CBS leads the year’s top TV programs
Has five of the top 10 in total viewers, including the top comedy
December 16, 2015
‘NCIS’ was one of five CBS shows in the top 10 this year.Football was, as usual, the top draw on television in 2015.
NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” finished as the No. 1 regularly scheduled program on broadcast, as it has been the past few years.
Beyond “SNF,” there were a handful of new shows mixed in with long-running veterans. CBS had the most top 10 shows with five, and NBC was second with two, followed by ABC and Fox with one apiece.
Here’s a look at this year’s top 10, as compiled by Nielsen.
- NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” (23.3 million total viewers)
The network’s highest-rated show also boosted it to No. 1 among adults 18-49 last season and so far this season.
- CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” (21.1 million total viewers)
The No. 1 comedy on broadcast and cable was also the only sitcom to make the top 10.
- CBS’s “NCIS” (20.9 million)
In its 13th season, “NCIS” is still amazingly the top drama on broadcast.
- AMC’s “The Walking Dead” (19.7 million)
The only cable program to make the top 10 list, “Dead” also finished the year as the No. 1 scripted show among adults 18-49 on broadcast or cable.
- Fox’s “Empire” (17.7 million)
“Empire” was one of two first-year dramas to make the top 10.
- CBS’s “Thursday Night Football” (17.7 million total viewers)
The show, which also aired simultaneously on NFL Network, saw viewership increase this fall with a slew of more competitive games.
- CBS’s “NCSI: New Orleans” (17.3 million)
The other first-year drama on the list, “New Orleans” got a big boost from airing behind the show it’s spun off from, “NCIS.”
- NBC’s “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kickoff” (17.1 million)
Airing right before TV’s top show basically guarantees big viewership.
- CBS’s “Blue Bloods” (14 million)
The drama doesn’t get much attention since it airs on low-rated Friday nights, but it’s got a very loyal audience and sees a nice DVR boost.
- ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” (14.6 million)
The only reality program on the list, “Stars” is one of five shows in the top 10 that has run at least nine seasons.
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In broadcast ratings for the week ended Dec. 13:
Among adults 18-49, NBC averaged a 2.1 rating and a 7 share, followed by Fox and CBS at 1.4/5, ABC at 1.1/4, Univision at 0.7/2, Telemundo and CW at 0.6/2, UniMás and ION at 0.3/1, Me-TV, Estrella TV and Bounce TV at 0.1/0, and MundoMax, Azteca and COZI TV at 0.0/0.
Top five English-language Big Five shows (18-49s): 1. NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” 7.0; 2. Fox’s “The OT” 4.3; 3. NBC’s “Football Night in America” 4.0; 4. CBS’s “The big Bang Theory” 3.8; Tie-5. NBC’s “The Voice-Monday” and “The Voice-Tuesday” 2.8.
Top five English-language Big Five shows (total viewers): 1. NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” 20.99 million; 2. CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” 15.27 million; 3. NBC’s “The Voice-Tuesday” 13.13 million; 4. Fox’s “The OT” 13.05 million; 5. NBC’s “Movie Special” 13.03 million.
Show on the rise: Fox’s “MasterChef Junior,” Friday, 8 p.m. The reality show posted a 1.2 rating among 18-49s, up 20 percent from the previous week’s 1.0.
Show on the decline: CBS’s “48 Hours,” Saturday, 10 p.m. The newsmagazine slipped 30 percent week-to-week among 18-49s, from a 1.0 rating to a 0.7.
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