The list of the most-watched TV shows of the last season has arrived, and it’s likely no surprise to CBS viewers to learn that the list includes a handful of canceled CBS shows. This includes one hit show that managed to rank among the Top 40 most-watched shows of the entire season!
Blue Bloods was the most-watched canceled broadcast show of the season, averaging 10.1 million viewers. Blue Bloods ranked as the 38th most-watched show of the 2024-25 season and was the 15th most-watched broadcast show on the entire list, pulling in more viewers than 23 renewed broadcast shows.
Honestly, it’s not surprising at all that Blue Bloods ranked as the most-watched canceled show of the season, but it does make the show’s cancellation sting that much more. In season 14, Blue Bloods was still drawing in more viewers than most broadcast shows, and fans remained just as invested in the show as ever before. Not only did the fans want another season, but the cast fought hard to keep the show going.
The show deserved to be renewed, and there is no denying that if the show was pulling in those viewership numbers on any other network, Blue Bloods surely would have been renewed for another season. Sadly, it wasn’t the only CBS show pulling in strong viewership that was canceled as four other canceled CBS shows also made the list of the most-watched shows of the 2024-25 season.
FBI: Most Wanted, FBI: International, The Equalizer, and SWAT also made the list, rounding out the Top 5 most-watched canceled shows. Fellow canceled shows 911: Lone Star, The Irrational, and Found also cracked the Top 100, as did Doctor Odyssey, whose fate remains up in the air over on ABC.
These eight shows are among the 49 broadcast shows that made the list of the Top 100 shows of the season, proving that broadcast most certainly still has a strong hold on viewers and is home to some of the most-watched shows on air! Interestingly, it was a big year for new shows, with three of the most-watched broadcast shows of the year being new series in High Potential, Matlock, and Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage.
From a network standpoint, CBS took the top spot with 21 shows on the list, followed by NBC with 14, ABC with 11, and Fox with 3 shows on the most-watched list. Here’s a breakdown of the broadcast shows that cracked the list of the 100 most-watched shows of 2024-25, and where they fell on the list:
3. Tracker (CBS, 17.4 million)
5. High Potential (ABC, 16.1 million)
6. Matlock (CBS, 16 million)
16. Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (CBS, 12.1 million) - Tied
16. Ghosts (CBS, 12.1 million) - Tied
21. Elsbeth (CBS, 11.5 million)
23. Will Trent (ABC, 11.4 million)
25. 911 (ABC, 11.1 million)
26. Watson (CBS, 11 million) - Tied
29. Shifting Gears (ABC, 10.9 million) - Tied
31. The Rookie (ABC, 10.8 million)
32. NCIS (CBS, 10.6 million) - Tied
32. FBI (CBS, 10.6 million) - Tied
36. Chicago Fire (NBC, 10.3 million)
38. Blue Bloods (CBS, 10.1 million) - Tied
40. Chicago P.D. (NBC, 9.8 million)
41. Chicago Med (NBC, 9.8 million)
42. Fire Country (CBS, 9.6 million) - Tied
44. NCIS: Origins (CBS, 9.3 million)
46. Abbott Elementary (ABC, 8.8 million)
47. 60 Minutes (CBS, 8.7 million) - Tied
47. Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 8.7 million) - Tied
50. FBI: Most Wanted (CBS, 8.4 million) - Tied
52. Survivor Season 48 (CBS, 8.3 million) - Tied
52. The Voice (NBC, 8.3 million) - Tied
55. FBI: International (CBS, 8.2 million) - Tied
55. The Equalizer (CBS, 8.2 million) - Tied
59. Survivor Season 47 (CBS, 7.9 million) - Tied
62. Doctor Odyssey (ABC, 7.7 million)
63. Doc (Fox, 7.6 million)
64. The Voice Tuesday (NBC, 7.5 million) - Tied
64. Brilliant Minds (NBC, 7.5 million) - Tied
67. American Idol (ABC, 7.3 million)
68. S.W.A.T. (CBS, 7.2 million)
69. NCIS: Sydney (CBS, 7.1 million) - Tied
69. Dancing With the Stars (ABC, 7.1 million) - Tied
69. 911: Lone Star (Fox, 7.1 million) - Tied
73. The Americas (NBC, 7 million) - Tied
73. The Hunting Party (NBC, 7 million) - Tied
76. Happy’s Place (NBC, 6.9 million) - Tied
76. Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 6.9 million) - Tied
80. Law & Order (NBC, 6.7 million) - Tied
82. The Irrational (NBC, 6.6 million)
83. The Neighborhood (CBS, 6.4 million)
89. St. Denis Medical (NBC, 6.1 million)
90. Found (NBC, 6 million) - Tied
94. The Floor (Fox, 5.7 million) - Tied
96. The Amazing Race (CBS, 5.6 million) - Tied
96. The Conners (ABC, 5.6 million) - Tied