75 Most-Watched Broadcast Shows of the 2017-2018 Season
With the first 12 weeks of the new season already in the bag, let’s see where all your favorite shows from your local broadcast networks stand in the rankings according to Nielsen.
Top 75 most-watched broadcast shows from September 25 to December 17:
1. NBC NFL Sunday Night Football (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. CBS Thursday Night Football (14.2 million)
8. Bull (13.8 million)
9. NBC Thursday Night Football (13.4 million)
10. NBC NFL Sunday Night Pre-Kick (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. OT (11.56 million)
16. Grey’s Anatomy (11.53 million)
17. Will & Grace (11.3 million)
18. The Voice Tuesday (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: LA (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 (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. CBS NFL Thursday (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 and I (6.13 million)
57. Dateline NBC (5.9 million)
58. Superior Donuts (5.8 million)
59. ABC Saturday Night Football (5.76 million)
60. Shark Tank (5.7 million)
61. Superstore (5.74 million)
62. Better Late Than Never (5.46 million)
63. Chicago PD Encore (5.45 million)
64. Speechless (5.3 million)
65. Football Night in America (5.3 million)
66. Star (5.28 million)
67. Black-ish (5.22 million)
68. Gifted (5.20 million)
69. America’s Funniest Home Videos (5.19 million)
70. Seal Team Encore (5.13 million)
71. Blindspot (5.05 million)
72. America’s Funniest Home Videos rerun (5.01 million)
73. Dateline Classic Friday (4.8 million)
74. 48 Hours (4.6 million)
75. The Simpsons (4.5 million)
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