Pursuit (rerun) | 0.03 | 0.25 | |
| Whose Line Is It, Anyway (rerun) | 0.01 | 0.17 |
Only one more week for the 2024-25 season. How did your favorite shows fare this season? Will your favorites be back again in the fall?
Written by LadyShelley on May 13, 2025
Yeah, after watching its season finale I figured that would be the end too. Lol
I was frankly shocked. I think by the end of its season, Going Dutch had sub one million viewers. The network just seems to like Denis Leary, I suppose. I was surprised Night Court was cancelled. NBC has not had very good luck with its half-hour comedies for close to ten years. Night Court was one of the few to do consistently well, but they had to make room for NBA basketball. (more on that once I have ABC's fall schedule and can post the two articles I have on this year's upfronts)
I was rather surprised that Going Dutch got renewed. It'll be interesting to see what season 2 will bring. And I was rather bummed that The Irrational and Night Court got cancelled, especially with how Night Court ended. And I wonder if Good Cop/Bad Cop and Sherlock & Daughter will get renewed.