Here are NBC’s renew/cancel standings for week 19 of the 2017-18 season.
| Show | Status | 18-49 rating | Renew/Cancel Index |
| Taken (F) (O) | 🐻 🐻 | 0.48 | -0.01 |
| The Brave | 🐻 🐻 | 0.91 | 0.21 |
| Great News (O) | 🐻 🐻 | 0.73 | 0.03 |
| AP Bio (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| The Blacklist | 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 0.96 | 0.26 |
| Law & Order True Crime (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 1.04 | 0.34 |
| Blindspot (F) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 0.67 | 0.26 |
| Chicago PD (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 1.22 | 0.52 |
| Superstore (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 1.13 | 0.43 |
| Law & Order: SVU (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 1.29 | 0.59 |
| The Good Place (O) | Renewed | 1.11 | 0.41 |
| Chicago Fire (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 1.11 | 0.41 |
| Chicago Med (O) | 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 🐻 | 1.33 | 0.63 |
| Will & Grace (O) | Renewed | 1.7 | 1.0 |
| This Is Us | Renewed | 3.21 | 2.51 |
“AP Bio” launched last week in the spot where “Great News” aired earlier in the season … and barely cleared the low bar “Great News” set there.
That obviously is not a great start, particularly with the usual spring ratings downturn still to come. NBC can’t seem to break its addiction to half-hours that play great with the cool comedy kids but don’t have much appeal outside that not-very-big circle.
“AP Bio” is off for the remainder of February thanks to the Olympics, and it rates as a tossup pending more data. But it will need to do some extra-credit work to make it to next season.
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 before subtracting the replacement-level number.
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.
