The Highest-Rated Canceled Series of 2018-2019 (PHOTOS)

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ABC/Larry D. Horricks; Erika Doss/FOX; Erik Voake/CBS
SAWYER BARTH, SANTINO BARNARD, CALEB MARTIN FOOTE, CHRISTOPHER PAUL RICHARDS, JACK GORE, MICHAEL CUDLITZ, MARY MCCORMACK
ABC/Tony Rivetti

The Kids Are Alright (ABC)

Rating: 1.1

Viewers: 5.05 million

Fam
Cliff Lipson/CBS

Fam (CBS)

Rating: 1.2

Viewers: 6.67 million

The Cool Kids
Patrick McElhenney/FOX

The Cool Kids (Fox)

Rating: 1.2

Viewers: 5.70 million

Life in Pieces
Erik Voake/CBS

Life in Pieces (CBS)

Rating: 1.2

Viewers: 7.06 million

Scott Foley and Lauren Cohan in 'Whiskey Cavalier'
ABC/Larry D. Horricks

Whiskey Cavalier (ABC)

Rating: 1.2

Viewers: 6.44 million

Lethal Weapon
Peter Yang/FOX

Lethal Weapon (Fox)

Rating: 1.2

Viewers: 5.40 million

The Enemy Within - Season 1
Will Hart/NBC

The Enemy Within (NBC)

Rating: 1.3

Viewers: 7.35 million

Fake News
Jojo Whilden/CBS

Murphy Brown (CBS)

Rating: 1.3

Viewers: 8.47 million

Star
Wilford Harewood/FOX

Star (Fox)

Rating: 1.5

Viewers: 4.80 million

The Passage
Erika Doss/FOX

The Passage (Fox)

Rating: 1.7

Viewers: 6.62 million

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There are many factors that go into the decision to cancel a series, and ratings are just one.

After all, every show can’t be renewed. However, that doesn’t mean that some cancelations aren’t a headscratcher, especially once you compare the ratings to series that are coming back. This season, series like The PassageLife in PiecesStar, and Murphy Brown had the viewers and the ratings in the key advertising demographic of adults 18-49, but networks still decided to axe them.

Click through the gallery above to see the highest-rated canceled series, based on that key demo, as well as how those shows did in terms of viewers.