The Breakdown: CW Monday in 2023-24 (All American, Masters of Illusion, World's Funniest Animals and more!)

It's time for a journey through the CW Monday schedule in 2023-24...


fall

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2022-23	All American		All American	All American: Homecoming		All American: Homecoming	28
	2022-23	31		31	24			24	28
2023-24	Penn and Teller: Fool Us (R)		Penn and Teller: Fool Us (R)	Masters of Illusion	World's Funniest Animals	13 (-55%)
	2023-24	14 (-56%)		13.9309510163142	11 (-55%)		11 (-55%)	12.5002046957198
	2023-24							13.9309510163142	13.9309510163142	11 (-55%)	11 (-55%)	12.5002046957198
	2023-24			13.9309510163142	13.9309510163142		11 (-55%)		11 (-55%)	12.5002046957198
VsAvg	-67%		-0.673217795674944	-66%		-0.661687997214909	-67%
Rank	25/25		25/25	25/25		25/25	25/25

winter

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2022-23	All American		All American	All American: Homecoming		All American: Homecoming	31
	2022-23	37		37	26			26	31
2023-24	Ride (R)		Ride (R)	Wild Cards (R)		Wild Cards (R)	11 (-64%)
	2023-24	13 (-65%)		12.8014144474239	10 (-62%)			10 (-62%)	11.2953656889034
VsAvg	-67%		-0.668389321950822	-65%		-0.653995443373112	-66%
Rank	24/25		24/25	25/25		25/25	25/25

spring

Year	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2022-23	All American		All American	The Flash (R)		The Flash (R)	19
	2022-23	30		30	8			8	19
2023-24	All American		All American	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)		Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	20 (+7%)
	2023-24	26 (-12%)		26.0264051081817	14 (+75%)			14 (+75%)	20.2610622044706
VsAvg	-29%		-0.292439366101889	-49%		-0.489221303951702	-38%
Rank	20/25		20/25	23/25		23/25	22/25

Rating the Ratings

Name	Lo	Avg	Hi	y2y	Plus	Label	Plusy2y	Results
Fboy Island	0.0	0.03	0.0		7	flop
All American*	0.1	0.09	0.1	-36%	23	flop	-28%	detail
Masters of Illusion	0.0	0.04	0.0	+18%	12	flop	+32%
World's Funniest Animals	0.0	0.04	0.1	-13%	12	flop	-2%

All American: It had a longer delay in returning than most of the big four scripted series and, unlike almost all of them, got stretched well into the summer after airing totally in the regular season last year. Ultimately it was the same kind of treatment that the CW shows got back in 2021 after the COVID delays, which led to some horrible-looking declines as well. Like that year, I'm really just looking at the spring-vs.-spring trend, which doesn't look terrible by comparison. It was the only thing on the network other than sports/specials that could occasionally eke out a 0.10+ (but even it only did so occasionally). 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.

Previous Breakdowns for CW Monday: 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23

Here's the now updated Schedules Plus for CW Monday.