Yahoo Lifestyle Midseason Ratings Report Card: ABC’s Most- and Least-Watched Shows
Now that your broadcast-TV favorites are on holiday break, TVLine is looking at how each network’s shows are stacking up thus far in the 2024-25 TV season — starting off with ABC.
Listed below is the average TOTAL AUDIENCE for each ABC series (including delayed Live+7 playback). Alongside that is the DEMO RATING (Adults 18-49) for each program, as well as any noteworthy PERFORMANCE NOTES.
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Each program’s RANK represents how it is faring in total audience compared to other shows on ABC.
ABC (FALL 2024) | TOTAL VIEWERS | DEMO RATING | PERFORMANCE NOTES | |
1 | Monday Night Football | 10.05 million | 2.0 | -17% in audience vs. 2023, -13% in demo |
2 | Saturday Football | 7.4 million | 1.8 | Numbers double vs fall 2023 |
3 | High Potential | 6.6 million | 0.57 | Audience +40% vs. time slot predecessor The Good Doctor; TV’s second-most watched new drama |
4 | 9-1-1 | 6.5 million | 0.65 | Audience steady vs. Season 7; TV’s #2-rated broadcast drama (tie) |
5 | Dancing With the Stars | 5.9 million | 0.86 | Audience steady vs. Season 32, +23% in demo; TV’s #2-rated reality program |
6 | Doctor Odyssey | 5 million | 0.46 | Audience +3% vs. time slot predecessor Grey’s |
7 | Grey’s Anatomy | 4 million | 0.52 | Audience -17% vs. Season 20, steady vs. time slot predecessor Station 19 |
8 | AFV | 3.8 million | 0.29 | Audience down a tick from last season |
9 | The Golden Bachelorette | 3.5 million | 0.38 | -42% vs. Golden Bachelor audience |
10 | Abbott Elementary | 3.3 million | 0.56 | Audience steady vs. Season 3 |
11 | 20/20 | 3.3 million | 0.32 | Audience -15% vs. Season 45 |
12 | Shark Tank | 3.2 million | 0.32 | Audience -13% vs. Season 15 |
13 | What Would You Do? | 2 million | 0.21 | Lowest-rated non-CW reality program |
14 | Wonderful World of Disney | 1.7 million | 0.20 |
THE TVLINE BOTTOM LINE: ABC might not put up numbers as big as CBS (or even NBC), but it by and large held steady this fall, despite a few change-ups. DWTS had a strong season, providing a great lead-in for the freshman drama High Potential, which was a huge upgrade for its time slot. And while we bitched in October about Golden Bachelorette handicapping Abbott, the fact is the reality show was on par with the sitcoms that filled the hour-and-a-half last spring, and Abbott makes up lost ground by way of beefy Live+7 bumps. The rejiggered Thursday slate is steady in viewers but took a small hit in the demo. Sunday nights is basically a no-cost test pattern. One question: With Shark Tank and 20/20 both waning, is ABC developing a Friday problem?
Which ABC ranking most surprises or pleases you?
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