The Breakdown: CBS Monday in 2019-20 (The Neighborhood, Bob Hearts Abishola, All Rise and more!)

It's time for a journey through the CBS Monday schedule in 2019-20...

NOTE: In addition to classic A18-49+, Breakdown posts in 2019-20 also use CVPlus, comparing spring ratings against a higher league average due to viewership inflation from COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. See here for more.


fall

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2018-19	The Neighborhood	Happy Together	Magnum P.I.		Magnum P.I.	Bull		Bull	93
	2018-19	117	89	91		91	84			84	93
	2018-19										117	89	91	91	84	84	93
	2018-19	103				103				91	91	84	84	93
2019-20	The Neighborhood	Bob Hearts Abishola	All Rise		All Rise	Bull		Bull	89 (-4%)
	2019-20	113 (-3%)	96 (+8%)	81 (-11%)		81 (-11%)	82 (-2%)			82 (-2%)	89.3356842239357
	2019-20										113.47185285583	95.7060594536317	81 (-11%)	81 (-11%)	82 (-2%)	82 (-2%)	89.3356842239357
	2019-20	105 (+2%)				104.588956154731				81 (-11%)	81 (-11%)	82 (-2%)	82 (-2%)	89.3356842239357
VsAvg	-10%		-0.104906098419245	-39%		-0.393184814977314	-31%		-0.310199251901189	-28%
Rank	12/19		12/19	18/19		18/19	17/19		17/19	18/19

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2018-19	The Neighborhood	Happy Together	Magnum P.I.		Magnum P.I.	Bull		Bull	93
	2018-19	117	89	91		91	84			84	93
	2018-19										117	89	91	91	84	84	93
	2018-19	103				103				91	91	84	84	93
2019-20	The Neighborhood	Bob Hearts Abishola	All Rise		All Rise	Bull		Bull	84 (-9%)
	2019-20	107 (-8%)	90 (+2%)	76 (-16%)		76 (-16%)	77 (-8%)			77 (-8%)	84.0869312637637
	2019-20										106.80502393134	90.0830268745735	76 (-16%)	76 (-16%)	77 (-8%)	77 (-8%)	84.0869312637637
	2019-20	98 (-4%)				98.4440254029569				76 (-16%)	76 (-16%)	77 (-8%)	77 (-8%)	84.0869312637637
VsAvg	-16%		-0.155157268330946	-43%		-0.427763353219917	-35%		-0.349339327180161	-32%
Rank	15/19		15/19	19/19		19/19	17/19		17/19	19/19

Keeping The Neighborhood and Bull around as relatively steady bookends, CBS replaced its 8:30 and 9:00 newbies with a couple new ones and had a mixed start. Bob Hearts Abishola was an improvement on last year's Happy Together, while All Rise fell short of the already mediocre standard from last year's Magnum P.I.

winter

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2018-19	The Neighborhood	Man with a Plan	Magnum P.I.		Magnum P.I.	Bull		Bull	92
	2018-19	131	100	81		81	80			80	92
	2018-19										131	100	81	81	80	80	92
	2018-19	115				115				81	81	80	80	92
2019-20	The Neighborhood	Bob Hearts Abishola	All Rise		All Rise	Bull		Bull	86 (-7%)
	2019-20	113 (-14%)	94 (-6%)	76 (-6%)		76 (-6%)	78 (-2%)			78 (-2%)	86.0450906442524
	2019-20										112.796427213209	93.8673716119117	76 (-6%)	76 (-6%)	78 (-2%)	78 (-2%)	86.0450906442524
	2019-20	103 (-10%)				103.33189941256				76 (-6%)	76 (-6%)	78 (-2%)	78 (-2%)	86.0450906442524
VsAvg	-11%		-0.114813259487271	-41%		-0.411308320737982	-31%		-0.314488751677601	-28%
Rank	14/19		14/19	19/19		19/19	17/19		17/19	18/19

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2018-19	The Neighborhood	Man with a Plan	Magnum P.I.		Magnum P.I.	Bull		Bull	92
	2018-19	131	100	81		81	80			80	92
	2018-19										131	100	81	81	80	80	92
	2018-19	115				115				81	81	80	80	92
2019-20	The Neighborhood	Bob Hearts Abishola	All Rise		All Rise	Bull		Bull	81 (-12%)
	2019-20	106 (-19%)	88 (-12%)	72 (-11%)		72 (-11%)	74 (-8%)			74 (-8%)	80.9896704261098
	2019-20										106.169281673604	88.3523677375743	72 (-11%)	72 (-11%)	74 (-8%)	74 (-8%)	80.9896704261098
	2019-20	97 (-16%)				97.2608247055894				72 (-11%)	72 (-11%)	74 (-8%)	74 (-8%)	80.9896704261098
VsAvg	-16%		-0.164533900823746	-44%		-0.444885284312363	-35%		-0.353394030990619	-33%
Rank	15/19		15/19	19/19		19/19	18/19		18/19	19/19

The story changed a bit for the first two hours in the winter, as The Neighborhood got nothing like the big winter bounce it saw in its rookie season. All Rise narrowed the gap with Magnum a little, shaking off a 0.54 in the first week of the winter and hovering around 0.60 in future weeks.

spring

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2018-19	The Neighborhood	Man with a Plan	The Code		The Code	Bull		Bull	74
	2018-19	106	85	58		58	68			68	74
	2018-19										106	85	58	58	68	68	74
	2018-19	96				96				58	58	68	68	74
2019-20	The Neighborhood	Bob Hearts Abishola	All Rise		All Rise	Bull		Bull	79 (+7%)
	2019-20	103 (-3%)	88 (+4%)	68 (+18%)		68 (+18%)	72 (+7%)			72 (+7%)	78.6400338595937
	2019-20										102.891469590465	88.461568367412	68 (+18%)	68 (+18%)	72 (+7%)	72 (+7%)	78.6400338595937
	2019-20	96 (+0%)				95.6765189789385				68 (+18%)	68 (+18%)	72 (+7%)	72 (+7%)	78.6400338595937
VsAvg	-1%		-0.00606883947689295	-42%		-0.418285935487941	-33%		-0.333819358348359	-27%
Rank	9/19		9/19	17/19		17/19	15/19		15/19	17/19

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	Avg
2018-19	The Neighborhood	Man with a Plan	The Code		The Code	Bull		Bull	74
	2018-19	106	85	58		58	68			68	74
	2018-19										106	85	58	58	68	68	74
	2018-19	96				96				58	58	68	68	74
2019-20	The Neighborhood	Bob Hearts Abishola	All Rise		All Rise	Bull		Bull	89 (+21%)
	2019-20	117 (+10%)	100 (+18%)	77 (+34%)		77 (+34%)	82 (+21%)			82 (+21%)	89.2287049884766
	2019-20										116.745531955266	100.37268296154	77 (+34%)	77 (+34%)	82 (+21%)	82 (+21%)	89.2287049884766
	2019-20	109 (+14%)				108.559107458403				77 (+34%)	77 (+34%)	82 (+21%)	82 (+21%)	89.2287049884766
VsAvg	+12%		0.119873299588495	-34%		-0.34266948767158	-25%		-0.247671668929758	-17%
Rank	6/19		6/19	17/19		17/19	15/19		15/19	16/19

The same four shows looked best in the spring, with the comedies faring well during the pandemic viewing inflation, while All Rise stacked up favorably against year-ago flop The Code and helped Bull a bit as well.

Rating the Ratings

Name	Lo	Avg	Hi	y2y	Plus	Label	Plusy2y	Results
The Neighborhood	0.7	0.90	1.1	-20%	109	solid	-7%	detail
Bob Hearts Abishola	0.7	0.75	0.9		92	marginal		detail
All Rise	0.5	0.62	0.7		75	marginal		detail
Bull	0.5	0.64	0.7	-15%	78	marginal	-1%	detail

The Neighborhood: It was a nice but fairly uninspiring second season. Held up well in the fall after a slow start, had a disappointing lack of winter bounce but a pretty good COVID bounce. Adds up to a slightly weaker show than in season one. Grade: B-.

Bob Hearts Abishola: Most years, this would not be one of the biggest newbie successes of the season, but here we are. It did fine, definitely a step up from last year's Happy Together, and was certainly a reasonable renewal. Grade: B-.

All Rise: It rallied a little bit after some very rough-looking results in the late fall and early winter, but there was little DVR interest and overall this was decidedly weaker than the already mediocre year-ago occupant Magnum P.I. A pretty shaky renewal for CBS, along the lines of season one of God Friended Me. Grade: C-.

Bull: After small declines through most of the season, a nice spring showing almost got it back to even in Plus. I could see going with a B here but it fared a little worse in the DVR numbers than in the Live+SD ones so I'll round out a heavy B-minus evening for the eye. Grade: B-.

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.

Previous Breakdowns for CBS Monday: 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19

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