This statistic shows a genre breakdown of primetime TV viewership in the United States in 2011/2012. Sitcoms accounted for 11 percent of total primetime viewership between September 2011 and January 2012. A season earlier, reality TV took the largest share of primetime TV programming.
Share of primetime TV viewing time in the United States in 2016, by platform
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The Drum. (May 8, 2017). Share of primetime TV viewing time in the United States in 2016, by platform [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 05, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/223209/genre-breakdown-of-primetime-tv-viewership-in-the-us/
The Drum. "Share of primetime TV viewing time in the United States in 2016, by platform." Chart. May 8, 2017. Statista. Accessed August 05, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223209/genre-breakdown-of-primetime-tv-viewership-in-the-us/
The Drum. (2017). Share of primetime TV viewing time in the United States in 2016, by platform. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 05, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223209/genre-breakdown-of-primetime-tv-viewership-in-the-us/
The Drum. "Share of Primetime Tv Viewing Time in The United States in 2016, by Platform." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223209/genre-breakdown-of-primetime-tv-viewership-in-the-us/
The Drum, Share of primetime TV viewing time in the United States in 2016, by platform Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223209/genre-breakdown-of-primetime-tv-viewership-in-the-us/ (last visited August 05, 2020)
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