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Yellowstone tops US dramas across 2021 -22

Yellowstone, NCIS, FBI and Chicago Fire are the top performers across America's annual Fall season.

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Kevin Costner drama Yellowstone has emerged as the new US favourite series, averaging over 11m viewers across 2021-22.

The series which screens in Australia on Stan, also topped the all important 18-49 demo in entertainment.

Taylor Sheridan’s 1883 and The Mayor of Kingstown also performed strongly, according to Variety.

New hits include Ghosts, Next Level Chef, Abbott Elementary and the Victorian-made La Brea.

RANK TITLE (NETWORK) VIEWERS (000)
1. NFL Sunday Night Football (NBC) 18,139
2. NFL Thursday Night Football (Fox/NFL Network) 15,397
3. Yellowstone (Paramount Network) 11,312
4. NFL Monday Night Football (ESPN) 11,233
5. NCIS (CBS) 11,010
6. FBI (CBS) 10,354
7. Chicago Fire (NBC) 9,917
8. Blue Bloods (CBS) 9,782
9. Equalizer (CBS) 9,452
10. 60 Minutes (CBS) 9,380
11. Chicago PD (NBC) 9,256
12. Young Sheldon (CBS) 9,222
13. Chicago Med (NBC) 9,203
14. FBI: Most Wanted (CBS) 8,846
15. NFL Thursday Night Football (NFL Network) 8,783
16. Ghosts (CBS) 8,409
17. NCIS: Hawai’i (CBS) 8,341
18. FBI: International (CBS) 8,312
19. The Voice-Tuesday (NBC) 8,278
20. 9-1-1 (Fox) 8,146
21. The Voice- Monday (NBC) 8,123
22. This Is Us (NBC) 8,004
23. 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox) 7,460
24. Bull (CBS) 7,451
25. La Brea (NBC) 7,433
26. Survivor (CBS) 7,417
27. NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) 7,348
28. Magnum P.I. (CBS) 7,338
29. American Idol (ABC) 7,262
30. The Good Doctor (ABC) 7,141
31. American Idol-Monday (ABC) 6,992
32. Law & Order: SVU (NBC) 6,838
33. CSI: Vegas (CBS) 6,799
34. The Neighborhood (CBS) 6,759
35. Bob Hearts Abishola (CBS) 6,698
36. Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 6,506
37. S.W.A.T. (CBS) 6,491
38. The Rookie (ABC) 6,432
39. Dancing with the Stars (ABC) 6,303
40. Station 19 (ABC) 6,220
41. New Amsterdam (NBC) 6,173
42. Law & Order (NBC) 6,078
43. The Masked Singer (Fox) 5,876
44. United States of Al (CBS) 5,858
45. Seal Team (CBS) 5,830
46. Big Sky (ABC) 5,741
47. B Positive (CBS) 5,688
48. Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC) 5,550
49. The Amazing Race (CBS) 5,500
50. The Cleaning Lady (Fox) 5,168
SOURCE: NIELSEN. 09-20-2021 – 05-9-2022. PRELIMINARY LIVE+7 DAYS, PRIME, ORIGINAL TELECASTS ONLY, THREE EPISODES OR MORE. TOP 100 SHOWN BASED ON A18-49. EXCLUDES: SPORTS COMMENTARY; SPECIALS (SPECIAL SPORTS EVENTS ALSO EXCLUDED, SUCH AS PLAYOFFS, FINALS, NFL DRAFT); SPANISH-LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING; CHILDRENS’ NETWORKS; MOVIES AND BROADCAST PROGRAMS AIRING PREDOMINANTLY IN SUMMER 2021 (E.G., AGT, BIG BROTHER, LOVE ISLAND).

You can check the full 100 here.

3 Responses

  1. The Paramount Network really need Yellowstone after a number of disappointments, it pinned its Paramount+ hopes on classic franchises like Star Trek but also misread the prospective fan base audience with the choice of screenplays that were developed and is now trying to make up lost ground. I agree that the US studios do still make a lot of tired looking shows but that probably says something about American lifestyle today and the need for some simple escapism.

  2. Wow….I realized CBS was dominating in gross eyeballs but this list makes depressing reading for the other networks. If not for the Chicago family of shows, NBC would hardly feature in the top 20. As it is, there is no ABC in the top 20. I get that the non CBS networks will talk of demos (which is always what they do when not number 1) but this is really quite remarkable from CBS (and clearly not straight forward to replicate in Australia).

  3. Yellowstone was originally sold to NBC Peacock where it was a hit, but numbers are not available. CBS had to buy it back and put it on their anywhere cable/streaming service. The Yellowstone spinoffs were made for Paramount+. Abbott’s Elementary was loved by the critics, but got a mid-season replacement slot and only averaged ca 2.5m and didn’t make the list. Here Disney put it straight on Disney+. It’s a list mostly of tired looking shows that are rating half what they were a few years ago.

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