{"id":9198,"date":"2018-12-20T10:22:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T15:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-reveals-top-u-s-tv-programs-2018\/"},"modified":"2018-12-21T09:15:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T14:15:50","slug":"nielsen-reveals-top-u-s-tv-programs-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nielsen-reveals-top-u-s-tv-programs-of-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Nielsen Reveals Top U.S. TV Programs of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Nielsen, <em>The Big Bang Theory<\/em> and the now-canceled <em>Roseanne<\/em> rank highest among the top 10 regularly scheduled TV programs in the U.S. for 2018, while <em>Better Call Saul<\/em> and <em>The Sinner<\/em> received the biggest boosts from time-shifting.<\/p>\n<p>In the list of the top TV programs of 2018 (regularly scheduled), <em>Roseanne<\/em> ranks first with some 19.96 million viewers, followed by NBC Sunday Night Football with 19.56 million. Coming in at number three is<em> The Big Bang Theory<\/em> with 18.33 million, and <em>NCIS<\/em> and <em>This Is Us<\/em> trail with 16.72 million and 16.59 million viewers, respectively. The rest of the top 10 features <em>Young Sheldon<\/em> (15.66 million), newcomer <em>Manifest<\/em> (14.62 million), <em>The Good Doctor<\/em> (14.51 million), <em>America&#8217;s Got Talent<\/em> (14.27 million) and <em>Bull<\/em> (13.51 million).<\/p>\n<p>The top Spanish-Language programs of 2018 (regularly scheduled) feature <em>Pequenos Gigantes<\/em> ranking first with 2.22 million viewers, alongside the weekday broadcasts of<em> El Se\u00f1or de los Cielos VI<\/em> and <em>Rico y L\u00e1zaro<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In regard to time-shifted programming, <em>Better Call Saul<\/em> received a 429.2 percent lift in viewers from time-shifting, while <em>The Sinner<\/em> got a 352.1 percent boost. <em>Shameless<\/em> saw a 320.5 percent lift, followed by <em>American Horror Story<\/em> (312.9 percent) and <em>Mayans M.C.<\/em> (305.3 percent). Ranked by absolute difference in viewers, <em>Roseanne<\/em> leads with 10.73 million additional viewers from time-shifting, followed by <em>This Is Us<\/em> (8.65 million), <em>Manifest<\/em> (8.59 million), <em>The Big Bang Theory<\/em> (8.4 million) and <em>The Good Doctor<\/em> (8.17 million).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Nielsen, The Big Bang Theory and the now-canceled Roseanne rank highest among the top 10 regularly scheduled TV programs in the U.S. for 2018, while Better Call Saul and The Sinner received the biggest boosts from time-shifting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":9200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,69],"tags":[91],"class_list":["post-9198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-analysis","category-top-stories","tag-nielsen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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