Here’s some food for thought, on where OUAT may stand next Season. I’ll do an update, once all of the ABC finales have aired: New Dramas – “Conviction” – “Designated Survivor” – “Notorious” – “Still Star-Crossed” – “Time After Time” New Comedies – “Downward Dog” – “Imaginary Mary” – “Untitled Sarah Dunn Project” Returning Dramas – “Grey’s Anatomy” (Season 13) (Latest rating: 2.0) – “Secrets and Lies” (Season 2. ABC confirmed they benched it for this Fall, apparently) (Latest Rating: 1.8, but keep in mind that was a year ago) – “Scandal” (Season 6) (Latest rating: 1.5) – “How To Get Away With Murder” (Season 3. Won’t have enough episodes for a guaranteed 4th Season renewal) (Latest rating: 1.4) – “Once Upon a Time” (Season 6) (Latest rating: 1.1) – “The Catch” (Season 2) (Latest rating: 0.9) – “Quantico” (Season 2) (Latest rating: 0.9) – “American Crime” (Season 3. Won’t have enough episodes for a guaranteed 4th Season renewal) (Latest rating: 0.9) – “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (Season 4) (Latest rating: 0.9) Returning Comedies – “Modern Family” (Season 8) (Latest rating: 2.1) – “The Goldbergs” (Season 4) (Latest rating: 1.9) – “The Middle” (Season 8) (Latest rating: 1.6) – “black-ish” (Season 3. Will have enough episodes to guaranteed a 4th Season renewal) (Latest rating: 1.5) – “The Real O’Neals” (Season 2) (Latest rating: 0.9) – “Fresh Off The Boat” (Season 3. Should have enough episodes to guaranteed a 4th Season renewal)(Latest rating: 0.9) – “Dr. Ken” (Season 2) (Latest rating: 0.9) Overall rankings – “Modern Family” (Season 8) (Latest rating: 2.1) – “Grey’s Anatomy” (Season 13) (Latest rating: 2.0) – “The Goldbergs” (Season 4) (Latest rating: 1.9) – “Secrets and Lies” (Season 2) (Latest Rating: 1.8, but that was a year ago) – “The Middle” (Season 8) (Latest rating: 1.6) – “Scandal” (Season 6) (Latest rating: 1.5) – “black-ish” (Season 3. Will have enough episodes to guaranteed a 4th Season renewal) (Latest rating: 1.5) – “How To Get Away With Murder” (Season 3. Won’t have enough episodes for a guaranteed 4th Season renewal) (Latest rating: 1.4) – “Once Upon a Time” (Season 6) (Latest rating: 1.1) – “The Catch” (Season 2) (Latest rating: 0.9) – “Quantico” (Season 2) (Latest rating: 0.9) – “American Crime” (Season 3. Won’t have enough episodes for a guaranteed 4th Season renewal) (Latest rating: 0.9) – “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (Season 4) (Latest rating: 0.9) – “The Real O’Neals” (Season 2) (Latest rating: 0.9) – “Fresh Off The Boat” (Season 3. Should have enough episodes to guarantee a 4th Season renewal)(Latest rating: 0.9) – “Dr. Ken” (Season 2) (Latest rating: 0.9) As you can see, OUAT still ranks the highest rated out of the non-Shonda dramas for this Season. You can’t really count Secrets and Lies, when it’s been off the air for over a year now. If you rank all of the dramas and comedies together, then OUAT is somewhere in the middle. This is before you factor in all of those new shows. So it’s not just how OUAT continues to do compared to the veterans, but how it’ll do compared to the newbies.
Thanks for this. History has taught us especially on ABC that their new shows don’t perform as well. Especially there dramas this season have been pretty terribly rated.