Distribution of primetime TV viewership in the U.S. 2016

Published by
Julia Stoll,
Jan 13, 2021
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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May 2017

Region

United States

Survey time period

2016

Special properties

live + 15 day DVR

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