TV Season Rankings: Sunday Night Football Ends Idol's Streak; Once, POI and Rob Score Wins
Overall rankings for the TV season gone by have been released, and for the first time in eight years, American Idol did not come out on top.
Instead, NBC’s Sunday Night Football placed No. 1 in both the coveted 18-49 demo rating (averaging a 7.99) and in total audience (averaging 20.74 million viewers).
Idol‘s Wednesday telecasts placed second in both measures, with a 6.16 and 19.8 million total viewers. In the demo, The Voice nipped at Idol‘s heels, averaging a 6.12.
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TOP COMEDY
18-49: Modern Family, ABC (5.54)/The Big Bang Theory, CBS (5.53)
Total Viewers: The Big Bang Theory, CBS (15.8 million)
TOP NEW COMEDY
18-49: 2 Broke Girls, CBS (4.35)
Total Viewers: Rob, CBS (12 million)
TOP DRAMA
18-49: Grey’s Anatomy, ABC (4.23)
Total Viewers: NCIS, CBS (19.5 million)
TOP NEW DRAMA
18-49: Once Upon a Time, ABC (4.1)
Total Viewers: Person of Interest, CBS (14.34 million)
TOP CANCELLED SHOW
18-49: Rob, CBS (3.71)
Total Viewers: Unforgettable, CBS (12.1 million)
LOWEST-RATED RENEWED SHOW
18-49: Nikita, The CW (0.61)
Total Viewers: Gossip Girl, The CW (1.52 million)
AND AT THE VERY BOTTOM
The L.A. Complex, The CW (0.27 rating, 572K total viewers)
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TOP 10 BY DEMO
Sunday Night Football
American Idol (Wednesday)
The Voice
Modern Family
American Idol (Thursday)
The Big Bang Theory
Two and a Half Men
The X Factor (Wednesday)
2 Broke Girls
Grey’s Anatomy
TOP 10 BY TOTAL VIEWERS
Sunday Night Football
American Idol (Wednesday)
NCIS
American Idol (Thursday)
Dancing With the Stars (Monday)
Dancing With the Stars (Tuesday)
NCIS: Los Angeles
The Big Bang Theory
The Voice
Two and a Half Men
For completists, our sister site Deadline has the complete rankings for 156 shows.
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