Here are the most popular TV shows this season 2021-2022 so far. Variety looked at the Nielsen data of all primetime scripted TV shows for 33 different weeks, that aired on NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox in the US.
With the difficulties of measuring success in TV programming, some have relied on the number of adults 18-49 that are watching. But this viewer score is still worth keeping in mind.
Below is a list of the total viewer averages for this season so far, as well as the average number of viewers who watch each show. These numbers come from Nielsen’s “most current” data stream which includes a week’s worth of delayed viewing where available.
Most Popular Shows:
- NCIS — 10.97 million
- FBI — 10.35 million
- Chicago Fire — 9.92 million
- Blue Bloods — 9.60 million
- The Equalizer — 9.30 million
- Chicago PD — 9.25 million
- Young Sheldon — 9.22 million
- Chicago Med — 9.20 million
- FBI: Most Wanted — 8.85 million
- Ghosts — 8.41 million
- FBI: International — 8.31 million
- NCIS: Hawai’i — 8.31 million
- This Is Us — 7.57 million
- Bull — 7.45 million
- La Brea — 7.43 million
- NCIS: Los Angeles — 7.24 million
- Magnum P.I. — 7.24 million
- 9-1-1 — 7.18 million
- 9-1-1: Lone Star — 6.83 million
- The Good Doctor — 6.82 million
Least Popular Shows:
- Welcome to Flatch — 1.07 million
- The Great North — 1.34 million
- Bob’s Burgers — 1.61 million
- Grand Crew — 1.81 million
- Pivoting — 1.85 million
- Queens — 1.86 million
- Family Guy — 1.90 million
- The Big Leap — 2.03 million
- Our Kind of People — 2.06 million
- Transplant — 2.32 million