Midseason Report Card: The Most-Watched Shows On Fox, Ranked

Now that your broadcast-TV favorites are on holiday break, TVLine is looking at how each network's shows are stacking up thus far during this very strange, strikes-stricken 2023-24 TV season. Previously we covered CBS, NBC, ABC and The CW (scroll to bottom), and now we close things out with a referendum on Fox.

Listed here is the average TOTAL AUDIENCE for each Fox series (including Live+7 playback). Alongside that is the DEMO RATING (age 18-49) for each program, as well as any noteworthy PERFORMANCE NOTES.

Each program's RANK represents how it is faring in total viewership compared to other shows on Fox, since that's a big factor come renewal/cancellation time. (Shows that aired in multiple time slots got averaged out.)

THE TVLINE BOTTOM LINE: The Masked Singer continues to be a reliable performer, though someone must look into its very steady slide; maybe it's time to restore the simpler, original format? There also has to be some concern about Animation Domination's double-digit declines. But the far bigger fish to fry for Fox are 1) replacing SmackDown, its highest-rated non-NFL program, when the WWE staple moves to USA Network next fall, and 2) making do without its most-watched and highest-rated scripted series, 9-1-1, which it let ABC snatch up for Season 7. Whoops.

THE TVLINE BOTTOM LINE FOR CBS: "America's Most-Watched Network," even with only one truly "new" scripted series on its slate, fared well thanks to the venerable (and often NFL-buoyed) 60 Minutes, the aforementioned NCIS: Sydney, and rock-steady performances from Survivor and The Amazing Race.... As "scheduling spackle" goes, one could do worse than Yellowstone reruns opposite NBC Sunday Night Football!  

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THE TVLINE BOTTOM LINE FOR NBC: Sunday Night Football viewership growing for a third straight fall is a big ol' touchdown for NBC. Ditto The Voice also seeing gains, in this fall's especially crowded reality-TV environment.... The decision to hold both The Irrational and Found for fall, where they could stand out among precious few original scripted shows, paid off and then some, with the former only trailing CBS' much-hyped NCIS: Sydney in audience and the latter leading all fall dramas in the demo. (Both are already renewed for Season 2.)

THE TVLINE BOTTOM LINE FOR ABC: Whatever parent company Disney "lost" by sharing ESPN's Monday Night Football with ABC, it was worth it, seeing as the weekly sportscast helped the Alphabet network post year-over-year gains in average viewership — the only broadcaster to do so, as noted by our sister site THR.... That said, ABC's "decision" to forego scripted fare this strikes-stricken fall season would have paid better dividends had the bulk of its reality slate not returned down, and by small to significant degrees. But hey, you gotta hand it to that 72-year-old Golden Bachelor for drawing lookie-loos right out of the gate, and (ironically!) only trailing CBS' venerable Survivor in the 18-49 demo among this fall's reality shows.

THE TVLINE BOTTOM LINE FOR THE CW: First off, we should note that The CW's most-watched programs at this time last year were Walker (averaging 1.38 million viewers) and Walker Independence (1.02 million), while Professionals (411K) and Criss Angel's Magic With the Stars (385K) brought up the rear. All told, my back-of-napkin math suggests that the netlet's average fall viewership declined 35% year-over-year, as new owner Nexstar's vision started taking shape. Of the few returning "legacy" programs, only Walker and All American have started filming new episodes; Superman & Lois (with a short final season) and All American: Homecoming get their cameras rolling in January.