The world of community tv continues to vary and adapt on the earth of streaming and elevated competitors. Solely 9 scripted sequence aired on the Alphabet Community final season. A 3rd of them had been new and 7 are returning for ABC’s 2025-26 season. Will we see extra comedies and dramas this season? Keep tuned!
ABC reveals (up to now): 20/20. 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Nashville, Abbott Elementary, America’s Funniest House Movies, Movie star Wheel of Fortune, Dancing with the Stars, The Golden Bachelor, Gray’s Anatomy, Excessive Potential, and Shark Tank.
There’s a number of knowledge that community execs take a look at when deciding whether or not to resume or cancel a TV sequence however scores are a serious ingredient. These 2025-26 season charts are up to date as new scores knowledge turns into obtainable.
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A few notes about these charts:
These figures are up to date mechanically as new scores are launched. The averages are based mostly on the ultimate nationwide numbers (reside plus similar day viewing), until marked with an asterisk (*). For technical causes, I’ve to resort them manually. Whereas these numbers don’t embody additional delayed or streaming viewing, they’re an excellent indicator of how a present is performing, particularly when in comparison with others on the identical channel. There could be different financial elements concerned in a present’s destiny, however sometimes the higher-rated sequence are renewed and the lower-rated ones are cancelled.
Remember that the demo numbers are sometimes what’s most vital to advertisers. Due to this fact, that’s how the networks measure success. Advertisers pay extra for advert time on a present that has a better demo score. Older viewers additionally matter however youthful viewers watch much less conventional TV and are due to this fact tougher to succeed in. Delayed viewing issues increasingly nowadays (if commercials are watched) however reside viewing continues to be advertisers’ best.
Demo numbers are sometimes reported utilizing the 10ths decimal place (2.4, for instance). Within the averages, I’m utilizing two further decimal for simpler rating. The networks consider when reveals air on Fridays and Saturdays, nights when TV viewership is decrease.
What do you assume? Are you shocked by any of the scores? Which 2025-26 reveals needs to be doing higher? Which one do you assume will probably be cancelled subsequent?