The Sitcom Rankings

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APRIL RANKINGS:

Rank	Prev.	Show	Network	% of Next Seas.
1	2	Parks and Recreation	NBC	100
2	1	Community	NBC	100
3	3	How I Met Your Mot…	CBS	100
4	5	The Office	NBC	100
5	6	30 Rock	NBC	100
6	4	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	100
7	7	Modern Family	ABC	100
8	8	Cougar Town	ABC	100
9	10	Raising Hope	Fox	100
10	9	Mike and Molly	CBS	95
11	13	Mr. Sunshine	ABC	50
12	12	The Middle	ABC	100
13	11	Two and a Half Men	CBS	66
14	N/R	Happy Endings	ABC	40
15	14	Better with You	ABC	50
16	N/R	Breaking In	Fox	40
17	15	Perfect Couples	NBC	0
18	16	Rules of Engagement	CBS	50
19	19	Traffic Light	Fox	25
20	18	Outsourced	NBC	33
21	20	Running Wilde	Fox	0
22	17	Mad Love	CBS	25
23	21	$#*! My Dad Says	CBS	50
24	N/R	The Paul Reiser Show	NBC	0

MARCH RANKINGS:

Rank	Prev.	Show	Network	% of Next Seas.
1	1	Community	NBC	100
2	4	Parks and Recreation	NBC	100
3	3	How I Met Your Mot…	CBS	100
4	2	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	100
5	6	The Office	NBC	100
6	7	30 Rock	NBC	100
7	5	Modern Family	ABC	100
8	8	Cougar Town	ABC	100
9	10	Mike and Molly	CBS	95
10	11	Raising Hope	Fox	100
11	9	Two and a Half Men	CBS	66
12	13	The Middle	ABC	100
13	14	Mr. Sunshine	ABC	66
14	12	Better with You	ABC	50
15	15	Perfect Couples	NBC	1
16	16	Rules of Engagement	CBS	50
17	17	Mad Love	CBS	25
18	18	Outsourced	NBC	40
19	19	Traffic Light	Fox	33
20	20	Running Wilde	Fox	0
21	21	$#*! My Dad Says	CBS	60

FEBRUARY RANKINGS:

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

DECEMBER/JANUARY RANKINGS:

Rank	Prev.	Show	Network	% of Next Seas.
1	3	Community	NBC	75
2	1	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	100
3	2	Modern Family	ABC	100
4	4	How I Met Your Mot…	CBS	95
5	6	30 Rock	NBC	100
6	5	Two and a Half Men	CBS	100
7	9	Parks and Recreation	NBC	85
8	10	The Office	NBC	95
9	8	Cougar Town	ABC	100
10	13	Mike and Molly	CBS	75
11	12	Raising Hope	Fox	100
12	7	Better with You	ABC	66
13	N/R	Perfect Couples	NBC	33
14	11	Outsourced	NBC	15
15	15	The Middle	ABC	25
16	16	Rules of Engagement	CBS	20
17	14	Running Wilde	Fox	0
18	17	$#*! My Dad Says	CBS	20

NOVEMBER RANKINGS:

Rank	Prev.	Show	Network	% of Next Seas.
1	4	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	100
2	2	Modern Family	ABC	100
3	7	Community	NBC	66
4	6	How I Met Your Mot…	CBS	95
5	5	Two and a Half Men	CBS	100
6	1	30 Rock	NBC	100
7	3	Better with You	ABC	85
8	9	Cougar Town	ABC	75
9	10	Parks and Recreation	NBC	75
10	8	The Office	NBC	95
11	12	Outsourced	NBC	20
12	13	Raising Hope	Fox	50
13	16	Mike and Molly	CBS	50
14	11	Running Wilde	Fox	5
15	14	The Middle	ABC	20
16	15	Rules of Engagement	CBS	15
17	17	$#*! My Dad Says	CBS	20

OCTOBER RANKINGS:

Rank	Prev.	Show	Network	% of Next Seas.
1	5	30 Rock	NBC	95
2	1	Modern Family	ABC	100
3	8	Better with You	ABC	85
4	2	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	100
5	4	Two and a Half Men	CBS	100
6	7	How I Met Your Mot...	CBS	90
7	3	Community	NBC	40
8	6	The Office	NBC	95
9	10	Cougar Town	ABC	70
10	9	Parks and Recreation	NBC	75
11	11	Running Wilde	Fox	33
12	13	Outsourced	NBC	15
13	16	Raising Hope	Fox	33
14	12	The Middle	ABC	20
15	14	Rules of Engagement	CBS	15
16	15	Mike and Molly	CBS	40
17	17	$#*! My Dad Says	CBS	15

SEPTEMBER RANKINGS:

Rank	Prev.	Show	Network	% of Next Seas.
1	1	Modern Family	ABC	100
2	2	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	100
3	4	Community	NBC	75
4	5	Two and a Half Men	CBS	100
5	6	30 Rock	NBC	90
6	3	The Office	NBC	90
7	8	How I Met Your Mot...	CBS	75
8	NR	Better with You	ABC	75
9	7	Parks and Recreation	NBC	75
10	9	Cougar Town	ABC	66
11	NR	Running Wilde	Fox	50
12	10	The Middle	ABC	20
13	NR	Outsourced	NBC	10
14	11	Rules of Engagement	CBS	15
15	NR	Mike and Molly	CBS	25
16	NR	Raising Hope	Fox	15
17	NR	$#*! My Dad Says	CBS	10

AUGUST RANKINGS:

Rank	Show	Network	% of Next Seas.	Nielsen Sitcoms	Nielsen All	VOJ	PER
1	Modern Family	ABC	100	4	T21	0.760711886	1.396217948
2	The Big Bang Theory	CBS	100	1	5	1.53971435	1.426470085
3	The Office	NBC	90	3	T11	3.263549277	1.268854648
4	Community	NBC	75	9	T60	0.669986956	0.724358974
5	Two and a Half Men	CBS	100	2	T9	4.055628129	2.241111794
6	30 Rock	NBC	80	T6	T36	2.141302028	1.028923077
7	Parks and Recreation	NBC	75	T10	T63	0.774180798	0.714358974
8	How I Met Your Mot...	CBS	60	5	T28	2.916036998	1.3838
9	Cougar Town	ABC	50	8	T40	0.650361675	0.988076923
10	The Middle	ABC	25	T10	T63	0.641230879	0.928846154
11	Rules of Engagement	CBS	25	T6	T36	1.220206333	1.453846153

RANKINGS OVER TIME:

SHOW	AUG	SEPT	OCT	NOV	D/J	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	AVG
$#*! My Dad Says	N/R	17	17	17	18	21	21	23		19.1
30 Rock	6	5	1	6	5	7	6	5		5.13
Better with You	N/R	8	3	7	12	12	14	15		10.1
Breaking In	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	16		16
Community	4	3	7	3	1	1	1	2		2.75
Cougar Town	9	10	9	8	9	8	8	8		8.63
Friends with Benefits	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R		N/A
Happy Endings	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	14		14
How I Met Your Mot…	8	7	6	4	4	3	3	3		4.75
Mad Love	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	17	17	22		18.7
Mike and Molly	N/R	15	16	13	10	10	9	10		11.9
Modern Family	1	1	2	2	3	5	7	7		3.5
Mr. Sunshine	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	14	13	11		12.7
Outsourced	N/R	13	12	11	14	18	18	20		15.1
Parks and Recreation	7	9	10	9	7	4	2	1		6.13
Perfect Couples	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	13	15	15	17		15
Raising Hope	N/R	16	13	12	11	11	10	9		11.7
Rules of Engagement	11	14	15	16	16	16	16	18		15.3
Running Wilde	N/R	11	11	14	17	20	20	21		16.3
The Big Bang Theory	2	2	4	1	2	2	4	6		2.88
The Middle	10	12	14	15	15	13	12	12		12.9
The Office	3	6	8	10	8	6	5	4		6.25
The Paul Reiser Show	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	24		24
Traffic Light	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	19	19	19		19
Two and a Half Men	5	4	5	5	6	9	11	13		7.25