# Year End (2010-2011 Season) TV Ratings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-end-2010-2011-season-tv-ratings/583607 "2011-05-28T22:48:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-end-2010-2011-season-tv-ratings/583607/1 "2011-05-28T22:48:05Z")
Top Ten Shows (Viewers 18-49) [ol] [li]AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY FOX 8.8/24[/li][li]NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NBC 8.0/20[/li][li]AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY FOX 7.7/22[/li][li]THE VOICE NBC 5.4/14[/li][li]MODERN FAMILY ABC 4.8/12[/li][li]DANCING WITH THE STARS ABC 4.8/12[/li][li]BIG BANG THEORY, THE CBS 4.4/13[/li][li]GREY’S ANATOMY ABC 4.3/11[/li][li]SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA CBS 4.3/12[/li][li]NCIS CBS 4.1/11[/li][/ol] Top Ten Shows (Total Viewers All Ages - in thousands) [ol] [li]AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY FOX 25,864[/li][li]AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY FOX 23,798[/li][li]DANCING WITH THE STARS ABC 21,927[/li][li]NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NBC 21,025[/li][li]NCIS CBS 19,377[/li][li]DANCING W/STARS RESULTS ABC 18,612[/li][li]NCIS: LOS ANGELES CBS 16,467[/li][li]THE MENTALIST CBS 15,328[/li][li]CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 14,026[/li][li]CSI CBS 13,626[/li][/ol] Full story and rankings for all 141 shows at [Deadline.com](http://www.deadline.com/2011/05/full-2010-11-season-series-rankers/#more-135917) So any thoughts? Or is it about what you expected? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-end-2010-2011-season-tv-ratings/583607/2 "2011-05-29T01:11:46Z")
Interesting (though unsurprising) that the majority of the bottom of the ratings is populated with CW shows. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-end-2010-2011-season-tv-ratings/583607/3 "2011-05-29T01:51:52Z")
Man, you gotta go a long way down that list to find a show I like. Ah well. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-end-2010-2011-season-tv-ratings/583607/4 "2011-05-29T13:34:36Z")
Except for GREY’S ANATOMY ABC 4.3/11 SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA CBS 4.3/12 THE MENTALIST CBS 15,328 These lists are evidence that network TV is not for me! ---
**Author:** ![Lethal\_Babydoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Lethal\_Babydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lethal_Babydoll)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-end-2010-2011-season-tv-ratings/583607/5 "2011-05-29T22:49:48Z")
How does that jibe with this from a story about the Super Bowl ratings: _and league games accounted for the 19 most-watched TV shows among all programing last fall as well as 28 of the top 30._ ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-end-2010-2011-season-tv-ratings/583607/6 "2011-05-29T23:40:29Z")
> [@Lethal\_Babydoll](#): > > How does that jibe with this from a story about the Super Bowl ratings: > > _and league games accounted for the 19 most-watched TV shows among all programing last fall as well as 28 of the top 30._ League games aren’t prime time. I’m sure their shares were huge though, because what else are people watching on Sunday afternoon? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-end-2010-2011-season-tv-ratings/583607/7 "2011-05-31T01:32:35Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Interesting (though unsurprising) that the majority of the bottom of the ratings is populated with CW shows. Not hard to understand, though. Not only does CW have the weakest station lineup (in some smaller markets, the CW “station” is actually a digital subchannel) but it’s the most targeted network in terms of demographics. The highest rated CW show is tied for 92nd in the 18-49 demographic, but only 126 in total audience. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-end-2010-2011-season-tv-ratings/583607/8 "2011-05-31T01:53:54Z")
My two favorite sitcoms - Parks and Rec and Community are both ranked pretty low. I hadn’t realized that. Eeek. At least The Mentalist and The Good Wife are on solid ground. That’s good. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-end-2010-2011-season-tv-ratings/583607/9 "2011-05-31T02:00:28Z")
I still hear an attitude from people I know that they refuse to watch any TV show that is on The CW/WB/UPN, simply because “if it was any good, it’d be on a real network.” Yes, that means that they have resisted watching Veronica Mars and Buffy! Although, come to think of it, I haven’t watched anything on The CW since Life Unexpected got cancelled… Happy to see The Big Bang Theory so high - I remember a couple years ago that show came very close to not getting renewed. I suppose it’s time to give Mike & Molly a try and see what the hoopla is. Really odd that Shit My Dad Says ranked 34 and still got cancelled. The show was pretty by-the-book, but it had enough funny moments to be worth 20 minutes a week. Likewise Rules of Engagement was right below it and it got banished to Saturdays for the next (and presumably final) season. How in the fuck did Parks & Rec rank HIGHER than 30 Rock and Community??? I always thought it was a show that nobody except for 5 SMDB posters watched, and only stayed on the air because of political power by the creators? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-end-2010-2011-season-tv-ratings/583607/10 "2011-05-31T04:23:34Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > …Really odd that Shit My Dad Says ranked 34 and still got cancelled. The show was pretty by-the-book, but it had enough funny moments to be worth 20 minutes a week. It was due to the drop off from the previous show. That happens a lot. If the follow up show can’t keep the ratings from the previous show it’s often canceled. That’s what happened to shows like Jackie Mason’s _Chicken Soup_ and _Bridget Loves Bernie_. Both were top 20 shows, and both had some controversy surrounding them. But in both cases they ratings fell dramatically from the previous show. That also happened to a lot of shows that aired directly after _Friends_ on NBC. They couldn’t hold the ratings so they got axed. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-end-2010-2011-season-tv-ratings/583607/11 "2011-05-31T14:02:40Z")
That is just stupid. What was Shit’s lead in? So the networks care more about the “package” ratings than the individual show? Wait, so that means that fucking P&R is putting 30 Rock in danger??? Why couldn’t they renew Outsourced and put it on right before 30 Rock? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-end-2010-2011-season-tv-ratings/583607/12 "2011-05-31T14:18:35Z")
I disagree with ranking “The voice” at all on this list. At the time these ratings came out, it had been on for a month and had four episodes. That would qualify it for a mini-series, not a season. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-end-2010-2011-season-tv-ratings/583607/13 "2011-05-31T14:28:11Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > That is just stupid. What was Shit’s lead in? _The Big Bang Theory._ Good luck holding those numbers.