Ratings: Latest Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders season 3 renewal odds
However, we’re glad to see that the show is doing what it can at this point to improve its chances of coming back. Wednesday night’s episode, which we did label as the best one for the season to date, generated in total a 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic. That’s an improvement from the week before, and it puts the show at its average. Given that there was some solid competition in between Chicago PD and Designated Survivor in that timeslot, we don’t think that the show fared too badly it all.
If you are one of those people who does like to compare fall versus spring ratings, Beyond Borders isn’t too far off from the 1.0 rating that Code Black had for the fall, and it had the benefit of airing in a timeslot where there are more viewers; not only that, but also a timeslot where there was more time for promotion. Remember, Beyond Borders was a fill-in show following the cancellation of Doubt by CBS.
This status may actually be what ends up saving the Criminal Minds spin-off for another season. We’re in an era now where there is so much competition between various shows that not everything is going to stick. CBS as a network should be aware of the fact that some things will be getting canceled. Therefore, they better prepare for another cancellation, and bringing this show back means that they’re going to get a guaranteed performance. It may not draw the biggest ratings, but it does have a devoted following already.
In the end, the true test for this show will come later in April when it airs without having new episodes of Criminal Minds as a lead-in. If it can stay around the 0.9 level and not sink too far below that, we do think that it’s got a chance of coming back. There are some other holes in the schedule that the network needs to fix that giving it 13 episodes shouldn’t be a net negative at all.
What do you think the odds of a Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders season 3 based on where we are right now? Share in the comments! (Photo: CBS.)
Steven B
April 3, 2017 @ 3:42 pm
I think this show will come back for another season. The original Criminal Minds is pretty much a goner already, but Beyond Borders fan base is made up of most of the Original’s current fan base, some of those who were apart of the Original’s fan base, and then some who never saw the original in the first place. With that in mind I think that the ratings will either stay the same or will improve slightly.
Pow
March 30, 2017 @ 8:57 pm
Why does this show have to stay? Its terrible! And very BORING!
Steven B
April 3, 2017 @ 4:02 pm
Just curious, why do you think it is terrible and very boring? I think it is good and very exciting, because it allows me to see a different situation being played out in a new country other than the United States and sometimes it is tied in to what is happening in our world today and other times it does not. The show also brings up historical evidence from real life events, like with the previous episode with the cult in Africa and how it was kind of like the Branch Davidians in Waco, TX. Those are my arguments, and the evidence to support them, for the shows renewal, could you please be so kind and share why you think what you think. I will not judge your answer, I might end up supporting your answer. Thanks.
Steven B
April 10, 2017 @ 5:15 pm
Thanks for your insight Muriel. I definitely agree with you that it does not do absolute justice to other police departments from around the world. To be absolutely honest, I think they take their views of certain USA police departments and then say that other police departments around the world act just like police here in the US. Not to hate on our police here in the US, but some of them do act a little bit like they are always right and everybody else is wrong.