Full 2011-2012 TV Season Series Rankings

RATINGS RAT RACE: NFL ‘Sunday Night Football’ Scores With Broncos-Colts Game, ‘Mentalist’ Hits Low, ‘Betrayal’ Rises

Here are complete series rankings for the 2011-12 season in adults 18-49 and total viewers. Several highlights: NBC’s Sunday Night Football was the No.1 program of the season in both adults 18-49 and total viewers, ending American idol‘s eight-year streak topping both categories. SNF also became the first sports series to rank as the most watched primetime TV show for a full season. The highest-rated new series of the season are CBS’ 2 Broke Girls (in 18-49) and CBS’ Person of Interest (in total viewers). It was a strong year for freshman series as there where were 4 first-year series in the Top 20 among adults 18-49: 2 Broke Girls (#9), Fox’s New Girl (12), Fox’s X Factor (13) and ABC’s Once Upon A Time (16) vs. one, The Voice, last year. In total viewers, two freshmen, Person of Interest and X Factor, made the cut this season vs. 3 last season.

Related: 2012-12 Season Network Rankings: Fox Still On Top But Down, NBC Third, CW Falls

The highest-rated series to get canceled this year: CBS’ Rob (18-49) and Unforgettable (total viewers). The lowest-rated series to get renewed on the Big 4 networks: NBC’s Rock Center With Brian Williams and Fox’s Kitchen Nightmares. The top scripted series of last season was ABC’s Modern Family, in a virtual tie with CBS’ The Big Bang Theory among adults 18-49. CBS’ NCIS had the honors in total viewers.

2011-12 Season: Series Ranking In Adults 18-49:

P 18-49

P 18-49

P 18-49

Rank

Network

Program

#telecasts

Rating

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Viewers (000)

1

NBC

NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

15

7.99

20

10214

2

FOX

AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY

19

6.16

17

7879

3

NBC

VOICE

15

6.12

16

7821

4

ABC

MODERN FAMILY

34

5.54

15

7090

5

FOX

AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY

18

5.53

16

7067

6

CBS

BIG BANG THEORY, THE

32

5.53

17

7066

7

CBS

TWO AND A HALF MEN

34

5.10

12

6526

8

FOX

X-FACTOR-WED

10

4.36

12

5580

9

CBS

2 BROKE GIRLS

33

4.35

11

5560

10

ABC

GREY’S ANATOMY

29

4.23

11

5409

11

NBC

FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3

15

4.21

11

5378

12

FOX

NEW GIRL

28

4.20

11

5368

13

FOX

X-FACTOR-THU

11

4.18

12

5341

14

NBC

VOICE:RESULTS SHOW

6

4.17

11

5326

15

CBS

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER

32

4.12

12

5270

16

ABC

ONCE UPON A TIME

24

4.10

10

5240

17

CBS

NCIS

34

4.01

11

5121

18

CBS

SURVIVOR: SOUTH PACIFIC

12

3.99

11

5104

19

FOX

FAMILY GUY

23

3.79

9

4847

20

CBS

MIKE & MOLLY

33

3.77

9

4820

21

CBS

CRIMINAL MINDS

34

3.73

10

4767

22

CBS

ROB

8

3.71

10

4748

23

FOX

GLEE

25

3.66

10

4684

24

FOX

TERRA NOVA

11

3.58

9

4573

25

ABC

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

22

3.57

8

4571

26

CBS

SURVIVOR: ONE WORLD

13

3.48

10

4443

27

CBS

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

32

3.44

9

4404

28

ABC

DANCING WITH THE STARS

20

3.44

9

4400

29

NBC

OFFICE

31

3.42

9

4376

30

FOX

ALCATRAZ

10

3.39

8

4339

31

FOX

HOUSE

25

3.31

8

4235

32

CBS

PERSON OF INTEREST

31

3.31

9

4235

33

FOX

SIMPSONS

23

3.28

9

4189

34

CBS

AMAZING RACE 19

12

3.26

8

4168

35

CBS

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

19

3.25

9

4161

36

CBS

HAWAII FIVE-0

33

3.25

8

4154

37

CBS

CSI

31

3.22

9

4116

38

NBC

SMASH

15

3.20

8

4095

39

CBS

MENTALIST, THE

31

3.14

9

4012

40

ABC

DANCING W/STARS RESULTS

19

3.06

8

3907

41

CBS

AMAZING RACE 20

10

3.02

8

3863

42

ABC

HAPPY ENDINGS

25

3.01

8

3850

43

ABC

PRIVATE PRACTICE

24

2.97

8

3794

44

ABC

BACHELOR, THE

10

2.93

7

3750

45

ABC

REVENGE

27

2.90

8

3708

46

FOX

BONES

15

2.86

8

3660

47

ABC

CASTLE

27

2.84

7

3637

48

NBC

FEAR FACTOR

5

2.81

7

3589

49

CBS

HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN

2

2.79

8

3568

50

FOX

NAPOLEON DYNAMITE

5

2.77

7

3543

51

FOX

TOUCH

9

2.74

7

3503

52

FOX

AMERICAN DAD

18

2.74

6

3500

53

ABC

DON’T TRUST THE B-APT 23

7

2.67

7

3411

54

ABC

GCB

8

2.64

7

3380

55

ABC

LAST MAN STANDING

29

2.64

8

3375

56

NBC

PARENTHOOD

19

2.61

7

3335

57

FOX

RAISING HOPE

25

2.58

7

3301

58

FOX

CLEVELAND-SUN 8:30P

2

2.57

6

3291

59

NBC

BIGGEST LOSER 13

18

2.56

7

3271

60

NBC

BIGGEST LOSER 12

13

2.54

7

3251

61

ABC

SUBURGATORY

32

2.53

7

3230

62

CBS

CSI: MIAMI

21

2.52

7

3217

63

ABC

MIDDLE, THE

34

2.51

8

3211

64

CBS

UNFORGETTABLE

31

2.48

7

3171

65

CBS

GOOD WIFE, THE

23

2.48

6

3165

66

ABC

SCANDAL

7

2.45

7

3134

67

ABC

PAN AM

14

2.42

6

3100

68

ABC

RIVER, THE

7

2.42

6

3090

69

NBC

UP ALL NIGHT

27

2.42

7

3088

70

NBC

APPRENTICE 12

14

2.41

6

3079

71

ABC

CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP

4

2.40

6

3074

72

CBS

60 MINUTES

29

2.36

7

3020

73

NBC

LAW AND ORDER:SVU

31

2.30

6

2941

74

NBC

PARKS AND RECREATION

26

2.26

6

2892

75

FOX

FINDER

13

2.26

7

2885

76

NBC

WHITNEY

27

2.25

6

2875

77

NBC

FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 2

15

2.24

6

2862

78

FOX

MOBBED

4

2.23

6

2849

79

CBS

UNDERCOVER BOSS

14

2.23

7

2848

80

FOX

ALLEN GREGORY

7

2.18

5

2791

81

NBC

GRIMM

26

2.14

7

2742

82

NBC

30 ROCK

19

2.13

6

2725

83

FOX

I HATE MY TEENAGE DGHTR

7

2.12

6

2705

84

ABC

SAT NIGHT FOOTBALL

10

2.10

7

2690

85

ABC

MAN UP!

8

2.08

6

2663

86

ABC

BODY OF PROOF

26

2.08

6

2660

87

FOX

BOB’S BURGERS

9

2.03

6

2601

88

CBS

BLUE BLOODS

30

2.02

6

2583

89

FOX

CLEVELAND

21

1.91

5

2446

90

ABC

WORK IT

2

1.91

5

2444

91

NBC

COMMUNITY

24

1.90

6

2434

92

ABC

COUGAR TOWN

12

1.90

5

2425

93

NBC

ARE YOU THERE CHELSEA

12

1.90

5

2423

94

CBS

CSI: NY

25

1.89

6

2414

95

ABC

WIPEOUT-THURS

10

1.88

5

2400

96

NBC

PLAYBOY CLUB

3

1.84

5

2351

97

NBC

SING OFF

12

1.83

5

2336

98

ABC

MISSING

10

1.80

6

2298

99

ABC

SHARK TANK

18

1.80

6

2297

100

NBC

FASHION STAR

10

1.78

5

2274

101

NBC

OFF THEIR ROCKRS

8

1.76

6

2247

102

NBC

PRIME SUSPECT

12

1.68

5

2154

103

NBC

WHO’S STILL STANDING

5

1.66

4

2128

104

NBC

AWAKE

12

1.66

5

2127

105

FOX

FRINGE

26

1.66

5

2120

107

FOX

KITCHEN NIGHTMARES

23

1.64

6

2095

108

ABC

CHARLIE’S ANGELS

7

1.63

5

2088

109

FOX

BREAKING IN

5

1.61

4

2059

110

ABC

20/20-FRI

32

1.57

5

2005

111

ABC

EXTREME MAKEOVER:HM ED-9P

9

1.56

5

1989

112

CBS

NYC 22

4

1.55

4

1984

113

ABC

AMER FUNN HOME VIDEOS

27

1.55

4

1978

114

NBC

OFF THEIR ROCKRS 830

4

1.54

5

1968

115

ABC

PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO

17

1.53

5

1951

116

NBC

DATELINE FRI

33

1.50

5

1913

117

ABC

EXTREME MAKEOVER:HOME ED.

14

1.49

4

1905

118

FOX

COPS 2

13

1.42

4

1818

119

NBC

HARRY’S LAW

25

1.38

4

1761

120

CBS

GIFTED MAN, A

22

1.35

4

1727

121

NBC

FREE AGENTS

3

1.33

4

1707

122

NBC

CHUCK

12

1.33

4

1703

123

CW

VAMPIRE DIARIES

32

1.30

4

1658

124

CBS

48 HOURS MYSTERY

29

1.30

4

1658

125

FOX

COPS

12

1.27

4

1627

126

ABC

YOU DESERVE IT

5

1.22

3

1561

127

NBC

DATELINE SUN-7PM

13

1.16

3

1478

128

NBC

BENT 9P

3

1.15

3

1467

129

ABC

MY EXTREME AFFLICTION

4

1.14

4

1463

130

CW

AMERICA’S TOP MODEL-11

12

1.13

3

1446

131

ABC

MISSING-WED

3

1.11

3

1426

132

NBC

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE

15

1.11

4

1414

133

ABC

20/20-FRIDAY

1

1.10

4

1410

134

NBC

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER

4

1.09

3

1390

135

ABC

ABC SAT MOVIE OF THE WEEK

9

1.01

3

1295

136

NBC

FIRM

15

1.00

3

1279

137

CW

ONE TREE HILL

13

0.99

3

1271

138

NBC

BENT 930

3

0.99

3

1262

139

NBC

ROCK CENTER-B. WILLIAMS

27

0.96

2

1223

140

CW

SECRET CIRCLE

28

0.91

2

1163

141

CW

SUPERNATURAL

32

0.89

3

1143

142

CBS

CRIMETIME SATURDAY

23

0.86

3

1102

143

NBC

LAW AND ORDER:SVU-SAT

22

0.84

3

1072

144

NBC

LAW & ORDER:SVU-WED 9PM

2

0.82

2

1054

145

CW

90210

28

0.82

2

1049

146

CW

GOSSIP GIRL-MON

25

0.80

2

1020

147

CW

RINGER

25

0.79

2

1010

148

CW

HART OF DIXIE

30

0.76

2

968

149

CW

AMERICA’S TOP MODEL-BRIT

12

0.71

2

913

150

CW

NIKITA

31

0.61

2

774

151

FOX

Q’VIVA

4

0.60

2

772

152

CW

H8R

3

0.49

1

620

153

NBC

FIRM-SAT

1

0.43

1

549

154

CW

REMODELED

6

0.33

1

422

155

NBC

ESCAPE ROUTES

6

0.28

1

354

156

CW

LA COMPLEX

5

0.27

1

350

2011-12 Season: Series Ranking In Total Viewers

P 2+

Rank

Network

Program

#telecasts

(000)

1

NBC

NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

15

20741

2

FOX

AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY

19

19811

3

CBS

NCIS

34

19491

4

FOX

AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY

18

18332

5

ABC

DANCING WITH THE STARS

20

18238

6

ABC

DANCING W/STARS RESULTS

19

16083

7

CBS

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

32

16011

8

CBS

BIG BANG THEORY, THE

32

15820

9

NBC

VOICE

15

15767

10

CBS

TWO AND A HALF MEN

34

14639

11

CBS

MENTALIST, THE

31

14570

12

CBS

PERSON OF INTEREST

31

14337

13

CBS

CRIMINAL MINDS

34

13196

14

CBS

60 MINUTES

29

13029

15

ABC

MODERN FAMILY

34

12930

16

CBS

SURVIVOR: SOUTH PACIFIC

12

12770

17

FOX

X-FACTOR-WED

10

12665

18

FOX

X-FACTOR-THU

11

12571

19

CBS

CSI

31

12490

20

ABC

CASTLE

27

12181

21

CBS

BLUE BLOODS

30

12159

22

CBS

UNFORGETTABLE

31

12106

23

CBS

ROB

8

12012

24

CBS

HAWAII FIVE-0

33

11834

25

CBS

GOOD WIFE, THE

23

11830

26

ABC

ONCE UPON A TIME

24

11714

27

CBS

SURVIVOR: ONE WORLD

13

11636

28

NBC

FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3

15

11529

29

CBS

MIKE & MOLLY

33

11507

30

CBS

2 BROKE GIRLS

33

11285

31

CBS

AMAZING RACE 19

12

11129

32

ABC

GREY’S ANATOMY

29

10923

33

NBC

VOICE:RESULTS SHOW

6

10915

34

CBS

CSI: MIAMI

21

10840

35

ABC

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

22

10605

36

CBS

CSI: NY

25

10343

37

CBS

AMAZING RACE 20

10

10299

38

CBS

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

19

10103

39

FOX

TERRA NOVA

11

10083

40

ABC

BODY OF PROOF

26

9898

41

CBS

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER

32

9673

42

FOX

ALCATRAZ

10

9560

43

CBS

UNDERCOVER BOSS

14

9347

44

FOX

BONES

15

9258

45

FOX

TOUCH

9

9179

46

ABC

LAST MAN STANDING

29

9129

47

NBC

SMASH

15

8944

48

NBC

HARRY’S LAW

25

8916

49

ABC

BACHELOR, THE

10

8854

50

ABC

MISSING

10

8818

51

CBS

NYC 22

4

8771

52

ABC

REVENGE

27

8720

53

FOX

GLEE

25

8711

54

FOX

HOUSE

25

8685

55

CBS

HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN

2

8671

56

CBS

GIFTED MAN, A

22

8633

57

FOX

NEW GIRL

28

8217

58

ABC

SCANDAL

7

8211

59

ABC

PRIVATE PRACTICE

24

8088

60

ABC

MIDDLE, THE

34

8082

61

ABC

GCB

8

7616

62

NBC

LAW AND ORDER:SVU

31

7587

63

FOX

FAMILY GUY

23

7304

64

ABC

SUBURGATORY

32

7246

65

NBC

BIGGEST LOSER 13

18

7175

66

NBC

APPRENTICE 12

14

7149

67

ABC

PAN AM

14

7142

68

ABC

MAN UP!

8

6960

69

FOX

SIMPSONS

23

6950

70

FOX

FINDER

13

6945

71

NBC

BIGGEST LOSER 12

13

6930

72

ABC

CHARLIE’S ANGELS

7

6919

73

NBC

FEAR FACTOR

5

6911

74

ABC

RIVER, THE

7

6718

75

ABC

HAPPY ENDINGS

25

6647

76

NBC

PARENTHOOD

19

6573

77

ABC

AMER FUNN HOME VIDEOS

27

6537

78

NBC

OFFICE

31

6506

79

ABC

SAT NIGHT FOOTBALL

10

6399

80

ABC

DON’T TRUST THE B-APT 23

7

6373

81

NBC

GRIMM

26

6359

82

NBC

PRIME SUSPECT

12

6293

83

NBC

OFF THEIR ROCKRS

8

6292

84

ABC

CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP

4

6270

85

NBC

WHO’S STILL STANDING

5

6230

86

NBC

FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 2

15

6109

87

ABC

WIPEOUT-THURS

10

6068

88

ABC

SHARK TANK

18

6033

89

FOX

MOBBED

4

5971

90

ABC

WORK IT

2

5871

91

ABC

EXTREME MAKEOVER:HOME ED.

14

5832

92

CBS

48 HOURS MYSTERY

29

5820

93

ABC

EXTREME MAKEOVER:HM ED-9P

9

5765

94

FOX

NAPOLEON DYNAMITE

5

5751

95

FOX

RAISING HOPE

25

5644

96

ABC

20/20-FRI

32

5630

97

NBC

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE

15

5612

98

NBC

DATELINE FRI

33

5576

99

FOX

AMERICAN DAD

18

5468

100

FOX

CLEVELAND-SUN 8:30P

2

5410

101

NBC

OFF THEIR ROCKRS 830

4

5310

102

NBC

UP ALL NIGHT

27

5293

103

NBC

DATELINE SUN-7PM

13

5262

104

NBC

PLAYBOY CLUB

3

5261

105

FOX

I HATE MY TEENAGE DGHTR

7

5261

106

NBC

SING OFF

12

5210

107

ABC

COUGAR TOWN

12

5185

108

ABC

20/20-FRIDAY

1

5150

109

NBC

WHITNEY

27

5111

110

ABC

PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO

17

4998

111

NBC

FASHION STAR

10

4950

112

NBC

AWAKE

12

4807

113

ABC

YOU DESERVE IT

5

4805

114

CBS

CRIMETIME SATURDAY

23

4745

115

NBC

30 ROCK

19

4554

116

NBC

ARE YOU THERE CHELSEA

12

4541

117

ABC

MISSING-WED

3

4492

118

FOX

ALLEN GREGORY

7

4483

119

NBC

PARKS AND RECREATION

26

4411

120

ABC

MY EXTREME AFFLICTION

4

4387

121

NBC

FIRM

15

4361

122

NBC

PRIME SUSPECT-SAT

5

4268

123

NBC

CHUCK

12

4247

124

FOX

FRINGE

26

4221

125

FOX

BOB’S BURGERS

9

4187

126

FOX

COPS 2

13

4107

127

FOX

CLEVELAND

21

4034

128

NBC

COMMUNITY

24

4029

129

NBC

FREE AGENTS

3

3958

130

NBC

ROCK CENTER-B. WILLIAMS

27

3954

131

FOX

KITCHEN NIGHTMARES

23

3878

132

NBC

LAW AND ORDER:SVU-SAT

22

3863

133

FOX

COPS

12

3740

134

ABC

ABC SAT MOVIE OF THE WEEK

9

3457

135

FOX

BREAKING IN

5

3449

136

NBC

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER

4

3429

137

NBC

LAW & ORDER:SVU-WED 9PM

2

3259

138

NBC

BENT 9P

3

3050

139

CW

VAMPIRE DIARIES

32

2777

140

NBC

BENT 930

3

2657

141

NBC

FIRM-SAT

1

2494

142

CW

AMERICA’S TOP MODEL-11

12

2421

143

CW

SECRET CIRCLE

28

2056

144

CW

SUPERNATURAL

32

2026

145

FOX

Q’VIVA

4

1883

146

CW

ONE TREE HILL

13

1855

147

CW

RINGER

25

1818

148

CW

HART OF DIXIE

30

1779

149

CW

NIKITA

31

1774

150

CW

90210

28

1548

151

CW

AMERICA’S TOP MODEL-BRIT

12

1522

152

CW

GOSSIP GIRL-MON

25

1518

153

CW

H8R

3

1239

154

NBC

ESCAPE ROUTES

6

1108

155

CW

REMODELED

6

711

156

CW

LA COMPLEX

5

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