Cancellation Watch: The Ark Improves for Its Season Finale, Shadow and Bone Holds in the Nielsen Rankings, and More

Cancellation Watch: Ratings results and status updates for the sci fi and fantasy shows on the broadcast networks, cable channels, and streaming services as well as breaking news on the currently airing, returning, and upcoming genre entries. 

Linear Ratings Results of Interest:

On Wednesday, Syfy’s The Ark improved to a 0.08 rating based on same-day viewing for the 18-49 demographic with 463K total viewers for its Season 1 finale. Those were its best numbers since its premiere, and the show has already been renewed for a second season.

Over on ABC, Not Dead Yet improved to a 0.36 rating with 2.3 million total viewers after slipping to a season low last week. If that one can hold around those levels as it wraps up its first season, it might have a shot at a second-season renewal.

On Monday on FOX, Fantasy Island improved slightly to a 0.21 rating with 1.7 million total viewers. That is currently one of the network’s lowest-rated shows, and fans may need to make some noise to help it get to a third season.

You can see the full, season-to-date ratings for the sci fi and fantasy shows at this link, and below are the ratings for the genre shows from the past week. Ratings Source: ShowBuzzDaily

Ratings Results for the Week of 4/17/23

Nielsen Streaming Rankings

Netflix’s Shadow and Bone repeated at Number 2 in the Nielsen Top 10 for originals for the week of March 20th to 26th. It remained just above one billion minutes of viewing as the show could be on track for a third-season renewal. Disney+’s The Mandalorian remained at Number 3, though it dropped down to 795 million minutes of viewing. Paramount+’s Star Trek: Picard dropped out of the Top 10 after logging its first appearance last week. Following are all the sci fi and fantasy TV shows on the streaming charts for the week (the number in parenthesis is the prior week rank):

Nielsen Streaming Rankings for the Week of Mar-20 to Mar-26

Streaming Originals
2 (2) Shadow and Bone (Netflix) 1 Billion Minutes, Weeks in the Chart: 2
3 (3) The Mandalorian (Disney+) 795 Million Minutes, Weeks in the Chart: 4

Acquired Shows
6 (7) Supernatural (Netflix) 583 Million Minutes, Weeks in the Chart: 37
8 (n/a) The Walking Dead (Netflix) 476 Million Minutes, Weeks in the Chart: 9

Source: Nielsen SVOD Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, Paramount+ and Apple TV+), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing Through Television

Netflix Top 10

Shadow and Bone slipped to Number 9 in the Netflix Top 10 for the week of April 10th to 16th. That was its fifth week in the charts and it logged 11.6 million hours of viewing. Wednesday made a return to the charts at Number 10 with 10.9 million hours viewed. And in the Non-English Language rankings, Alchemy of Souls Part 1 returned at the Number 9 slot with 5.9 million hours viewed. Following are all the sci fi and fantasy TV shows on the Netflix charts for the week (the number in parenthesis is the prior week rank):

Netflix Top 10 for the Week of Apr-10 to Apr-16

English Language Shows
9 (6) Shadow and Bone: Season 2 11.6 Million Hours, Weeks in the Chart: 5
10 (n/a) Wednesday 10.9 Million Hours, Weeks in the Chart: 19

Non-English Language Shows
9 (n/a) Alchemy of Souls: Part 1 5.9 Million Hours, Weeks in the Chart: 18

Source: Netflix

Cancellation/Renewal Score:

Disney+ has not made an official renewal announcement for The Mandalorian, but I keep seeing references that the fourth season is in the works, so I am going to go ahead and move it to the renewal column now that it has wrapped up its third year. Conversely, War of the Worlds has not received an official cancellation, but all indications are that it has wrapped up with its third season and I will count it as ended. That keeps the score even with 29 renewals of genre entries so far (36% of shows tracked) and 29 cancelled or ending (36%). Below are this season’s numbers, and you can see the list of shows and keep up with the score throughout the week at our Cancellation Watch Page.

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