Syfy’s Superman prequel series Krypton has gotten off to a poor start ratings-wise in its second season and that finds it entering the rankings in the lower third at the Number 36 slot. That is higher than Van Helsing (Number 41) which was renewed by Syfy last Fall, but then Krypton is a much more expensive series to produce. It is dangerously close to the Syfy entries Nightflyers (Number 38) and Happy! (Number 42), and both of those have been cancelled. Deadly Class (Number 21) and Z Nation (Number 31) are higher in the rankings, and both of those were cancelled by Syfy as well. So the prospects for Krypton look grim at this point short of a ratings turnaround. Most of the rest of the movement for the week was just incidental and you can find the full ratings coverage from this past week in our latest Weekly Roundup post.
The scorecard ranks all of the sci fi and fantasy shows’ ratings performance vs. their network’s ratings benchmark (see metric definitions below). Shows at or above their benchmark should be okay, whereas those slipping notably below are getting into iffy territory.
Scorecard rankings based on the ratings through June 16th:
| Rank (PW) | Series | Net | Std Avg | Net Bench | % Var | Status |
| 1 (1) | Game of Thrones (O) | HBO | 5.17 | 0.50 | 933.7% | Final Season |
| 2 (2) | The Walking Dead (O) | AMC | 1.88 | 0.50 | 276.1% | Renewed |
| 3 (3) | American Horror Story (O) | FX | 0.96 | 0.30 | 219.7% | Renewed |
| 4 (4) | The Flash (O) | CW | 0.62 | 0.31 | 102.6% | Renewed |
| 5 (5) | The Purge (O) | USA | 0.41 | 0.30 | 36.0% | Renewed |
| 6 (6) | Supernatural (O) | CW | 0.40 | 0.31 | 30.9% | Renewed |
| 7 (8) | Manifest (O) | NBC | 1.25 | 1.04 | 20.3% | Renewed |
| 8 (7) | Fear the Walking Dead (O) | AMC | 0.60 | 0.50 | 19.4% | Renewed |
| 9 (9) | Supergirl (O) | CW | 0.35 | 0.31 | 16.0% | Renewed |
| 10 (10) | Riverdale (O) | CW | 0.35 | 0.31 | 14.5% | Renewed |
| 11 (11) | Arrow (O) | CW | 0.34 | 0.31 | 11.6% | Renewed |
| 12 (12) | The Magicians (O) | Syfy | 0.19 | 0.17 | 10.9% | Renewed |
| 13 (13) | The InBetween (O) | NBC | 0.55 | 0.50 | 10.0% | Renewal Possible |
| 14 (14) | Blood and Treasure (O) | CBS | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.0% | Renewal Possible |
| 15 (15) | Black Lightning (O) | CW | 0.30 | 0.31 | -1.8% | Renewed |
| 16 (16) | Legacies (O) | CW | 0.30 | 0.31 | -1.8% | Renewed |
| 17 (17) | The Passage (O) | FOX | 0.92 | 0.94 | -2.6% | Cancelled |
| 18 (18) | Legends of Tomorrow (O) | CW | 0.29 | 0.31 | -3.9% | Renewed |
| 19 (19) | God Friended Me (O) | CBS | 0.89 | 0.93 | -5.3% | Final Season |
| 20 (20) | Roswell New Mexico (O) | CW | 0.27 | 0.31 | -11.9% | Renewed |
| 21 (21) | Deadly Class (O) | Syfy | 0.15 | 0.17 | -12.9% | Cancelled |
| 22 (22) | Siren (O) | Freeform | 0.17 | 0.20 | -13.3% | Renewed |
| 23 (23) | Project Blue Book (O) | History | 0.31 | 0.36 | -13.6% | Renewed |
| 24 (25) | Outlander (O) | Starz | 0.17 | 0.20 | -15.0% | Renewed |
| 25 (27) | Charmed (O) | CW | 0.26 | 0.31 | -15.2% | Renewed |
| 26 (26) | Agents of SHIELD (O) (F) | ABC | 0.42 | 0.50 | -16.0% | Renewed |
| 27 (24) | The 100 (O) | CW | 0.25 | 0.31 | -18.2% | Renewed |
| 28 (28) | The Good Place (O) | NBC | 0.83 | 1.04 | -20.6% | Final Season |
| 29 (29) | The Orville (O) | FOX | 0.74 | 0.94 | -21.8% | Renewed |
| 30 (30) | Star Wars Resistance (O) | Disney | 0.08 | 0.10 | -22.0% | Renewed |
| 31 (31) | Z Nation (F) | Syfy | 0.13 | 0.17 | -23.5% | Cancelled |
| 32 (33) | NOS4A2 (O) | AMC | 0.27 | 0.35 | -23.8% | Upcoming |
| 33 (32) | MacGyver (O) (F) | CBS | 0.70 | 0.93 | -25.6% | Renewed |
| 34 (34) | Gotham (O) | FOX | 0.63 | 0.94 | -33.6% | Final Season |
| 35 (35) | iZombie (O) | CW | 0.20 | 0.31 | -34.5% | Final Season |
| 36 (n/a) | Krypton | Syfy | 0.11 | 0.17 | -35.3% | On the Bubble |
| 37 (36) | The Gifted (O) | FOX | 0.61 | 0.94 | -35.6% | Cancelled |
| 38 (37) | Nightflyers | Syfy | 0.11 | 0.17 | -36.9% | Cancelled |
| 39 (38) | Cloak and Dagger (O) | Freeform | 0.12 | 0.20 | -40.0% | On the Bubble |
| 40 (39) | What We Do in the Shadows (O) | FX | 0.18 | 0.30 | -40.0% | Renewed |
| 41 (40) | Van Helsing (F) | Syfy | 0.09 | 0.17 | -45.7% | Renewed |
| 42 (41) | Happy (O) | Syfy | 0.09 | 0.17 | -45.9% | Cancelled |
| 43 (42) | Stan Against Evil | IFC | 0.04 | 0.08 | -46.9% | Cancelled |
| 44 (43) | American Gods (O) | Starz | 0.10 | 0.20 | -50.6% | Renewed |
| 45 (44) | Channel Zero (O) | Syfy | 0.07 | 0.17 | -57.8% | Cancelled |
| 46 (45) | Midnight Texas (O) (F) | NBC | 0.41 | 1.04 | -60.4% | Cancelled |
| 47 (46) | Into the Badlands (O) | AMC | 0.19 | 0.50 | -61.8% | Cancelled |
| 48 (47) | Mars | NGC | 0.06 | 0.16 | -65.6% | On the Bubble |
| 49 (48) | Counterpart | Starz | 0.05 | 0.20 | -75.5% | Cancelled |
Metric Definitions:
Rank (PW): Current rank based on the variance of a show’s season to date ratings average vs. its network’s benchmark (see definition below). The number in parenthesis is the prior week’s rank. Note that shows on the streaming services are not included because of insufficient viewership data and foreign imports like Doctor Who will not be included because they rely more heavily on their viewership in their home countries.
Series: (O) indicates the show is owned or co-owned by the network and/or a sister studio. (F) indicates the show airs on Friday when ratings expectations are lower on the broadcast networks.
StD Avg: The show’s season to date ratings average based on the overnights for the 18-49 demographic.
Net Bench: (Network Benchmark) For the broadcast networks, this is the net’s season to date average rating based on the overnights for the 18-49 demographic for non-sports, non-special, non-repeat broadcasts. For the cable channels, this is the lowest level at which a show is typically renewed by that network if there are enough genre entries on that channel to provide a decent sample. But note that with cable entries intangibles such as international and/or streaming partnerships can play an important factor in a show’s survival and that is not measured here.
% Var: The percent variance between a show’s season to date average and the network benchmark as defined above. The higher the variance, the better a show is performing vs. the benchmark.
Status: My assessment of the likelihood that a show will get renewed or cancelled. The statuses are Renewal Likely, Renewal Possible, On the Bubble, Cancellation Likely (plus Renewed and Cancelled/Ended)
Ratings Source: ShowBuzzDaily and TV by the Numbers
