The final The final Live +3 ratings for 2015-16 are now locked in, and the viewer chart features the same shows at the top as those in the same-day rankings, just in a slightly different order.
“Sunday Night Football” remains No. 1 with 21.38 million viewers, a scant 81,000 more than its same-day number (which makes sense, since live sports telecasts don’t get DVR’d that much). “NCIS” (19.58 million) and “The Big Bang Theory” (19.49 million) moved ahead of “Thursday Night Football” (17.12 million) into second and third.
See also: Final Live +3 18-49 averages for 2015-16
The chart below includes Live +3 total viewer averages for regularly scheduled original episodes of shows on the five English-language broadcast networks, excluding those coded as specials. Summer series that started or ended in the regular September-to-May season and irregularly scheduled sports programs are also excluded.
| Rank | Show | Network | L+3 Viewers (000s) | Gain vs. L+SD (000s) |
| 1 | Sunday Night Football | NBC | 21,377 | 81 |
| 2 | NCIS | CBS | 19,576 | 2,967 |
| 3 | The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 19,491 | 4,267 |
| 4 | Thursday Night Football | CBS | 17,118 | 98 |
| 5 | NCIS: New Orleans | CBS | 15,362 | 2,386 |
| 6 | Empire | FOX | 15,183 | 3,590 |
| 7 | Blue Bloods | CBS | 14,004 | 3,483 |
| 8 | Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 13,310 | 1,345 |
| 9 | The Voice – Monday | NBC | 13,136 | 1,676 |
| 10 | The OT | FOX | 12,771 | 10 |
| 11 | The Voice – Tuesday | NBC | 12,765 | 1,445 |
| 12 | Little Big Shots | NBC | 12,611 | 1,274 |
| 13 | Scorpion | CBS | 12,441 | 2,801 |
| 14 | The X-Files | FOX | 12,325 | 2,955 |
| 15 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 12,227 | 358 |
| 16 | Madam Secretary | CBS | 11,987 | 1,786 |
| 17 | Criminal Minds | CBS | 11,864 | 2,848 |
| 18 | Football Night in America Pt 3 | NBC | 11,643 | 12 |
| 19 | NCIS: Los Angeles | CBS | 11,344 | 2,711 |
| 20 | Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 11,237 | 2,526 |
| 21 | American Idol – Wednesdsay | FOX | 11,102 | 1,534 |
| 22 | Modern Family | ABC | 11,051 | 3,129 |
| 23 | Chicago Fire | NBC | 10,909 | 2,903 |
| 24 | Survivor | CBS | 10,837 | 1,650 |
| 25 | Grey’s Anatomy | ABC | 10,807 | 2,772 |
| 26 | The Blacklist | NBC | 10,658 | 3,830 |
| 27 | American Idol – Thursday | FOX | 10,641 | 1,538 |
| 28 | Blindspot | NBC | 10,583 | 3,651 |
| 29 | The Good Wife | CBS | 10,427 | 2,036 |
| 30 | Life in Pieces | CBS | 10,190 | 1,451 |
| 31 | Chicago Med | NBC | 10,182 | 2,236 |
| 32 | Scandal | ABC | 10,159 | 2,989 |
| 33 | Chicago PD | NBC | 9,719 | 2,846 |
| 34 | Code Black | CBS | 9,591 | 2,487 |
| 35 | How to Get Away with Murder | ABC | 9,548 | 3,300 |
| 36 | Limitless | CBS | 9,533 | 2,488 |
| 37 | Mom | CBS | 9,494 | 1,518 |
| 38 | Supergirl | CBS | 9,453 | 1,773 |
| 39 | Law & Order: SVU | NBC | 9,214 | 2,311 |
| 40 | The Bachelor | ABC | 9,195 | 1,220 |
| 41 | Shades of Blue | NBC | 9,179 | 3,395 |
| 42 | Castle | ABC | 9,069 | 2,716 |
| 43 | Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | CBS | 8,893 | 1,840 |
| 44 | Angel from Hell | CBS | 8,734 | 1,683 |
| 45 | The Middle | ABC | 8,698 | 1,369 |
| 46 | The Odd Couple – Thursday | CBS | 8,622 | 765 |
| 47 | Elementary | CBS | 8,530 | 2,767 |
| 48 | Person of Interest – Tuesday | CBS | 8,406 | 1,761 |
| 49 | The Mysteries of Laura | NBC | 8,357 | 1,384 |
| 50 | Mike & Molly | CBS | 8,344 | 1,274 |
| 51 | Last Man Standing | ABC | 8,258 | 1,511 |
| 52 | The Goldbergs | ABC | 8,173 | 1,569 |
| 53 | CSI: Cyber | CBS | 8,076 | 1,939 |
| 54 | 2 Broke Girls | CBS | 7,825 | 1,370 |
| 55 | Black-ish | ABC | 7,750 | 1,901 |
| 56 | Quantico | ABC | 7,404 | 3,019 |
| 57 | Person of Interest – Monday | CBS | 7,381 | 1,846 |
| 58 | The Amazing Race | CBS | 7,356 | 1,582 |
| 59 | Shark Tank | ABC | 7,316 | 1,312 |
| 60 | Undercover Boss | CBS | 7,187 | 613 |
| 61 | Bones | FOX | 6,849 | 1,723 |
| 62 | Lucifer | FOX | 6,776 | 2,209 |
| 63 | The Catch | ABC | 6,656 | 2,024 |
| 64 | Superstore | NBC | 6,374 | 874 |
| 65 | Dr. Ken | ABC | 6,225 | 956 |
| 66 | The Odd Couple – Monday | CBS | 6,159 | 685 |
| 67 | Nashville | ABC | 6,040 | 1,857 |
| 68 | Once Upon a Time | ABC | 5,987 | 1,550 |
| 69 | Heroes Reborn | NBC | 5,974 | 1,649 |
| 70 | 20/20 | ABC | 5,952 | 824 |
| 71 | Grimm | NBC | 5,916 | 1,969 |
| 72 | Dateline – Sunday | NBC | 5,832 | 574 |
| 73 | Rosewood | FOX | 5,822 | 1,031 |
| 74 | Gotham | FOX | 5,804 | 1,715 |
| 75 | Dateline – Friday | NBC | 5,760 | 978 |
| 76 | The Player | NBC | 5,751 | 1,758 |
| 77 | 48 Hours | CBS | 5,487 | 582 |
| 78 | Rush Hour | CBS | 5,455 | 917 |
| America’s Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 5,455 | 198 | |
| 80 | Fresh Off the Boat | ABC | 5,454 | 1,018 |
| 81 | American Crime | ABC | 5,446 | 1,727 |
| 82 | Best Time Ever w/Neil Patrick Harris | NBC | 5,418 | 460 |
| 83 | Masterchef Junior | FOX | 5,375 | 1,191 |
| 84 | Blood & Oil | ABC | 5,363 | 1,457 |
| 85 | Saturday Night College Football | ABC | 5,215 | 32 |
| 86 | Football Night in America Pt 2 | NBC | 5,202 | 7 |
| 87 | Agents of SHIELD | ABC | 5,163 | 1,736 |
| 88 | Heartbeat | NBC | 5,057 | 739 |
| 89 | The Flash | CW | 4,999 | 1,461 |
| 90 | The Muppets | ABC | 4,958 | 941 |
| 91 | Dateline Saturday Mystery | NBC | 4,815 | 313 |
| 92 | The Carmichael Show | NBC | 4,780 | 445 |
| 93 | Hell’s Kitchen | FOX | 4,737 | 1,180 |
| 94 | The Great Holiday Baking Show | ABC | 4,697 | 717 |
| 95 | Game of Silence | NBC | 4,623 | 1,280 |
| 96 | The Simpsons | FOX | 4,575 | 585 |
| 97 | The Biggest Loser | NBC | 4,552 | 933 |
| 98 | Bachelor Live | ABC | 4,540 | 581 |
| 99 | The Real O’Neals | ABC | 4,527 | 764 |
| 100 | The Family | ABC | 4,407 | 1,392 |
| 101 | Sleepy Hollow | FOX | 4,387 | 1,323 |
| 102 | Telenovela | NBC | 4,277 | 525 |
| 103 | Scream Queens | FOX | 4,136 | 1,348 |
| 104 | Dateline: On Assignment | NBC | 4,116 | 149 |
| 105 | Hollywood Game Night | NBC | 4,105 | 265 |
| 106 | Family Guy | FOX | 4,056 | 965 |
| 107 | Beyond the Tank – Friday | ABC | 4,015 | 352 |
| 108 | The Last Man on Earth | FOX | 3,971 | 1,225 |
| 109 | Of Kings and Prophets | ABC | 3,892 | 1,019 |
| 110 | Crowded | NBC | 3,864 | 575 |
| 111 | Agent Carter | ABC | 3,851 | 1,162 |
| 112 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | FOX | 3,665 | 933 |
| 113 | Caught on Camera | NBC | 3,583 | 93 |
| 114 | NBA Saturday Primetime | ABC | 3,501 | 35 |
| 115 | Wicked City | ABC | 3,483 | 1,019 |
| 116 | Grandfathered | FOX | 3,468 | 745 |
| 117 | Arrow | CW | 3,456 | 960 |
| 118 | You, Me and the Apocalypse | NBC | 3,453 | 527 |
| 119 | New Girl | FOX | 3,433 | 789 |
| 120 | Second Chance | FOX | 3,416 | 988 |
| 121 | FOX College Football | FOX | 3,394 | 15 |
| 122 | Beyond the Tank – Tuesday | ABC | 3,272 | 464 |
| 123 | Legends of Tomorrow | CW | 3,270 | 1,094 |
| 124 | 20/20 – Saturday | ABC | 3,234 | 351 |
| 125 | Undateable | NBC | 3,181 | 434 |
| 126 | Strong | NBC | 3,010 | 242 |
| 127 | Galavant | ABC | 2,940 | 504 |
| 128 | The Grinder | FOX | 2,899 | 723 |
| 129 | Minority Report | FOX | 2,898 | 823 |
| 130 | Bob’s Burgers | FOX | 2,779 | 460 |
| 131 | Supernatural | CW | 2,578 | 798 |
| 132 | What Would You Do? | ABC | 2,572 | 232 |
| 133 | Truth Be Told | NBC | 2,527 | 315 |
| 134 | American Grit | FOX | 2,467 | 460 |
| 135 | My Diet Is Better Than Yours | ABC | 2,448 | 240 |
| 136 | Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life | FOX | 2,224 | 199 |
| 137 | World’s Funniest | FOX | 2,151 | 117 |
| 138 | The 100 | CW | 1,994 | 664 |
| 139 | Containment | CW | 1,985 | 551 |
| 140 | iZombie | CW | 1,842 | 519 |
| 141 | NBA Countdown | ABC | 1,835 | 4 |
| 142 | Bordertown | FOX | 1,823 | 126 |
| 143 | The Vampire Diaries | CW | 1,783 | 638 |
| 144 | America’s Next Top Model | CW | 1,506 | 483 |
| 145 | The Originals | CW | 1,492 | 557 |
| 146 | Jane the Virgin | CW | 1,471 | 511 |
| 147 | Reign | CW | 1,363 | 378 |
| 148 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | CW | 1,003 | 129 |
Source: The Nielsen Company.
