Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Schedules Plus Enhanced: CW Sunday




Schedules Plus is the ultimate almanac to broadcast network primetime scheduling since 2001. It features lineups for three different parts of the year, as well as A18-49+ ratings that more fairly account for historical decline. For more on the tables and charts in Schedules Plus, see this primer.

This post covers CW Sunday, a night of programming that has literally gone extinct. While UPN didn't nationally program Sunday night, the WB did so pretty successfully with genre drama Charmed. So the powers that be tried to keep the night alive after the CW merger. Unfortunately, the un-cancelled 7th Heaven had nowhere near the power of Charmed in the inaugural season. And things got exponentially more embarrassing in the next two seasons. First, they had megaflop family drama Life is Wild, then they sold the night to Media Rights Capital, whose two dramas were as weak as anything we've ever seen on a big-five network. Starting in 2009-10, the CW gave up on trying to nationally program the night and gave it back to the affiliates. That departure lasted nearly a decade, but ended in 2018-19 with Supergirl and Charmed, a reboot of the CW's last reliable Sunday anchor. See the 2023-24 Breakdown.




CW Sunday: Full-fall

Year8:008:309:009:30Avg
1999-00FelicityJack and Jill29
3324
2000-01The Steve Harvey ShowHypeNikkiGrosse Pointe24
29232620
2623
2001-02The Steve Harvey ShowMen, Women and DogsOff CentreMen, Women and Dogs26
30282423
2923
2002-03Charmed (1998)Angel49
5246
2003-04Charmed (1998)Tarzan46
5437
2004-05Charmed (1998)The Mountain29
4315
2005-06Charmed (1998)Supernatural (R)31
4221
2006-077th HeavenAmerica's Next Top Model Fall (R)30
3227
2007-08Life is WildAmerica's Next Top Model Fall (R)14
1118
2008-09ValentineEasy Money10
119
2018-19SupergirlCharmed31
3428
2019-20BatwomanSupergirl27
2924
2020-21PandoraThe Outpost7
76
2021-22Legends of the Hidden TempleMasters of Illusion (R)10
118
2022-23Family LawCoroner10
137
2023-24The Chosen10
1010
AVERAGE:272124





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