Freeform’s paranormal drama Siren has seen its ratings slip since its second season premiere and that show dropped yet another rung in the Scorecard this week to Number 17. That puts it barely in the upper half of the rankings and this one could definitely benefit from a Call to Action by fans on the social networks. Improving slightly in the rankings this past week as FOX’s The Orville which stepped up one rung to the Number 23 slot after it saw a ratings improvement. 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 February 17th:
| Rank (PW) | Series | Net | Std Avg | Net Bench | % Var | Status |
| 1 (1) | The Walking Dead (O) | AMC | 1.96 | 0.50 | 292.5% | Renewed |
| 2 (3) | The Flash (O) | CW | 0.67 | 0.35 | 91.9% | Renewed |
| 3 (2) | American Horror Story (O) | FX | 0.96 | 0.50 | 91.8% | Renewed |
| 4 (4) | The Purge (O) | USA | 0.41 | 0.30 | 36.0% | Renewed |
| 5 (5) | Supernatural (O) | CW | 0.42 | 0.35 | 21.3% | Renewed |
| 6 (6) | Riverdale (O) | CW | 0.42 | 0.35 | 19.5% | Renewed |
| 7 (7) | Arrow (O) | CW | 0.42 | 0.35 | 19.1% | Renewed |
| 8 (8) | The Magicians (O) | Syfy | 0.20 | 0.17 | 16.5% | Renewed |
| 9 (9) | Supergirl (O) | CW | 0.39 | 0.35 | 12.3% | Renewed |
| 10 (10) | Manifest (O) | NBC | 1.25 | 1.16 | 7.4% | Renewal Possible |
| 11 (12) | Roswell New Mexico (O) | CW | 0.34 | 0.35 | -2.5% | Renewal Possible |
| 12 (11) | Deadly Class (O) | Syfy | 0.16 | 0.17 | -4.9% | Renewal Possible |
| 13 (14) | God Friended Me (O) | CBS | 0.93 | 0.98 | -5.3% | Renewed |
| 14 (13) | The Passage (O) | FOX | 0.98 | 1.05 | -5.9% | Renewal Possible |
| 15 (17) | Black Lightning (O) | CW | 0.32 | 0.35 | -7.3% | Renewed |
| 16 (15) | Legacies (O) | CW | 0.32 | 0.35 | -8.7% | Renewed |
| 17 (16) | Siren (O) | Freeform | 0.18 | 0.20 | -9.0% | Renewal Possible |
| 18 (18) | Legends of Tomorrow (O) | CW | 0.31 | 0.35 | -10.4% | Renewed |
| 19 (19) | Project Blue Book (O) | History | 0.32 | 0.36 | -11.1% | Renewed |
| 20 (20) | Charmed (O) | CW | 0.30 | 0.35 | -14.0% | Renewed |
| 21 (21) | Outlander (O) | Starz | 0.17 | 0.20 | -15.0% | Renewed |
| 22 (22) | Star Wars Resistance (O) | Disney | 0.08 | 0.10 | -21.2% | Renewed |
| 23 (24) | The Orville (O) | FOX | 0.80 | 1.05 | -23.5% | Renewal Possible |
| 24 (23) | Z Nation (F) | Syfy | 0.13 | 0.17 | -23.5% | Cancelled |
| 25 (25) | MacGyver (O) (F) | CBS | 0.73 | 0.98 | -26.0% | Renewal Possible |
| 26 (26) | The Good Place (O) | NBC | 0.83 | 1.16 | -29.1% | Renewed |
| 27 (28) | Nightflyers | Syfy | 0.11 | 0.17 | -36.9% | Cancelled |
| 28 (27) | Gotham (O) | FOX | 0.66 | 1.05 | -37.1% | Final Season |
| 29 (29) | The Gifted (O) | FOX | 0.62 | 1.05 | -40.7% | Cancellation Likely |
| 30 (30) | Van Helsing (F) | Syfy | 0.09 | 0.17 | -45.7% | Renewed |
| 31 (31) | Stan Against Evil | IFC | 0.04 | 0.08 | -46.9% | Cancelled |
| 32 (32) | Channel Zero (O) | Syfy | 0.07 | 0.17 | -57.8% | Cancelled |
| 33 (33) | Midnight Texas (O) (F) | NBC | 0.41 | 1.16 | -64.7% | Cancelled |
| 34 (34) | Mars | NGC | 0.06 | 0.16 | -65.6% | Renewal Possible |
| 35 (35) | 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
