Here are CBS’ renew/cancel standings for week 29 of the 2017-18 season.
| Show | Status | 18-49 rating | Renew/Cancel Index |
| Me, Myself & I | Canceled | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| Wisdom of the Crowd | Canceled | 0.92 | 0.22 |
| Ransom (Sat.) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 0.4 | -0.13 |
| Madam Secretary (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 0.65 | -0.05 |
| Living Biblically | 🐻 🐻 | 0.71 | 0.01 |
| Superior Donuts (O) | 🐻 🐻 | 0.91 | 0.21 |
| Scorpion (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 0.82 | 0.12 |
| NCIS: New Orleans (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 0.97 | 0.27 |
| Man with a Plan (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 1.03 | 0.33 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 0.95 | 0.25 |
| Criminal Minds (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 0.99 | 0.29 |
| Instinct (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 0.95 | 0.25 |
| SWAT | Renewed | 0.96 | 0.26 |
| SEAL Team (O) | Renewed | 1.04 | 0.34 |
| 9JKL (O) | 🐻 🐻 | 0.97 | 0.27 |
| MacGyver (F) (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 0.86 | 0.53 |
| Life in Pieces | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 1.14 | 0.44 |
| Bull (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 1.19 | 0.49 |
| Mom | Renewed | 1.48 | 0.78 |
| Hawaii Five-0 (F) (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 0.99 | 0.72 |
| Blue Bloods (F) (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 0.91 | 0.60 |
| NCIS (O) | Renewed | 1.42 | 0.72 |
| Kevin Can Wait (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 1.21 | 0.51 |
| Young Sheldon | Renewed | 2.27 | 1.57 |
| The Big Bang Theory | Renewed | 2.81 | 2.11 |
Four weeks from now, the broadcast networks will be announcing their schedules for next season. This week the Bear examines the bubble picture for each of the Big 4 networks.
For our purposes here, “on the bubble” means any show whose status is thus far undetermined and not a sure bet to be either canceled or renewed.
The Bubble-est: “Instinct.” The first-year drama has fluctuated substantially in its first few episodes, making it tough to peg where its true level is.
Safe to safe-ish (most to least likely to be renewed): “Bull,” “Kevin Can Wait,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “Life in Pieces,” “Madam Secretary,” “Man with a Plan,” “Scorpion,” “Criminal Minds”
Not safe (most to least likely to be canceled): “Living Biblically,” “9JKL,” “Superior Donuts,” “Ransom”
TBD: “Code Black” premieres April 25, “Elementary” April 30.
Key:
| DSW | Dead Show Walking: All but officially canceled yet still airing | ||||
| 🐻 | sure bet to be canceled by May 2018 | ||||
| 🐻 🐻 | likely to be canceled by May 2018 | ||||
| 🐻 🐻 🐻 | tossup between renewal and cancellation by May 2018 | ||||
| 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | likely to be renewed by May 2018 | ||||
| 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | sure bet to be renewed by May 2018 | ||||
The Renew/Cancel Index is the amount above (or below) a replacement-level rating — i.e., the expected adults 18-49 rating of an emergency fill-in show should a series be canceled. For the 2016-17 season, replacement level is a 0.7 same-day rating in adults 18-49 for the Big 4 networks and a 0.2 for The CW. (Read more here.) The index number is taken by subtracting 0.7 (or 0.2) from a show’s average same-day rating.
Friday scripted shows (denoted with an “F” above) on the Big 4 have average ratings about 30 percent lower than those of other nights, therefore their ratings are multiplied by 1.43 (1/0.7, or 70 percent) before subtracting the replacement-level number. Any scripted show on Saturdays will use the same formula.
Shows that have ended their seasons have their R/C Index number frozen at the point of their final episode.
(O) – Owned: All other things equal, shows owned by studios affiliated with their networks have a better shot at renewal than those from outside producers.
