The data is in and Sunday Night Football on NBC is once again the top rated show on TV for the 2023-24 season, pulling in nearly 20 million viewers. It's followed by NFL Monday Night Football on ABC and NFL Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime, with about 12 million viewers each. The only non-sports show making the cut? "Tracker" on CBS, with just under 11 million viewers.
Last season's top dog, "Yellowstone," has been off the air for over a year. Yet, it's reruns on CBS still pull enough weight to get a mention.
All this says four different things to me:
My beloved sitcoms are still in rough shape. The top-rated one: Young Sheldon just ended its run and few others made the top 25.Most of your favorite streaming shows aren’t on this list even if they’re big hits because much of streaming TV data is opaque. Netflix, for example, releases minutes watched instead of total viewership numbers.
Old school game shows, “The Price Is Right at Night,” “Celebrity Jeopardy!,” and “The $100,000 Pyramid” are in en vogue.
And above all, football brings people together for live events, parties, and communal viewing in a way that few things in our culture can.
So, a question for you all: What’s your favorite show right now?
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On that note, I'm James Brown, and as always, be well.
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