It's time for a journey through the CW Friday schedule in 2018-19...
fall
| Year | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Jane the Virgin | 21 | ||
| 20 | 23 | ||||
| 2018-19 | Dynasty | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | 17 (-23%) | ||
| 18 (-9%) | 15 (-35%) | ||||
| VsAvg | -36% | -46% | -41% | ||
| Rank | 17/18 | 17/18 | 18/18 | ||
Surrender Friday became even more of a thing in 2018-19, as the CDub got rid of the one show that had showed any kind of remote pulse (Jane the Virgin) and replaced it with a bigger flop in Dynasty. Since the 9/8c occupant got compared against Jane all season, the comparisons were ugly.
winter
| Year | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Jane the Virgin | 21 | ||
| 19 | 23 | ||||
| 2018-19 | Dynasty | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | 15 (-28%) | ||
| 17 (-14%) | 14 (-41%) | ||||
| VsAvg | -40% | -49% | -44% | ||
| Rank | 18/18 | 16/18 | 17/18 | ||
See above!
spring
| Year | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | Dynasty | Jane the Virgin | 17 | ||
| 14 | 20 | ||||
| 2018-19 | Dynasty | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | 13 (-22%) | ||
| 14 (+1%) | 12 (-39%) | ||||
| VsAvg | -43% | -51% | -47% | ||
| Rank | 17/18 | 17/18 | 17/18 | ||
In the spring, Dynasty at least got compared with itself, and didn't really look that bad in the comparison! But Crazy Ex's massive drops vs. Jane still ensured a third straight period of 20%+ year-to-year drops.
Rating the Ratings
| Name | Lo | Avg | Hi | y2y | Plus | Label | Plusy2y | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynasty | 0.1 | 0.15 | 0.2 | -17% | 16 | flop | -5% | detail |
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | 0.1 | 0.13 | 0.2 | -38% | 14 | flop | -29% | detail |
Dynasty: One of my eternal struggles: what kind of grade do you give to a clear flop that didn't really flop any harder than last year? I've been a bit kinder to some of these shows in the past, but this time I will go with Grade: C-.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Same thing as with Dynasty, basically. The trend looks much, much worse, but it aired deeper into the season and moved to 9/8c, so it's not really that unexpected that it would hit a bunch of 0.1's. Grade: C-.
The names in this last table link to the shows' War of 18-49 pages. Links with an asterisk(*) have been updated with the new info. Updates to younger shows will come later in the summer.
Here's the now updated Schedules Plus for CW Friday.
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