Friday, February 25, 2011

The February Network, Primetime, Half-Hour, Live-Action Sitcom Rankings


Here are the February sitcom rankings. This goes through all episodes that have aired to date. Ratings and viewership numbers are considered, but it is mostly opinion based.

Rank
Prev.
Show
Network
% of Next Seas.
1
1
Community
NBC
80
2
2
The Big Bang Theory
CBS
100
3
4
How I Met Your Mot…
CBS
95
4
7
Parks and Recreation
NBC
85
5
3
Modern Family
ABC
100
6
8
The Office
NBC
95
7
5
30 Rock
NBC
100
8
9
Cougar Town
ABC
100
9
6
Two and a Half Men
CBS
50
10
10
Mike and Molly
CBS
85
11
11
Raising Hope
Fox
100
12
12
Better with You
ABC
66
13
15
The Middle
ABC
100
14
N/R
Mr. Sunshine
ABC
50
15
13
Perfect Couples
NBC
40
16
16
Rules of Engagement
CBS
40
17
N/R
Mad Love
CBS
33
18
14
Outsourced
NBC
25
19
N/R
Traffic Light
Fox
33
20
17
Running Wilde
Fox
0
21
18
$#*! My Dad Says
CBS
50


-Community maintained its position in the 1 spot with what I considered one of the top 10 episodes last night. Of course, I am a political junkie.

-Big Bang Theory has continued its run of just-above-average, and with its large audience, positive history, and moderate improvements the past few weeks, it keeps the 2 spot.

-HIMYM finished the month with a mediocre episode, but has been relatively strong since charting new territory with Marshall's father's death.

-Parks and Rec continues its inevitable climb upwards after a full month of episodes.

-The Michael Scott Farewell Tour has clearly commenced, and The Office has gone on an upswing by closing out some lingering storylines, which I'm sure will continue for the last few episodes before Carrell leaves.

-Oh Two and a Half Men. The drop has almost nothing to do with what aired on screen. The show has already been renewed, but with Charlie Sheen's latest antics, a 9th season is in jeopardy. In fact, giving it 50% odds of continuing is probably too high.

-We had 3 debuts this month- Mr. Sunshine, Mad Love, and Traffic Light. All 3 had shaky pilots. I think the casts are strong enough to right the ship on Mr. Sunshine(Matthew Perry, Allison Janney, Andrea Anders), which has shown signs of improvement  and Mad Love (Sarah Chalke, Jason Biggs, Judy Greer), which has not.

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