The NFL remains in the top spot in the final Live +7 viewer rankings for the 2015-16 TV season, but its lead is a little smaller than in the same-day and Live +3 tallies.
“Sunday Night Football” on NBC averaged 21.39 million viewers with a week of delayed viewing, a scant 91,000 more than its same-day average. “The Big Bang Theory” (20.59 million) finished second, moving ahead of “NCIS” (20.54 million), which was the top non-sports show in the same-day and L+3 rankings.
“Thursday Night Football” (17.12 million) and “Empire” (16.24 million) complete the Top 5.
See also: Final Live +7 adults 18-49 ratings for 2015-16
The chart below includes Live +7 total viewer averages for regularly scheduled original episodes of shows on ABC, CBS, The CW, FOX and NBC, 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+7 Viewers (000s) | Gain vs. L +SD (000s) |
| 1 | Sunday Night Football | NBC | 21387 | 91 |
| 2 | The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 20585 | 5362 |
| 3 | NCIS | CBS | 20537 | 3929 |
| 4 | Thursday Night Football | CBS | 17124 | 104 |
| 5 | Empire | FOX | 16235 | 4642 |
| 6 | NCIS: New Orleans | CBS | 16155 | 3181 |
| 7 | Blue Bloods | CBS | 14553 | 4033 |
| 8 | Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 13630 | 1665 |
| 9 | The X-Files | FOX | 13596 | 4226 |
| 10 | The Voice – Monday | NBC | 13492 | 2032 |
| 11 | Scorpion | CBS | 13265 | 3626 |
| 12 | The Voice – Tuesday | NBC | 13232 | 1912 |
| 13 | Little Big Shots | NBC | 13045 | 1708 |
| 14 | The OT | FOX | 12772 | 11 |
| 15 | Criminal Minds | CBS | 12763 | 3748 |
| 16 | Madam Secretary | CBS | 12390 | 2190 |
| 17 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 12323 | 454 |
| 18 | Modern Family | ABC | 12182 | 4260 |
| 19 | NCIS: Los Angeles | CBS | 12130 | 3498 |
| 20 | Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 11689 | 2979 |
| 21 | Blindspot | NBC | 11662 | 4730 |
| 22 | Football Night in America Pt 3 | NBC | 11645 | 14 |
| 23 | Chicago Fire | NBC | 11611 | 3605 |
| 24 | The Blacklist | NBC | 11583 | 4755 |
| 25 | American Idol – Wednesday | FOX | 11520 | 1952 |
| 26 | Grey’s Anatomy | ABC | 11496 | 3461 |
| 27 | Survivor | CBS | 11198 | 2014 |
| 28 | American Idol – Thursday | FOX | 11126 | 2023 |
| 29 | The Good Wife | CBS | 10849 | 2459 |
| 30 | Scandal | ABC | 10830 | 3660 |
| 31 | Chicago Med | NBC | 10757 | 2811 |
| 32 | Life in Pieces | CBS | 10533 | 1794 |
| 33 | Chicago PD | NBC | 10425 | 3553 |
| 34 | Limitless | CBS | 10276 | 3232 |
| 35 | How to Get Away with Murder | ABC | 10261 | 4013 |
| 36 | Code Black | CBS | 10179 | 3076 |
| 37 | Supergirl | CBS | 10030 | 2351 |
| 38 | Castle | ABC | 9955 | 3603 |
| 39 | Law & Order: SVU | NBC | 9894 | 2991 |
| 40 | Shades of Blue | NBC | 9872 | 4088 |
| 41 | Mom | CBS | 9813 | 1838 |
| 42 | The Bachelor | ABC | 9534 | 1559 |
| 43 | Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | CBS | 9462 | 2410 |
| 44 | Person of Interest – Tuesday | CBS | 9175 | 2531 |
| 45 | The Middle | ABC | 9168 | 1839 |
| 46 | Elementary | CBS | 9143 | 3381 |
| 47 | Angel from Hell | CBS | 9044 | 1994 |
| 48 | The Odd Couple – Thursday | CBS | 8841 | 985 |
| 49 | The Mysteries of Laura | NBC | 8775 | 1802 |
| 50 | Mike & Molly | CBS | 8722 | 1653 |
| 51 | The Goldbergs | ABC | 8691 | 2089 |
| 52 | Last Man Standing | ABC | 8573 | 1826 |
| 53 | CSI: Cyber | CBS | 8503 | 2367 |
| 54 | Black-ish | ABC | 8319 | 2470 |
| 55 | Quantico | ABC | 8193 | 3808 |
| 56 | 2 Broke Girls | CBS | 8140 | 1686 |
| 57 | Person of Interest – Monday | CBS | 7966 | 2432 |
| 58 | The Amazing Race | CBS | 7630 | 1856 |
| 59 | Shark Tank | ABC | 7609 | 1603 |
| 60 | Lucifer | FOX | 7562 | 2995 |
| 61 | Bones | FOX | 7379 | 2253 |
| 62 | Undercover Boss | CBS | 7310 | 737 |
| 63 | The Catch | ABC | 7216 | 2583 |
| 64 | Superstore | NBC | 6587 | 1087 |
| 65 | Nashville | ABC | 6525 | 2342 |
| 66 | Once Upon a Time | ABC | 6475 | 2038 |
| 67 | Gotham | FOX | 6459 | 2370 |
| 68 | The Odd Couple – Monday | CBS | 6425 | 952 |
| 69 | Dr. Ken | ABC | 6410 | 1141 |
| 70 | Heroes Reborn | NBC | 6395 | 2070 |
| 71 | Grimm | NBC | 6283 | 2333 |
| 72 | Rosewood | FOX | 6199 | 1408 |
| 73 | The Player | NBC | 6161 | 2168 |
| 74 | 20/20 | ABC | 6070 | 940 |
| 75 | Dateline – Sunday | NBC | 6067 | 809 |
| 76 | American Crime | ABC | 6031 | 2312 |
| 77 | Dateline – Friday | NBC | 5917 | 1137 |
| 78 | Fresh Off the Boat | ABC | 5807 | 1370 |
| 79 | Agents of SHIELD | ABC | 5784 | 2358 |
| 80 | Blood & Oil | ABC | 5741 | 1835 |
| 81 | Masterchef Junior | FOX | 5692 | 1508 |
| 82 | Rush Hour | CBS | 5631 | 1093 |
| 83 | 48 Hours | CBS | 5585 | 681 |
| 84 | Best Time Ever w/Neil Patrick Harris | NBC | 5556 | 598 |
| 85 | America’s Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 5540 | 283 |
| 86 | The Flash | CW | 5506 | 1968 |
| 87 | The Muppets | ABC | 5327 | 1310 |
| 88 | Heartbeat | NBC | 5300 | 982 |
| 89 | Saturday Night College Football | ABC | 5217 | 34 |
| 90 | Football Night in America Pt 2 | NBC | 5204 | 9 |
| 91 | Hell’s Kitchen | FOX | 5026 | 1469 |
| 92 | The Family | ABC | 4891 | 1876 |
| 93 | Dateline Saturday Mystery | NBC | 4890 | 388 |
| 94 | The Great Holiday Baking Show | ABC | 4873 | 893 |
| 95 | The Carmichael Show | NBC | 4870 | 535 |
| 96 | Game of Silence | NBC | 4865 | 1522 |
| 97 | The Real O’Neals | ABC | 4820 | 1058 |
| The Simpsons | FOX | 4820 | 830 | |
| 99 | Sleepy Hollow | FOX | 4817 | 1753 |
| 100 | The Biggest Loser | NBC | 4751 | 1132 |
| 101 | Scream Queens | FOX | 4723 | 1935 |
| 102 | Bachelor Live | ABC | 4632 | 673 |
| 103 | Family Guy | FOX | 4403 | 1312 |
| 104 | Telenovela | NBC | 4402 | 650 |
| 105 | Agent Carter | ABC | 4369 | 1680 |
| 106 | Of Kings and Prophets | ABC | 4356 | 1483 |
| 107 | The Last Man on Earth | FOX | 4303 | 1557 |
| 108 | Hollywood Game Night | NBC | 4204 | 364 |
| 109 | Dateline: On Assignment | NBC | 4160 | 193 |
| 110 | Beyond the Tank – Friday | ABC | 4110 | 448 |
| 111 | Crowded | NBC | 3992 | 703 |
| 112 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | FOX | 3980 | 1248 |
| 113 | Grandfathered | FOX | 3797 | 1074 |
| 114 | Wicked City | ABC | 3793 | 1329 |
| 115 | Arrow | CW | 3764 | 1267 |
| 116 | New Girl | FOX | 3753 | 1109 |
| 117 | Second Chance | FOX | 3648 | 1220 |
| 118 | Caught on Camera | NBC | 3600 | 110 |
| 119 | You, Me and the Apocalypse | NBC | 3582 | 656 |
| 120 | Legends of Tomorrow | CW | 3548 | 1372 |
| 121 | NBA Saturday Primetime | ABC | 3502 | 36 |
| 122 | Beyond the Tank – Tuesday | ABC | 3425 | 617 |
| 123 | 20/20 Saturday | ABC | 3321 | 438 |
| 124 | Minority Report | FOX | 3282 | 1207 |
| 125 | Undateable | NBC | 3275 | 528 |
| 126 | The Grinder | FOX | 3215 | 1039 |
| 127 | Galavant | ABC | 3149 | 713 |
| 128 | Strong | NBC | 3063 | 295 |
| 129 | Bob’s Burgers | FOX | 2991 | 672 |
| 130 | FOX College Football | FOX | 2988 | 13 |
| 131 | Supernatural | CW | 2809 | 1028 |
| 132 | What Would You Do? | ABC | 2665 | 325 |
| 133 | Truth Be Told | NBC | 2572 | 360 |
| 134 | American Grit | FOX | 2570 | 563 |
| 135 | My Diet Is Better Than Yours | ABC | 2502 | 294 |
| 136 | Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life | FOX | 2282 | 257 |
| 137 | Containment | CW | 2185 | 751 |
| 138 | World’s Funniest | FOX | 2179 | 145 |
| 139 | The 100 | CW | 2162 | 832 |
| 140 | iZombie | CW | 1997 | 674 |
| 141 | The Vampire Diaries | CW | 1959 | 814 |
| 142 | Bordertown | FOX | 1869 | 172 |
| 143 | NBA Countdown | ABC | 1835 | 4 |
| 144 | Jane the Virgin | CW | 1630 | 670 |
| 145 | The Originals | CW | 1624 | 688 |
| 146 | America’s Next Top Model | CW | 1592 | 569 |
| 147 | Reign | CW | 1471 | 486 |
| 148 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | CW | 1048 | 174 |
Source: The Nielsen Company.
