The year 2020-2021 was a major year for TV and OTT shows. Due to pandemic and lockdown TV saw a jump in viewership and OTT platforms saw a massive increase in subscription. In a first a lots of production house released their movies on OTT and TV. Let us take a look at the most-watched tv shows of 2020-21.
Hits
Equalizer(CBS)
All hail the Queen. Equalizer is one of the most-watched tv shows of the year on linear TV — and the second-most-watched amusement program. It is perhaps the most-watched TV show.
Ken Jeong
The comic has become a colossal piece of Fox’s lineup, and he’s additionally associated with the two top-20 unscripted arrangement. “The Masked Singer,” of which Jeong is a panelist, positioned No. 4 this year (tied with “This Is Us”), while “I Can See Your Voice,” which Jeong has, is tied at No. 19. Jeong’s third appearance in the best 100 is for “The Masked Dancer,” on which he was also a panelist.
Curse of Oak Island (History):
What indeed is ‘Curse of Oak Island?’ And consistently we Google it and re-find the frenzied ubiquity of the treasure hunters off of Nova Scotia. This year, it’s also the most-watched tv entertainment series of the year.
TLC:
Perhaps they should go from one end to the other “90 Day Fiancé” on TLC, given the continuous accomplishment of the establishment. What’s more, really, they kind of have, with innumerable offshoot series, all doing so well. This year, the organization’s “90 Day Fiancé Happily Ever After: Tell All,” “90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way,” “90 Day Fiancé: Tell All” and the first “90 Day Fiancé” are among the top-rated tv series in adults 18-49. Likewise, what is “Darcey and Stacey,” you may inquire? Why, it’s a spinoff of the “90 Day” establishment, obviously!
The 100 top-rated series of 2020-2021
| RANK | PROGRAM (NETWORK) | RATING /SHARE | 18-49 VIEWER (000) |
| 1. | NFL Sunday Night Football (NBC) | 4.8/26 | 6,216 |
| 2. | NFL Thursday Night Football (Fox/NFL) | 3.9/23 | 5,008 |
| 3. | NFL Monday Night Football (ESPN) | 3.5/20 | 4,494 |
| 4. | This Is Us (NBC) | 2.0/13 | 2,636 |
| The Masked Singer (Fox) | 2.0/13 | 2,599 | |
| 6. | Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) | 1.9/12 | 2,519 |
| NFL Thursday Night Football (NFL) | 1.9/12 | 2,491 | |
| Equalizer (CBS) | 1.9/12 | 2,442 | |
| 9. | 9-1-1 (Fox) | 1.8/11 | 2,319 |
| The Bachelorette (ABC) | 1.8/10 | 2,308 | |
| The Bachelor (ABC) | 1.8/11 | 2,283 | |
| 12. | Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC) | 1.7/12 | 2,136 |
| 13. | Chicago P.D. (NBC) | 1.6/12 | 2,124 |
| Chicago Fire (NBC) | 1.6/10 | 2,037 | |
| 15. | 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox) | 1.5/9 | 1,988 |
| South Park (Comedy Central) | 1.5/9 | 1,931 | |
| 17. | Law & Order: SVU (NBC) | 1.4/9 | 1,835 |
| Chicago Med (NBC) | 1.4/8 | 1,829 | |
| 19. | FBI (CBS) | 1.3/8 | 1,678 |
| I Can See Your Voice (Fox) | 1.3/7 | 1,646 | |
| The Good Doctor (ABC) | 1.3/8 | 1,646 | |
| Station 19 (ABC) | 1.3/8 | 1,645 | |
| NCIS (CBS) | 1.3/8 | 1,633 | |
| 24. | 60 Minutes (CBS) | 1.2/7 | 1,596 |
| The Voice-Tuesday (NBC) | 1.2/7 | 1,574 | |
| Big Sky (ABC) | 1.2/8 | 1,527 | |
| The Voice-Monday (NBC) | 1.2/7 | 1,527 | |
| Dancing with the Stars (ABC) | 1.2/6 | 1,515 | |
| Young Sheldon (CBS) | 1.2/8 | 1,513 | |
| 30. | American Idol (ABC) | 1.1/7 | 1,487 |
| 90 Day Fiancé Happily Ever After: Tell All (TLC) | 1.1/6 | 1,466 | |
| The Walking Dead (AMC) | 1.1/7 | 1,445 | |
| The Conners (ABC) | 1.1/7 | 1,439 | |
| 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way (TLC) | 1.1/6 | 1,339 | |
| The Amazing Race (CBS) | 1.1/6 | 1,359 | |
| Hell’s Kitchen (Fox) | 1.1/7 | 1,372 | |
| The Neighborhood (CBS) | 1.1/7 | 1,366 | |
| 38. | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (ABC) | 1.0/7 | 1,336 |
| A Million Little Things (ABC) | 1.0/7 | 1,324 | |
| 90 Day Fiancé: Tell All (TLC) | 1.0/7 | 1,308 | |
| FBI: Most Wanted (CBS) | 1.0/7 | 1,303 | |
| 90 Day Fiancé (TLC) | 1.0/6 | 1,293 | |
| New Amsterdam (NBC) | 1.0/7 | 1,280 | |
| The Rookie (ABC) | 1.0/7 | 1,279 | |
| The Resident (Fox) | 1.0/6 | 1,262 | |
| 46. | Manifest (NBC) | 0.9/7 | 1,228 |
| Supermarket Sweep (ABC) | 0.9/5 | 1,225 | |
| Saturday Night Football (ABC) | 0.9/6 | 1,221 | |
| Call Me Kat (Fox) | 0.9/6 | 1,219 | |
| Below Deck Mediterranean (Bravo) | 0.9/5 | 1,216 | |
| American Idol-Monday (ABC) | 0.9/6 | 1,211 | |
| Mom (CBS) | 0.9/6 | 1,203 | |
| The Masked Dancer (Fox) | 0.9/5 | 1,198 | |
| The Goldbergs (ABC) | 0.9/6 | 1,189 | |
| Family Guy (Fox) | 0.9/5 | 1,185 | |
| Blue Bloods (CBS) | 0.9/7 | 1,181 | |
| S.W.A.T. (CBS) | 0.9/6 | 1,178 | |
| Shark Tank (ABC) | 0.9/7 | 1,177 | |
| Curse of Oak Island (History) | 0.9/6 | 1,150 | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) | 0.9/5 | 1,144 | |
| Seal Team (CBS) | 0.9/6 | 1,144 | |
| Young Rock (NBC) | 0.9/6 | 1,136 | |
| The Simpsons (Fox) | 0.9/5 | 1,132 | |
| The Challenge: Double Agents (MTV) | 0.9/6 | 1,126 | |
| Below Deck (Bravo) | 0.9/5 | 1,118 | |
| American Housewife (ABC) | 0.9/5 | 1,108 | |
| Celebrity Family Feud (ABC) | 0.9/5 | 1,107 | |
| The Chase (ABC) | 0.9/5 | 1,104 | |
| 69. | Prodigal Son (Fox) | 0.8/5 | 1,094 |
| Bob Hearts Abishola (CBS) | 0.8/5 | 1,087 | |
| Clarice (CBS) | 0.8/6 | 1,082 | |
| Bull (CBS) | 0.8/6 | 1,079 | |
| The Weakest Link (NBC) | 0.8/5 | 1,057 | |
| NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) | 0.8/5 | 1,053 | |
| Magnum P.I. (CBS) | 0.8/6 | 1,053 | |
| Last Man Standing (Fox) | 0.8/5 | 1,032 | |
| 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After (TLC) | 0.8/5 | 1,019 | |
| Bob’s Burgers (Fox) | 0.8/4 | 984 | |
| B Positive (CBS) | 0.8/5 | 983 | |
| Mr. Mayor (NBC) | 0.8/5 | 982 | |
| America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC) | 0.8/5 | 976 | |
| 82. | Jersey Shore: Family Vacation S4 (MTV) | 0.7/5 | 968 |
| 60 Minutes Presents (CBS) | 0.7/6 | 959 | |
| Superstore (NBC) | 0.7/5 | 957 | |
| Real Housewives of Orange County (Bravo) | 0.7/4 | 950 | |
| Name That Tune (Fox) | 0.7/4 | 950 | |
| Rebel (ABC) | 0.7/5 | 950 | |
| WWE Friday Night Smackdown (Fox) | 0.7/5 | 946 | |
| Good Girls (NBC) | 0.7/5 | 933 | |
| The Unicorn (CBS) | 0.7/5 | 928 | |
| MacGyver (CBS) | 0.7/5 | 927 | |
| The Blacklist (NBC) | 0.7/5 | 925 | |
| Teen Mom II S10 (MTV) | 0.7/4 | 922 | |
| Game of Talents (Fox) | 0.7/5 | 916 | |
| Home Economics (ABC) | 0.7/5 | 914 | |
| Real Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo) | 0.7/4 | 901 | |
| Real Housewives of New Jersey (Bravo) | 0.7/5 | 898 | |
| Darcey & Stacey (TLC) | 0.7/4 | 896 | |
| To Tell The Truth (ABC) | 0.7/5 | 896 | |
| Debris (NBC) | 0.7/5 | 895 | |
| Paramount Plus Challenge Sneak (MTV) | 0.7/5 | 892 | |
| All Rise (CBS) | 0.7/4 | 890 | |
| Transplant (NBC) | 0.7/5 | 887 | |
| For Life (ABC) | 0.7/5 | 878 | |
| Press Your Luck (ABC) | 0.7/4 | 877 | |
| 20/20 (ABC) | 0.7/5 | 877 | |
| Black-ish (ABC) | 0.7/4 | 867 | |
| United States of Al (CBS) | 0.7/4 | 861 | |
| WWE Monday Night Raw (USA) | 0.7/4 | 847 | |
| Gold Rush (Discovery) | 0.7/4 | 842 |
Top 100 shows of 2020-2021 (Most viewers)
America’s most-watched tv shows of the 2020-2021 season are:
| RANK | TITLE (NETWORK) | VIEWERS (000) |
| 1. | NFL Sunday Night Football (NBC) | 16,662 |
| 2. | NFL Thursday Night Football (Fox/NFL Network) | 13,418 |
| 3. | NCIS (CBS) | 12,730 |
| 4. | Equalizer (CBS) | 12,686 |
| 5. | NFL Monday Night Football (ESPN) | 11,266 |
| 6. | FBI (CBS) | 11,073 |
| 7. | 60 Minutes (CBS) | 10,881 |
| 8. | Chicago Fire (NBC) | 10,319 |
| 9. | Blue Bloods (CBS) | 10,161 |
| 10. | Chicago Med (NBC) | 9,850 |
| 11. | 9-1-1 (Fox) | 9,819 |
| Chicago PD (NBC) | 9,819 | |
| 13. | This Is Us (NBC) | 9,477 |
| 14. | Young Sheldon (CBS) | 9,465 |
| 15. | 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox) | 8,900 |
| 16. | FBI: Most Wanted (CBS) | 8,898 |
| 17. | The Voice-Tuesday (NBC) | 8,699 |
| 18. | Bull (CBS) | 8,640 |
| 19. | The Voice-Monday (NBC) | 8,590 |
| 20. | Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC) | 8,351 |
| 21. | The Good Doctor (ABC) | 8,304 |
| 22. | Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) | 8,227 |
| 23. | 60 Minutes Presents (CBS) | 8,094 |
| 24. | NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) | 7,794 |
| 25. | The Masked Singer (Fox) | 7,668 |
| 26. | Big Sky (ABC) | 7,514 |
| 27. | Magnum P.I. (CBS) | 7,481 |
| 28. | American Idol (ABC) | 7,428 |
| 29. | Dancing with the Stars (ABC) | 7,329 |
| 30. | NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) | 7,216 |
| 31. | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (ABC) | 7,151 |
| 32. | Station 19 (ABC) | 7,141 |
| 33. | New Amsterdam (NBC) | 7,138 |
| 34. | The Rookie (ABC) | 7,115 |
| 35. | Mom (CBS) | 6,986 |
| 36. | The Neighborhood (CBS) | 6,805 |
| 37. | Law & Order: SVU (NBC) | 6,785 |
| 38. | Bob Hearts Abishola (CBS) | 6,584 |
| 39. | Seal Team (CBS) | 6,526 |
| 40. | The Bachelor (ABC) | 6,461 |
| 41. | NFL Thursday Night Football (NFL) | 6,297 |
| 42. | American Idol-Monday (ABC) | 6,238 |
| 43. | Clarice (CBS) | 6,201 |
| 44. | United States of Al (CBS) | 6,095 |
| 45. | The Bachelorette (ABC) | 6,045 |
| 46. | S.W.A.T. (CBS) | 6,004 |
| 47. | MacGyver (CBS) | 5,897 |
| 48. | All Rise (CBS) | 5,835 |
| 49. | Celebrity Family Feud (ABC) | 5,772 |
| 50. | Rebel (ABC) | 5,735 |
| 51. | The Resident (Fox) | 5,733 |
| 52. | The Conners (ABC) | 5,692 |
| 53. | B Positive (CBS) | 5,691 |
| 54. | The Chase (ABC) | 5,604 |
| 55. | Manifest (NBC) | 5,521 |
| 56. | The Blacklist (NBC) | 5,509 |
| 57. | A Million Little Things (ABC) | 5,492 |
| 58. | Transplant (NBC) | 5,492 |
| 59. | The Amazing Race (CBS) | 5,406 |
| 60. | America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC) | 5,367 |
| 61. | The Unicorn (CBS) | 5,052 |
| 62. | Debris (NBC) | 5,031 |
| 63. | Shark Tank (ABC) | 5,021 |
| 64. | I Can See Your Voice (Fox) | 4,836 |
| 65. | Last Man Standing (Fox) | 4,655 |
| 66. | To Tell the Truth (ABC) | 4,487 |
| 67. | Mr. Mayor (NBC) | 4,459 |
| 68. | The Weakest Link (NBC) | 4,458 |
| 69. | The Goldbergs (ABC) | 4,427 |
| 70. | Curse of Oak Island (History) | 4,183 |
| 71. | Call Me Kat (Fox) | 4,159 |
| 72. | 20/20 (ABC) | 4,158 |
| 73. | Prodigal Son (Fox) | 4,154 |
| 74. | Dateline Friday (NBC) | 4,151 |
| 75. | American Housewife (ABC) | 4,022 |
| 76. | Supermarket Sweep (ABC) | 3,875 |
| 77. | The Masked Dancer (Fox) | 3,874 |
| 78. | Saturday Night Football (ABC) | 3,867 |
| 79. | Dateline Monday (NBC) | 3,853 |
| 80. | Young Rock (NBC) | 3,847 |
| 81. | Tough as Nails (CBS) | 3,843 |
| 82. | Press Your Luck (ABC) | 3,831 |
| 83. | 90 Day Fiancé Happily Ever After: Tell All (TLC) | 3,817 |
| 84. | Hell’s Kitchen (Fox) | 3,794 |
| 85. | Emergency Call (ABC) | 3,763 |
| 86. | Dateline Thursday (NBC) | 3,762 |
| 87. | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (ABC) | 3,735 |
| 88. | The Walking Dead (AMC) | 3,711 |
| 89. | Home Economics (ABC) | 3,659 |
| 90. | Call Your Mother (ABC) | 3,625 |
| 91. | American Ninja Warrior (NBC) | 3,613 |
| 92. | 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way (NBC) | 3,580 |
| 93. | The Wall (NBC) | 3,468 |
| 94. | Match Game (ABC) | 3,438 |
| 95. | The Hustler (ABC) | 3,436 |
| 96. | Name That Tune (Fox) | 3,280 |
| 97. | 90 Day Fiancé: Tell All (TLC) | 3,217 |
| 98. | Black-ish (ABC) | 3,207 |
| 99. | For Life (ABC) | 3,203 |
| 100. | 90 Day Fiancé (TLC) | 3,141 |
The most-watched broadcast networks of 2020-20201 (Total viewers)
- CBS (6,202,000; down 18%)
- NBC (5,236,000; down 19%)
- ABC (4,639,000; down 14%)
- Fox (4,174,000; down 33%)
- Univision (1,333,000; down 9%)
- Ion (1,068,000; down 17%)
- Telemundo (1,030,000; down 6%)
- The CW (834,000; down 20%)
- Me TV (761,000; up 2%)
- Unimas (527,000; up 2%)
The top-rated broadcast network of 2020-2021
1. Fox (1,367,000; down 37%)
2. NBC (1,312,000; down 22%)
3. CBS (1,240,000; down 7%)
4. ABC (1,173,000; down 17%)
5. Univision (505,000; down 17%)
6. Telemundo (396,000; down 18%)
7. Ion (244,000; down 30%)
8. The CW (239,000; down 39%)
9.Unimas (237,000; down 6%)
10. Me TV (79,000; up 5%)