Ratings: Revenge Returns Up; Secretary, Good Wife Hit Lows; Last Man Drops | TVLine 

On this first Sunday of Daylight Savings Time, when families, conventional wisdom tells us, are outside tossing a Frisbee instead of plunked in front of the TV box….

returned to 4.8 million total viewers and a 1.0 demo rating, up 28 percent and a tenth from its winter finale (which led out of

(5.9 mil/1.4) each ticked down a tenth.

RELATEDOnce Upon a Time Recap: Parents, Trapped — Plus, Burning Qs Answered

RELATEDSecrets and Lies Recap: Fear the Boogeyman, Become the Boogeyman

(9.1 mil/1.0) both ticked down to series lows.

(7 mil/0.8) dipped 7 percent and two tenths from its debut.

RELATEDGood Wife Recap: Where There’s a Will

(3.1 mil/1.4) slipped three, two and four tenths in the demo, respectively.

(4 mil/2.0) surged versus its previous outing (opposite the

(4.3 mil/1.8) dropped 26 and 25 percent from its solid premiere.

RELATED2015 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Cancelled?

Want scoop on any of the above shows? Email insideline@tvline.com and your question may be answered via Matt’s Inside Line.

The Good Wife was horrible last night….this season has been a bad one for it after such a good start last year.

Agreed. I wish the whole election plot would just be done already. As for the episode itself — waste of time. A classic filler episode to stretch things out. Good Wife would really benefit from a shorter season that would necessitate tighter plotting.

IA..it’s been in a boring holding pattern. So many of the campaign tactics could have been combined and covered in less episodes if they felt the need to showcase them all. Especially since the tiny amount of legal casework has focused on old characters..Sweeney, Bishop, Canning, Elsbeth, etc. that required little setup. It’s as if the firm has no new clients or interesting legal scenarios to tackle. How is it even staying above water?

With the ridiculous storylines and down right idiocy, if The Good Wife was on another network, it would have been cancelled by now. The show has been over rated for the last couple of seasons. It’s just a former shadow of what it once was. Alicia has to be the most boring character on TV. She has so much baggage, I’m surprised she became as successful as portrayed.

This is the problem. The show works best as a true ensemble, but that is not what Margulies signed up for. She wants a show where she is in basically every single scene. Its killing the show. I think maybe it gets a shortened run to wrap it up next year, but an outright cancelation will not surprise me. It is going to depend on CBS’s production slate.

The real critics don’t seem to agree with you.

I agree this season has not been the best, but I loved last night’s episode, in no way was it horrible, in my opinion.

OMG, “The Good Wife” was unwatchable last night. :-0 I had to turn away at about 15 minutes in but nothing any better (imo) was on elsewhere so I ended up re-watching “The Blacklist” ON DEMAND. I really didn’t think I’d be missing “Downton Abbey” this much this soon. “TGW” needs to drop the political storyline, or whatever it’s supposed to be, and get back on track asap. This is almost as bad as the Kalinda’s husband story.

I bet CBS cancels MS – that renewal came far too early and on shaky data. (Well below what TAR used to do.) Does CBS really think MS can make it four seasons with these ratings?

Tran is right. Madame Secretary has been renewed. The ratings are solid every week, even with football interruptions. It’s The Good Wife that should be cancelled. It’s become boring and stale.

I know it was renewed “That renewal came far too early…” The ratings are terrible on any metric. Way below what TAR used to pull in same slot. CBS can undo the renewal of this clunker.

Sorry, no… CBS can’t undo a series renewal.

I might be renewed, but I think CBS is going to reduce episode order to something around 13, then use it as cannon fodder to fill the schedule or put it in a dead slot.

The show is just not that good and seems to lack heart or understanding. If you make a show about American government make sure you put America first, not the person in the office. The West Wing was liberal, but the heart of the show was centered around people who loved their country, and it worked for everyone. MS is about how hard it is for a woman to be the Secretary of State and balance life and uncover the evil in government. That is not what a Secretary of State should do.

The bearer of bad news belongs to Battle Creek. Looks like it won’t last that long and the 10 p.m. Sunday night time slot remains a “black hole” for CBS. Having a new drama series for CBS in that time slot is a worst case scenario but who knows during the upfronts come May if the network decides on which drama series should fill the void and a returning drama series is the best way possible. WARNING: Try not to whine, complain or throw a temper tantrum.

Revenge was pretty good last night but I hated what Emily did to Jack. I don’t really get it. MS was just okay and I love Secrets and Lies. Holds my attention for the entire hour which rarely happens. I bailed on Once.

I think that Emily is trying to protect Jack, remember she told Margaux that she didn’t have any weaknesses when we all know that Jack is her Achilles Heel.

Yea I know it doesn’t matter, supposedly, but how can you cancel a show, Mme. Secretary with nearly 11 million viewers. Just another example of the system flaws and it is a good show

I know but some “experts” seem to think it should be

Once was really good last night, IMO. Great set up for the remainder of the season!!!

Agreed. Hope ABC renews OUAT for a Season Five and I still can’t enough Jennifer Morrison.

CBS has a mixed bag on Sunday. I, for one, am put off my sports overruns and it turned me off to programming. Got tired of waiting around! Quality shows, yes, but when you can stream or wait for a DVD set, why wait?!

The real problem for CBS’ Sunday night line-up: football overruns and getting beat by cable networks from the likes of AMC, TNT, HBO, Showtime and several others. The network should make a decision if Good Wife is going to have a proper “final season” next year and they’re also making a decision on which drama series should fill the void in the 10 p.m. Sunday night time slot next season. I have a hunch is not CSI with Ted Danson.

CBS does have more viewers but the advertisers love that demo number and CBS stunk last night in that way. I can see Good Wife falling below a 1.0 soon. Battle Creek is done. LMOE actually did alright despite it falling. They still have better numbers than the other FOX comedies Revenge did fine but those number aren’t good enough to save it. Secrets and Lies did fine as well but it should be doing better. Those are horrible numbers for 10 o clock hour, which daylight savings time shouldn’t have affected

They were all 30mins shows and Bob’s Burgers aired at 7:30pm (EST).

I wish Battle Creek had gotten the Wednesday slot instead of Cyber; it’s MUCH better.

ETA: The Last Man On Earth is a hoot! My favorite new comedy this season.

I agree! My husband I really like Battle Creek and it’s so much better than CSI:Cyber.

I’m glad to see that REVENGE’s numbers went up. Out of all the shows listed above, REVENGE and OUAT are the only two I watch.

Hope ABC will make a decision before the upfronts come May if Revenge gets renewed for a proper “final season” soon.

I really like Madam Secretary but The Good Wife wasn’t very good last night.

The Good Wife has been pretty bad since the Carey Might Go To Prison episodes ended. Alicia has been getting way too much camera time lately. This show works best as an ensemble. The Alicia Campaign storyline needs to end ASAP.

Pretty Little Liars Sneak Peek: Spencer Drops a Bomb Before Alison\'s Trial

2015 Renewal Scorecard: What\'s Coming Back? What\'s Getting Cancelled? What\'s on the Bubble?

The Arrow/Flash Spinoff Project: Are These the Atom\'s Super Teammates?

Pretty Little Liars Season Finale Photos: Rosewood Braces for the Big \'A\' Reveal

1Emmys 2015: Are Taraji P. Henson and Viola Davis About to Make…139

2The Arrow/Flash Spinoff Project: Are These the Atom\'s Super Teammates?133

3Once Upon a Time Recap: Parents, Trapped — Plus, Burning Qs…95

4Good Wife Recap: Where There\'s a Will79

5Good Wife Boss: Alicia-Kalinda Separation \'Intentional\'76

Good Wife Recap: Where There\'s a Will

Reign Alum to Lead CW\'s Cheerleader De…

Pilot Scoop: Melanie Griffith Lands \'Queenly\'…