Salvation




Status: Cancelled
Aired: 2017-18, 2 Seasons Totaling 26 Episodes
Series Premiere: July 12, 2017
Network: CBS
Starring: Santiago Cabrera, Jennifer Finnigan, Charlie Rowe, Jacqueline Byers
Series Website: www.cbs.com/shows/salvation/

Description: An MIT grad student and a tech superstar bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth. IMDb.com

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Why Was It Cancelled? This show’s numbers were mediocre at best during its first season–even for a Summer series–and it likely only survived to a second year because of the streaming deal CBS had with Amazon which made the show profitable upfront. It’s numbers dropped further in its second season and apparently the network decided it would rather run repeats or find a reality show that might draw more viewers to the live broadcasts (repeats of several CBS regular season shows typically scored higher ratings than Salvation during Summer 2018). There did not appear to be much in the way of fan support for the show, so it is doubtful there will be much momentum to get Amazon or another venue to pick it up.

Season to Date (StD) Ratings Results:

Air Date Airings Live+SD Rtg StD Avg Tot Vwrs (M) Live+7 Rtg Status
6/25/18 1 0.40 0.4 3.4 n/a On the Bubble
7/2/18 2 0.40 0.4 3.1 n/a On the Bubble
7/9/18 3 0.30 0.4 2.6 n/a On the Bubble
7/16/18 4 0.30 0.4 2.5 n/a On the Bubble
7/23/18 5 0.30 0.3 2.6 n/a On the Bubble
7/30/18 6 0.30 0.3 2.6 n/a On the Bubble
8/6/18 7 0.30 0.3 2.4 n/a On the Bubble
8/13/18 8 0.30 0.3 2.6 n/a On the Bubble
8/20/18 9 0.30 0.3 2.5 n/a On the Bubble
8/27/18 10 0.30 0.3 2.6 n/a On the Bubble
9/3/18 11 0.30 0.3 2.4 n/a On the Bubble
9/10/18 12 0.40 0.3 2.7 n/a On the Bubble

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2016-17 Season Ratings Results:

Air Date Airings Live+SD Rtg StD Avg Tot Vwrs (M) Live+7 Rtg Status
7/12/17 1 0.70 0.7 4.9 n/a Renewal Possible
7/19/17 2 0.70 0.7 4.3 n/a Renewal Possible
7/26/17 3 0.60 0.7 3.9 n/a Renewal Possible
8/2/17 4 0.50 0.6 3.6 n/a Renewal Possible
8/9/17 5 0.50 0.6 3.1 n/a On the Bubble
8/16/17 6 0.40 0.6 2.9 n/a On the Bubble
8/23/17 7 0.40 0.5 3.1 n/a On the Bubble
8/30/17 8 0.50 0.5 3.4 n/a On the Bubble
9/6/17 9 0.50 0.5 3.4 n/a Cancellation Likely
9/13/17 10 0.50 0.5 3.5 n/a Cancellation Likely
9/20/17 11 0.50 0.5 3.1 n/a Cancellation Likely