CBS will ring in the new year and the second half of the 2016-2017 season with the most watched show on television, THE BIG BANG THEORY, and more Top 25 shows than any other network. CBS has six of the Top 10 programs and 12 of the Top 25, through 12/25/16.
Top 25 Most Watched Prime Time Series for 2016-2017 Season (9/19/16-12/25/16):
Rank |
Program |
Network |
(000) |
# of TC |
1 |
THE BIG BANG THEORY |
CBS |
19,475 |
11 |
2 |
NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL |
NBC |
19,439 |
14 |
3 |
NCIS |
CBS |
18,341 |
10 |
4 |
NBC+NFLN THU NT FOOTBALL |
NBC |
17,071 |
5 |
5 |
BULL |
CBS |
16,269 |
9 |
6 |
SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK |
NBC |
14,776 |
14 |
7 |
THIS IS US |
NBC |
14,627 |
10 |
8 |
CBS+NFLN THU NT FOOTBALL |
CBS |
14,594 |
4 |
9 |
BLUE BLOODS |
CBS |
14,213 |
10 |
10 |
60 MINUTES |
CBS |
14,178 |
13 |
11 |
THE OT |
FOX |
13,954 |
6 |
12 |
NCIS: NEW ORLEANS |
CBS |
13,118 |
9 |
13 |
NCIS: LOS ANGELES |
CBS |
13,019 |
10 |
14 |
DESIGNATED SURVIVOR |
ABC |
12,840 |
10 |
15 |
VOICE |
NBC |
12,566 |
13 |
16 |
DANCING WITH THE STARS |
ABC |
12,491 |
10 |
17 |
VOICE-TUE |
NBC |
12,197 |
12 |
18 |
HAWAII FIVE-0 |
CBS |
12,186 |
11 |
19 |
EMPIRE |
FOX |
12,110 |
9 |
20 |
GREY'S ANATOMY |
ABC |
11,566 |
9 |
21 |
CRIMINAL MINDS |
CBS |
11,363 |
8 |
22 |
MADAM SECRETARY |
CBS |
11,331 |
10 |
23 |
CHICAGO FIRE |
NBC |
10,995 |
8 |
24 |
FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 |
NBC |
10,774 |
14 |
25 |
NCIS-ENC (R) |
CBS |
10,754 |
2 |
Source: Nielsen Most Current (9/19/16 -12/25/16)
About the show: Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists - geniuses in the laboratory but socially challenged everywhere else. Enter beautiful, street-smart neighbor Penny, who aims to teach them a thing or two about life. Despite their on-again, off-again relationship in the past, Leonard and Penny have finally gotten married. Even Sheldon has found a female companion, entering into a "relationship agreement" with neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler, and they recently took their relationship to the next level. In their free time, Leonard and Sheldon enjoy fantasy role-playing games with their ever-expanding universe of friends, including fellow scientists Koothrappali, Wolowitz and Wolowitz's adorable microbiologist wife, Bernadette, who is now expecting their first child.
Photo: Michael Yarish/Warner Bros
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