It was announced Thursday morning that SEAL Team was going to be distributed to the United Kingdom very soon. The series was picked up by Sky One, which is a British general entertainment channel. This is amazing news for CBS’s show because it is more difficult to sell a pro-American, pro-military show internationally due to it not going along with most international cultures. This is also great news for the producers and cast of the show because it is an additional stream of revenue for them. Also, if a show has international popularity, it is more likely to have more season orders and pickups. In addition to SEAL Team, the British network also picked up The Good Wife. Airing dates have yet to be released, but the network confirmed that the series would be aired during 2018.

With Thanksgiving around the corner, one could expect the series to hit another low in viewership, however, SEAL Team had 6.95 million viewers and a 1.1 Adults 18-49 rating. It seems that the impending holiday did not have an impact on the series.

Source: http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/news/a843724/seal-team-with-david-boreanaz-sky-one/

Because the characters on SEAL Team are sent on missions around the world, usually to the Middle East, it is impossible for the show to actually send the cast and crew to these remote locations. Since most of scenes are set in the Middle East, the northern Los Angeles County, where the dry mountains take over the landscape, turns out to be an amazing location for SEAL Team to use as its backdrop. Working in the Los Angeles area has allowed for SEAL Team and the other military dramas to bring extra jobs to Hollywood. Other than using the locations in Los Angeles, because the shows typically have high pyrotechnics, specialists and companies have been getting work on the show. By bringing work to the Los Angeles area, SEAL Team’s producers are able to help the local economy and decrease expenses.

Because of the world series this week, SEAL Team had the lowest viewership with 4.67 million viewers and a 0.7 Adult 18-49 rating. Another reason the series had its lowest ratings is because the show was a re-run. CBS also decided to air a re-run at 10 pm. This airing had 3.37 million viewers and a 0.6 rating.

Source: http://beta.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-seal-team-military-20171101-story.html

According to a Broadway World article, CBS placed first in viewers for the fourth consecutive week in a row. SEAL Team was in the top ten on broadcast dramas with ratings of 6.9 million viewers and a 1.0 for the Adults 18-49 ratings share. In addition to SEAL Team, CBS is able to be proud of The Big Bang Theory, NCIS, 9JFK, and Wisdom of the Crowd, that placed high in key demographics. This is important to CBS because other than bragging rights, it ensures that advertisers want to spend money on the company’s programs.

However, an issue that the program is facing is the failure to carry in viewers from Survivor, which had 8.12 million viewers and a 1.8. Because of the inability to capture viewers, the network lost 1.22 million viewers and a 0.8 for the Adults 18-49 ratings share. If CBS wants to continue making SEAL Team a winner, it must find a way to capture those viewers.

This past week SEAL Team killed it in the ratings during the show’s series premier. According to a TV By the Numbers article, it was the only new show for the night and did well. It had the most viewers of the night with 9.7 million viewers. The article continues to state that it was able to hold the viewers from Survivor, which was the lead in. In the share, it had a 1.5 for ages 18-49.

Outside of the series premier, the series developed the show my bringing in ex-military personnel so they could bring the show to real life. CBS News discussed the importance of bringing in ex-military to maintain the correct point-of-view. Most of these ex-military men and women work in the writing room to keep the story on pace and tell it accurately. One of the ex-military personnel, Greg, talked about the issues that veterans have coming back from the army and not knowing what to do. This was a genius move by the show runners because it allows the show to stay current and not alienate an entire audience of veterans and their families.

CBS’s Seal Team is set to premiere tonight at 9:00 PM EST. While the show has not been seen by the general public, Adweek decided to rank CBS’s new fall shows and talk about if the show is good for your brand. Out of the six new shows coming to CBS, Seal Team was position in fourth place beating 9JKL and Wisdom of the Crowd. However, placing 4th out of six is not promising for the new show.

Adweek gave this review because the plot seems to be more interested in action sequences than the show’s characters. The critique then went on to say that purchasing advertising time in Seal Team is only good “if you’re buying inventory on the other CBS procedurals.” This bad review can decrease the support of advertisers to purchase space in the available commercial time for Seal Team. This can cause a major problem because the show may end up losing money for CBS instead of making a profit.

Source: http://www.adweek.com/tv-video/cbs-stays-doggedly-on-brand-with-its-new-fall-shows-aside-from-a-big-gamble-on-young-sheldon/

The programming block for Wednesday evenings is creating, in my opinion, an intense storm that is stronger than Hurricane Irma. SEAL Team, one of CBS’s new fall shows, is set to be scheduled from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm Wednesday evenings. The show must also compete with Modern Family, American Housewife, Dynasty, Star, and Law & Order: SVU. For SEAL Team to survive, it must be able to capture audiences from Modern Family and Law & Order: SVU who have loyal fans, large followings, and numerous awards. In addition to other competitive shows, CBS has also placed, interesting shows around the new pilot. The military themed drama will be lead-in by a reality show, Survivor, and lead-out by another drama, Criminal Minds. Because of these strange surrounding shows, one can assume that CBS has a lot of faith that the show will be successful and capture large audiences. However, the competitive programming might cause programs for the new show.

Schedule and picture from: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/fall-tv-2017-wednesday-night-forecast-for-empire-seal-team-dynasty-and-more/