https://qz.com/1296273/new-tv-shows-with-lousy-ratings-are-getting-a-second-chance/

Not long ago, NBC’s new sitcom Champions, which has the fewest overall viewers among the broadcaster’s scripted shows during the current 2017-2018 broadcast TV season, probably would’ve gotten the axe in its first season. In today’s TV landscape, the Mindy Kaling-produced show was renewed for a second.

US broadcasters like NBC are giving new TV series more time to find an audience now that on-demand platforms and DVRs have killed off the ritual of gathering around the TV set to watch the show air live.