The Highest-Rated Canceled Series of 2018-2019 (PHOTOS)
The Kids Are Alright (ABC)
Rating: 1.1
Viewers: 5.05 million
Fam (CBS)
Rating: 1.2
Viewers: 6.67 million
The Cool Kids (Fox)
Rating: 1.2
Viewers: 5.70 million
Life in Pieces (CBS)
Rating: 1.2
Viewers: 7.06 million
Whiskey Cavalier (ABC)
Rating: 1.2
Viewers: 6.44 million
Lethal Weapon (Fox)
Rating: 1.2
Viewers: 5.40 million
The Enemy Within (NBC)
Rating: 1.3
Viewers: 7.35 million
Murphy Brown (CBS)
Rating: 1.3
Viewers: 8.47 million
Star (Fox)
Rating: 1.5
Viewers: 4.80 million
The Passage (Fox)
Rating: 1.7
Viewers: 6.62 million
There are many factors that go into the decision to cancel a series, and ratings are just one.
After all, every show can’t be renewed. However, that doesn’t mean that some cancelations aren’t a headscratcher, especially once you compare the ratings to series that are coming back. This season, series like The Passage, Life in Pieces, Star, and Murphy Brown had the viewers and the ratings in the key advertising demographic of adults 18-49, but networks still decided to axe them.
Click through the gallery above to see the highest-rated canceled series, based on that key demo, as well as how those shows did in terms of viewers.
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