The 75 Most-Watched Shows of the 2017/18 Season Might Surprise You
If you spent your down-time over the past few months watching The Big Bang Theory, The Good Doctor, or This Is Us or Grey’s Anatomy, you certainly weren’t alone. Nielsen Media Research (a company that helps to determine audience size and composition of TV programming in the US) has released its ratings info for the first 12 weeks of the new season and by the looks of it, fans are into a nice range of comedy and drama, including the aforementioned NBC and ABC hits. But even our most beloved shows couldn’t manage to top one other reason to sit down in front of the TV: football!
Check out the top 75 most-watched shows on the broadcast networks from September 25 to December 17, 2017 and the total number of viewers who tuned into each below!
75 MOST WATCHED SHOWS OF 2017/2018
1. NFL Sunday Night Football on NBC (18.2 million)
2. The Big Bang Theory (18 million)
3. The Good Doctor (16.7 million)
4. This Is Us (16.6 million)
5. NCIS (16.5 million)
6. Young Sheldon (15.8 million)
7. Thursday Night Football on CBS (14.2 million)
8. Bull (13.8 million)
9. Thursday Night Football on NBC (13.4 million)
10. NFL Sunday Night Pre-Kick on NBC (13.2 million)
11. Blue Bloods (13 million)
12. 60 Minutes (12.9 million)
13. NCIS: New Orleans (12.3 million)
14. The Voice (11.7 million)
15. The OT (11.56 million)
16. Grey’s Anatomy (11.53 million)
17. Will & Grace (11.3 million)
18. The Voice (Tuesday edition) (11.29 million)
19. Dancing with the Stars (11.23 million)
20. Hawaii Five-0 (11.1 million)
21. SEAL Team (10.6 million)
22. Chicago Fire (10.3 million)
23. NCIS: Los Angeles (10.2 million)
24. Survivor (10.1 million)
25. Mom (10 million)
26. Chicago PD (9.7 million)
27. Football Night in America (9.5 million)
28. Criminal Minds (9.2 million)
29. Modern Family (8.8 million)
30. S.W.A.T. (8.8 million)
31. Chicago Med (8.7 million)
32. Blacklist (8.68 million)
33. Madam Secretary (8.65 million)
34. Wisdom of the Crowd (8.5 million)
35. Law & Order: SVU (8.4 million)
36. NCIS (encore showing) (8.4 million)
37. Designated Survivor (8.27 million)
38. MacGyver (8.26 million)
39. Brave (8.14 million)
40. Scorpion (8.06 million)
41. Kevin Can Wait (8.0 million)
42. Life in Pieces (7.83 million)
43. Empire (7.7 million)
44. Scandal (7.6 million)
45. NFL Thursday on CBS (7.1 million)
46. The Goldbergs (6.9 million)
47. The Middle (6.8 million)
48. Law & Order True Crime (6.72 million)
49. Orville (6.7 million)
50. American Housewife (6.5 million)
51. How to Get Away with Murder (6.52 million)
52. Man with a Plan (6.43 million)
53. 9JKL (6.3 million)
54. The Good Place (6.233 million)
55. Lethal Weapon (6.231 million)
56. Me, Myself & I (6.13 million)
57. Dateline NBC (5.9 million)
58. Superior Donuts (5.8 million)
59. Saturday Night Football on ABC (5.76 million)
60. Shark Tank (5.7 million)
