Modern Family Steals number one spot.....Well kinda

Modern Family Steals number one spot.....Kinda

Modern Family recently became TV’s number one scripted (average) show, Two and a Half Men continued into it’s rating decline, being beat last Monday by 2 Broke Girls (3.4 to 3.6) and has dropped into second position. This is a bit surprising since it had a 10.7 in it’s first week, a 7.4 in it’s second week and a 6.2 in it’s third week. Since then in 2012 it has been average about a 3.5 every episode.

Though Modern Family climbs to top position, it still isn’t the number one show that airs. The only reason why it is at number one is because it had a better season premier than the show who is currently number Three. And also because it’s rating decline didn’t come until recently. Averaging about 4.8 per episode.

The show that currently holds the position as the weekly number one scripted program but still holds the third spot in Season Average is The Big Bang Theory. The Big Bang Theory has been the most Stable series all season long. With a Season Premier of a 4.9 and only hitting it’s season high of a 5.6 mid season. Big Bang has had 70% of all their episode rate higher than the 5’s. Not only that but it also beats American Idol on Thursday nights in it’s half hour. No scripted or unscripted show in television history has ever went head to head with American Idol and beat in ratings.

These 3 comedies remain the top 3 scripted series on Television and with this Season of shows coming to an end, I don’t see much changes aside from The Big Bang Theory getting top position. Though it will have to battle American Idol every week to get that position.

Current top 10 Rated Scripted shows:
1. Modern Family-ABC (Avg: 5.36 ) – ABC Number one Show & Comedy
2. Two and a Half Men – CBS (Avg: 5.35) – CBS Number one Show & Comedy
3. The Big Bang Theory – CBS (Avg: 5.11)
4. 2 Broke Girls –CBS (Avg: 4.52) – TV’s Number One New Comedy
5. How I Met Your Mother – CBS (Avg: 4.26)
6. NCIS – CBS (AVG: 3.95) – CBS Number One Drama
7. Mike & Molly – CBS (AVG: 3.91)
8. Grey’s Anatomy – ABC (Avg: 3.67) – ABC Number One Drama
9. New Girl – FOX (Avg: 3.64) – FOX Number One Show and Comedy
10. Criminal Minds – CBS (Avg: 3.52)


Other Scripted Shows from 11 to 30

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Should note CW's Number one show The Vampire Diaries ranks currently at #65 this season with an average of 1.35 (Higher than Fox's Fringe and CBS's A Gifted Man....but also NBC's Harry's Law, The Firm, also NBC's Free Agents, Chuck and Prime Suspect who were either canceled or ended their seasons.)

The reason WHY the sites focus on those is because those are the demographic the Broadcast networks target.

Much like how HBO and Showtime focus on how many viewers the show gets over the week (multiple airings) and not just only overnight. Those networks focus on that.

BUT CBS DO look at overall viewers since a LOT of their drama's get 2.1/2.2 BUT with over 10 million viewers.

WHILE CW takes ratings in Women 18 to 34 in consideration as well.

While ABC, NBC and FOX purely focuses on the adults 18-49.