Cancel Bear vs. ABC, week 20: Quantico' downgrades to likely cancellation
ABC's renew/cancel standings for week 19 of the 2016-17 season have a veteran show returning in a safe spot.
Here are the standings, and here's an explanation of the Bear's methodology.
| Show | Status | 18-49 rating | Renew/Cancel Index |
| Notorious | Canceled | 0.87 | 0.17 |
| Conviction (O) | Canceled | 0.64 | -0.06 |
| Secrets and Lies (O) | 0.76 | 0.06 | |
| Quantico (O) | 0.76 | 0.06 | |
| Dr. Ken (F) (O) | 0.89 | 0.57 | |
| The Real O'Neals (O) | 0.95 | 0.25 | |
| Agents of SHIELD (O) | 0.78 | 0.08 | |
| Once Upon a Time (O) | 1.05 | 0.35 | |
| Last Man Standing (F) | 1.19 | 1.00 | |
| How to Get Away with Murder (O) | 1.27 | 0.57 | |
| Fresh Off the Boat | 1.29 | 0.59 | |
| The Middle | Renewed | 1.59 | 0.89 |
| Scandal (O) | 1.87 | 1.17 | |
| American Housewife (O) | 1.57 | 0.87 | |
| Speechless | 1.68 | 0.98 | |
| Designated Survivor (O) | 1.44 | 0.74 | |
| Grey's Anatomy (O) | 2.24 | 1.54 | |
| The Goldbergs | 1.84 | 1.14 | |
| Modern Family | 2.29 | 1.59 | |
| Black-ish (O) | 1.61 | 0.91 |
A while back the Bear noted that "Quantico's" move to Monday nights would likely result in marginal ratings gains at best. That didn't happen, and thus the show is getting a downgrade to a likely cancellation.
In its fall run on Sundays, "Quantico" averaged a 0.76 rating in adults 18-49 with a lead-in ("Secrets and Lies") that drew just about the same ratings. In its first two Monday episodes, with a "Bachelor" lead-in almost three times as large as that of "Secrets and Lies," "Quantico" has averaged ... 0.75.
Between "Conviction" and "Quantico," ABC has made a mess of its 10 p.m. Monday slot this season, squandering lead-ins from two of its stronger anchors in "Dancing with the Stars" and "The Bachelor."
"Quantico" probably won't move much higher than its current ratings this season. It is what it is at this point, and that's a show ABC should cut ties with at season's end.
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