The 2017-18 television season is in the books, and as usual, some TV shows performed better than others. Like, better than all 12 of these lowest-rated ones
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The 2017-18 television season is in the books, and as usual, some shows performed better than others. Like, better than all of these.
Broadcast’s lowest-rated entertainment series this time around was CBS Saturday show « Ransom, » which our readers have probably never heard of. ABC’s reality competition « The Toy Box » was just one-tenth of a ratings point behind that one among adults 18-49, which is the demographic most-beloved by advertisers.
See how the 12 lowest-rated broadcast TV shows rank by their ratings below. For purposes of this story, we elected not to count shows on The CW, which would have gobbled up a bunch of spots. See the full rankings below.
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NBC
Rank: 11 (tie) Show: « Running Wild With Bear Grylls » Net: NBC 18-49 Rating: 0.8
Reality series didn’t run wild on any of its primetime competition.
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CBS
Rank: 11 (tie) Show: « Elementary » Net: CBS 18-49 Rating: 0.8
It doesn’t take a genius to see that these demo ratings are pretty terrible.
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NBC
Rank: 6 (tie) Show: « Champions » Net: NBC 18-49 Rating: 0.7
Losers.
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NBC
Rank: 6 (tie) Show: « Genius Junior » Net: NBC 18-49 Rating: 0.7
Reference our « Elementary » joke from a few slides earlier.
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NBC
Rank: 6 (tie) Show: « Taken » Net: NBC 18-49 Rating: 0.7
This since-canceled TV adaptation lacked a very particular set of skills.
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ABC
Rank: 6 (tie) Show: « Quantico » Net: ABC 18-49 Rating: 0.7
More like « Quantic-No, » are we right?
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Fox
Rank: 6 (tie) Show: « Showtime at the Apollo » Net: Fox 18-49 Rating: 0.7
Someone call the Sandman.
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CBS
Rank: 3 (tie) Show: « Undercover Boss » Net: CBS 18-49 Rating: 0.6
DEEP undercover.
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ABC
Rank: 3 (tie) Show: « Ten Days in the Valley » Net: ABC 18-49 Rating: 0.6
One season in Hell.
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Fox
Rank: 3 (tie) Show: « The Exorcist » Net: Fox 18-49 Rating: 0.6
Fox finally exorcised this Friday show after a pair of low-rated runs.
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ABC
Rank: 2 Show: « Toy Box » Net: ABC 18-49 Rating: 0.5
May not be appropriate for ages 18-49. Return to toy store.
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CBS
Rank: 1 Show: « Ransom » (Saturday)Net: CBS 18-49 Rating: 0.4
Sitting down? « Ransom » was actually renewed for another season — that’s because the thriller costs CBS next to nothing, as its international partners pick up much of the production costs.
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Luckily for you, « Once Upon a Time, » « Child Support, » « Living Biblically » and « Great News, » we cut this off before your lame 0.8 rating came up. Oh, sorry — it just did.
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