The Cosby Show held the top spot for TV viewership from 1985 until 1989, when Cheers took over, and shortly thereafter, Roseanne pushed it down to the number three spot. Roseanne became number one in 1991. That’s when Cheers lost a lot of its steam. Home Improvement took over the top spot in 1993, Seinfeld in 1994, ER in 1995, Seinfeld again in 1996, and ER again in 1998. Friends and then CSI grabbed the top spot in 2001. The Sopranos became the first of the specialty network shows to crack the top 3. Lost took the crown in 2006. NCIS dethroned Lost in 2008 with CSI on its heels. Another specialty channel hit, Dexter, almost got to number one in 2009. HBO’s Game of Thrones finally cracked number one for a specialty channel in 2013. But the traditional networks got the title back in 2013 with Big Bang Theory. Game of Thrones regained the lead in 2014 and then really pulled away from the pack. Big Bang Theory got back on top in 2018. Game of Thrones took it back in 2019 only to have it stolen by NCIS later that year. Then Disney’s The Mandalorian took over in 2020. Disney launched another bullet in Wandavision in 2021, followed by another Disney show, Loki. Then Netflix introduced a show that rose like a tsunami and took the top spot, Squid Game. Paramount’s Yellowstone took over in 2022. HBO came back with House of the Dragon, but Yellowstone eventually retook the lead.
No comments:
Post a Comment