Originally Posted by dodrade:
“How often do schedule changes actually work?”
Originally Posted by little-monster:
“From what i have personally seen, it's very rare,
The last schedule change i recall was The Goldbergs. Season 1 wasn't a big success but ABC saw potential, renewed it for a second season and gave it a new time slot. It paid off and it is now their second highest rated comedy. But for a show like NCIS LA to have seen an increase in it's eighth season, well that's pretty much a special case in this day and age.”
I agree, it’s fairly unusual for a schedule change to actually improve a show’s ratings. And if that schedule move is to a Friday, Saturday or Sunday – it’s almost unheard of in recent years.
NCIS:LA moving to Sundays and actually improving its ratings is a rare case. But I’ll add another one – CBS moved Hawaii Five-0 to Friday night after its 2nd season (I think) following disappointing ratings. But it maintained the same ratings in its new Friday slot, making it a success by Friday standards, and is currently in its 7th season. In fact it’s still doing well today, if it doesn’t get renewed for an 8th season it’ll be more to do with re-negotiating contracts that actual ratings.