‘Survivor’ Delivers Wednesday’s Highest Demo & Viewership; ‘Good Sam’ Up In Season Ender

Chicago Fire’s season 10 finale is going to be a wild ride — according to co-showrunners Derek Haas and Andrea Newman.

Forever part of Firehouse 51! Chicago Fire’s Dalmatian, Tuesday, died over the weekend, after working on the series for four years.

Despite the media’s negative portrayal of Tristan Thompson, Khloé Kardashian assures there are “good sides” to her but concedes they are overlooked by his personal issues.

One for the books! Taylor Kinney is happy with the way Chicago Fire’s season 10 finale — and Kelly Severide and Stella Kidd’s wedding — turned out.

NBC’s OneChicago slate returned strong and steady after a two-week break, with Chicago Fire tying with Survivor for Wednesday’s highest demo rating.

Medical drama Good Sam has been canceled at CBS.

Selome Hailu The CW has canceled “4400” after one season.A reboot of the 2004 USA Network and Sky One series “The 4400,” the science fiction drama was developed by Ariana Jackson.In the series, 4400 overlooked, undervalued or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant. They haven’t aged a day and have no memory of what happened to them.

Selome Hailu The CW has renewed “All American: Homecoming” for its second season.Having debuted in February, the series is a spinoff of the CW’s “All American,” which is currently airing its fourth season and was recently renewed for a fifth.Set at a fictional HBCU called Bringston University, “All American: Homecoming” follows Simone (Geffri Maya), a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills who is trying to fight her way back to greatness after some time away from the court, and Damon (Peyton Alex Smith), an elite baseball player from Chicago who is carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. After Simone’s aunt Amara Patterson (Kelly Jenrette), a journalism teacher and activist, exposes a scandal that threatens to derail the school’s beloved baseball program, new coach Marcus Turner (Cory Hardrict) is determined to bring a championship back to Bringston the honest way — with Damon’s help.

Addie Morfoot Contributor“POV,” the longest-running series for independent documentaries on television, has unveiled the majority of its slate for the series’ 35th season, which launches on July 11 with Yung Chang’s “Wuhan Wuhan.”Neighborhood gentrification on Chicago’s south side, land defenders in the Philippines and the 2018 Zimbabwean general election are among the many topics that will be examined by the 14 feature docus in the upcoming season, which will run through Jan. 16.PBS has revealed 13 of the upcoming season’s “POV” films beyond “Wuhan Wuhan,” an observational documentary about the first wave of the COVID-19 lockdown, with one more entry slated to be unveiled in June.While celebrity driven docs are all the rage with streaming services, “POV” will stay true to its roots and program social issues films that delve into topics including environmental justice (“Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust,” July 18) immigration (“The Last Out,” Oct.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterWhile measuring the success of broadcast series has largely been a job for the TV ratings among the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic, that total viewer tally is still powerful and not to be ignored.With the end of the 2021-2022 season fast approaching, Variety has looked at 33 weeks of complete Nielsen data from September to May to assess what the most and least-watched primetime scripted series have been across NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox.The below total viewer averages are season-long for each show and include persons over the age of 2, which is what Nielsen counts as a viewer. The totals are based on Nielsen’s “most current” data stream through May 8, which includes a week’s worth of delayed viewing where available. For the “most” list, it is ranked beginning with the top show.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterThe traditional September to May broadcast TV season is coming to a close in a few weeks. Though there are still several finales left to air during that period, including the series closer for NBC’s tearjerker “This Is Us,” it’s pretty clear at this point what the highest and lowest rated shows are that have aired across the so-called “Big 4” broadcast networks throughout the 2021-2022 season.Keeping in mind there could always be slight adjustments to these season-long averages by the end of the month, Variety has sorted through Nielsen’s “most current” data through May 8 to rank ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox’s best and worst performers among adults 18-49.Below are the lists, which count 33 completed weeks of the soon-ending season. These ratings are averages across the shows’ respective seasons and based on a week’s worth of delayed viewing.

Ethan Shanfeld Tim Robinson’s beloved sketch comedy show “I Think You Should Leave” has been renewed for Season 3 at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively.Cast member Sam Richardson told Variety that the team was in the process of writing the third season in early March. It is unclear when Season 3 will debut, as well as how many episodes it will contain. If one thing’s for sure, there will be more memes (and hopefully more hot dogs).“I’m not sure when they’ll start filming,” said Richardson, who appeared in both seasons of the Netflix show.

Broken Social Scene have announced a North American tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their second studio album, ‘You Forgot It In People’.The run of dates will kick off in September in Vancouver, continuing along to Seattle, Portland, California, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, New York and beyond. The dates include a stop at Eddie Vedder‘s Ohana Festival, where they’ll perform ‘You Forgot It In People’ in full.

Broadway box office was down 15% last week, with even some of the biggest hit shows reporting slips for the week ending May 1. In all, the 36 shows grossed $29,072,410.

CBS dominated Wednesday with Survivor winning not just the most viewers of the evening, but the highest rating as well. Chicago Fire, which typically makes a mark on Wednesday, was in repeats along with the rest of NBC’s Chicago slate.

Casey is back!

Casey fans, rejoice! Jesse Spencer is officially heading back to Firehouse 51 for Chicago Fire’s season 10 finale.

Chicago Fire showrunners have confirmed the return of Jesse Spencer as Captain Matthew Casey for the season 10 finale.Exclusive: Chicago Fire's Hanako Greensmith opens up about Stellaride's weddingCasey, who left the Chicago Fire Department to move to Oregon and raise his late friend's sons, will make an appearance for the wedding of best friend Kelly Severide and Stella Kidd. But this is Chicago Fire and it won't be plain sailing, with executive producers Derek Haas and Andrea Newman telling HELLO! that the finale will be another "cliffhanger" that will have fans falling off their seats.WATCH: Chicago Fire: Casey say goodbye to Firehouse 51Shooting for the final episode begins on Friday 29 April but Derek and Andrea revealed that everyone is already "so emotional", despite knowing three months ago Jesse was able to commit to the episode."Jesse has been dearly missed and in writing Casey into the finale, we wrote to that feeling," shared Andrea.MORE: Chicago Fire bosses detail how they 'are 'shifting gears' for anticipated season 10 finaleCasey will return with girlfriend Sylvie Brett, who left the Chicago Fire Department on sabbatical to spend an extended amount of time in Oregon.They both arrive back in the city for Severide and Kidd's wedding, and Andrea shared that fans will get some Casey and Severide scenes - although sadly no cigars will be involved.

Jesse Spencer will return as Matt Casey next month for the Season 10 finale of NBC’s . Spencer exited the series in October after a decade on the firefighter drama.