NBC’s paranormal drama The InBetween slipped in the rankings this week, dropping six slots from Number 14 to Number 20. That show has already been preempted twice early in its run and aired a pre-holiday episode last week which is typically a low viewership time for the networks. Its ratings are down from its premiere and it appears that the network is just burning the show off at this point with little hope of bringing it back for a second season. Over on AMC, Fear the Walking Dead slipped two slots out of the Top 10 to Number 12 as that show’s numbers have been trending down. And NOS4A2 slipped four slots to Number 39 as its fate could be in doubt. Adult Swim’s Final Space slipped from Number 13 to Number 18, but it shifted to a later timeslot last week which led to a ratings drop. 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 July 7th:
| 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 (7) | Manifest (O) | NBC | 1.25 | 1.04 | 20.3% | Renewed |
| 8 (8) | Supergirl (O) | CW | 0.35 | 0.31 | 16.0% | Renewed |
| 9 (9) | Riverdale (O) | CW | 0.35 | 0.31 | 14.5% | Renewed |
| 10 (11) | Arrow (O) | CW | 0.34 | 0.31 | 11.6% | Renewed |
| 11 (12) | The Magicians (O) | Syfy | 0.19 | 0.17 | 10.9% | Renewed |
| 12 (10) | Fear the Walking Dead (O) | AMC | 0.55 | 0.50 | 10.2% | Renewal Possible |
| 13 (15) | Black Lightning (O) | CW | 0.30 | 0.31 | -1.8% | Renewed |
| 14 (16) | Legacies (O) | CW | 0.30 | 0.31 | -1.8% | Renewed |
| 15 (17) | The Passage (O) | FOX | 0.92 | 0.94 | -2.6% | Cancelled |
| 16 (18) | Legends of Tomorrow (O) | CW | 0.29 | 0.31 | -3.9% | Renewed |
| 17 (19) | God Friended Me (O) | CBS | 0.89 | 0.93 | -5.3% | Renewed |
| 18 (13) | Final Space (O) | ADSW | 0.27 | 0.28 | -5.4% | Renewal Possible |
| 19 (20) | Blood and Treasure (O) | CBS | 0.46 | 0.50 | -8.6% | Renewed |
| 20 (14) | The InBetween (O) | NBC | 0.45 | 0.50 | -10.0% | On the Bubble |
| 21 (21) | Roswell New Mexico (O) | CW | 0.27 | 0.31 | -11.9% | Renewed |
| 22 (22) | Deadly Class (O) | Syfy | 0.15 | 0.17 | -12.9% | Cancelled |
| 23 (23) | Project Blue Book (O) | History | 0.31 | 0.36 | -13.6% | Renewed |
| 24 (24) | Outlander (O) | Starz | 0.17 | 0.20 | -15.0% | Renewed |
| 25 (25) | Charmed (O) | CW | 0.26 | 0.31 | -15.2% | Renewed |
| 26 (27) | Siren (O) | Freeform | 0.17 | 0.20 | -17.3% | Renewed |
| 27 (26) | Agents of SHIELD (O) (F) | ABC | 0.40 | 0.50 | -20.0% | Renewed |
| 28 (28) | The Good Place (O) | NBC | 0.83 | 1.04 | -20.6% | Renewed |
| 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) | The 100 (O) | CW | 0.24 | 0.31 | -22.3% | Renewed |
| 32 (32) | Z Nation (F) | Syfy | 0.13 | 0.17 | -23.5% | Cancelled |
| 33 (33) | 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 (36) | iZombie (O) | CW | 0.20 | 0.31 | -34.5% | Final Season |
| 36 (37) | Krypton | Syfy | 0.11 | 0.17 | -35.3% | On the Bubble |
| 37 (38) | The Gifted (O) | FOX | 0.61 | 0.94 | -35.6% | Cancelled |
| 38 (39) | Nightflyers | Syfy | 0.11 | 0.17 | -36.9% | Cancelled |
| 39 (35) | NOS4A2 (O) | AMC | 0.22 | 0.35 | -37.1% | Renewal Possible |
| 40 (40) | Cloak and Dagger (O) | Freeform | 0.12 | 0.20 | -40.0% | On the Bubble |
| 41 (41) | What We Do in the Shadows (O) | FX | 0.18 | 0.30 | -40.0% | Renewed |
| 42 (42) | Van Helsing (F) | Syfy | 0.09 | 0.17 | -45.7% | Renewed |
| 43 (43) | Happy (O) | Syfy | 0.09 | 0.17 | -45.9% | Cancelled |
| 44 (44) | Stan Against Evil | IFC | 0.04 | 0.08 | -46.9% | Cancelled |
| 45 (45) | American Gods (O) | Starz | 0.10 | 0.20 | -50.6% | Renewed |
| 46 (47) | Legion (O) | FX | 0.13 | 0.30 | -56.7% | Final Season |
| 47 (46) | Channel Zero (O) | Syfy | 0.07 | 0.17 | -57.8% | Cancelled |
| 48 (48) | Midnight Texas (O) (F) | NBC | 0.41 | 1.04 | -60.4% | Cancelled |
| 49 (49) | Into the Badlands (O) | AMC | 0.19 | 0.50 | -61.8% | Cancelled |
| 50 (50) | Mars | NGC | 0.06 | 0.16 | -65.6% | On the Bubble |
| 51 (52) | Counterpart | Starz | 0.05 | 0.20 | -75.5% | Cancelled |
| 52 (51) | The Rook (O) | Starz | 0.05 | 0.20 | -77.5% | On the Bubble |
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:
