The most-watched TV shows of the last year have just been revealed — and some of the final results may surprise you.
After record-breaking premieres during the 2024-2025 season, Variety released the full list on Thursday, May 29, of shows that people just couldn’t get enough of — and some that didn’t live up the hype when it came to final viewership.
The top shows included Justin Hartley‘s hit CBS series Tracker, which recently wrapped up its second season and is going into production on season 3 soon. CBS had several wins as a network with Matlock, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage and Elsbeth at the top.
Meanwhile on ABC, High Potential earned a slot in the top five after just one season. ABC also scored high thanks to 9-1-1, Shifting Gears, The Rookie and more, according to Nielsen multi-platform numbers.
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Lower on the list were new streaming shows such as Prime Video’s On Call, Netflix’s Pulse and several NBC shows following the network’s recent mass cancellation news.
Keep scrolling for the full breakdown of the most-watched shows of the 2024-2025 season:
Squid Game (Netflix, 27.1 million)
Adolescence (Netflix, 19 million)
Tracker (CBS, 17.4 million)
Reacher (Amazon Prime Video, 17.3 million)
High Potential (ABC, 16.1 million)
Matlock (CBS, 16 million)
Landman (Paramount+, 15.8 million)
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix, 15.7 million)
Zero Day (Netflix, 15.7 million)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix, 15.2 million)
The Night Agent (Netflix, 14.8 million)
American Primeval (Netflix, 13.8 million)
Running Point (Netflix, 13.1 million)
The Residence (Netflix, 12.8 million)
A Man on the Inside (Netflix, 12.4 million)
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (CBS, 12.1 million)
Ghosts (CBS, 12.1 million)
Yellowstone (Paramount, 12.1 million)
1923 (Paramount+, 11.9 million)
The White Lotus (HBO, 11.6 million)
Elsbeth (CBS, 11.5 million)
Ms. Rachel (Netflix/YouTube, 11.5 million)
La Palma (Netflix, 11.4 million)
Will Trent (ABC, 11.4 million)
9-1-1 (ABC, 11.1 million)
Watson (CBS, 11 million)
The Madness (Netflix, 11 million)
MobLand (Paramount+, 11 million)
No Good Deed (Netflix, 10.9 million)
Shifting Gears (ABC, 19.9 million)
The Rookie (ABC, 10.8 million)
NCIS (CBS, 10.6 million)
FBI (CBS, 10.6 million)
The Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix, 10.5 million)
Black Doves (Netflix, 10.4 million)
Chicago Fire (NBC, 10.3 million)
Missing You (Netflix, 10.2 million)
Blue Bloods (CBS, 10.1 million)
Virgin River (Netflix, 10.1 million)
Chicago P.D. (NBC, 9.8 million)
Chicago Med (NBC, 9.8 million)
Fire Country (CBS, 9.6 million)
Cross (Amazon Prime Video, 9.6 million)
NCIS: Origins (CBS, 9.3 million)
Agatha All Along (Disney+, 9 million)
Abbott Elementary (ABC, 8.8 million)
60 Minutes (CBS, 8.7 million)
Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 8.7 million)
Paradise (Hulu, 8.5 million)
Tulsa King (Paramount+, 8.4 million)
FBI: Most Wanted (CBS, 8.4 million)
Survivor Season 47 (CBS, 8.3 million)
The Voice (NBC, 8.3 million)
The Diplomat (Netflix, 8.3 million)
FBI: International (CBS, 8.2 million)
The Equalizer (CBS, 8.2 million)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu, 8.2 million)
Cobra Kai (Netflix, 8.1 million)
Survivor Season 48 (CBS, 7.9 million)
The Penguin (HBO, 7.9 million)
Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount+, 7.8 million)
Doctor Odyssey (ABC, 7.7 million)
Doc (Fox, 7.6 million)
The Voice Tuesday (NBC, 7.5 million)
Brilliant Minds (NBC, 7.5 million
Outer Banks (Netflix, 7.4 million)
American Idol (ABC, 7.3 million)
S.W.A.T. (CBS, 7.2 million)
NCIS: Sydney (CBS, 7.1 million)
Is It Cake? Holiday (Netflix, 7.1 million)
Dancing With the Stars (ABC, 7.1 million)
9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox, 7.1 million)
The Americas (NBC, 7 million)
Beast Games (Amazon Prime Video, 7 million)
The Hunting Party (NBC, 7 million)
Happy’s Place (NBC, 6.9 million)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC, 6.9 million)
Love on the Spectrum U.S. (Netflix, 6.8 million)
Severance (Apple TV+, 6.8 million)
Law & Order (NBC, 6.7 million)
Good American Family (Hulu, 6.7 million)
The Irrational (NBC, 6.6 million)
The Neighborhood (CBS, 6.4 million)
Star Wars Skeleton Crew (Disney+, 6.3 million)
Dream Productions (Disney+, 6.3 million)
The Recruit (Netflix, 6.2 million)
Win or Lose (Disney+, 6.2 million)
St. Denis Medical (NBC, 6.1 million)
The Bondsman (Amazon Prime Video, 6 million)
Found (NBC, 6 million)
Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+, 5.8 million)
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Love Is Blind (Netflix, 5.8 million)
The Floor (Fox, 5.7 million)
On Call (Prime Video, 5.7 million)
The Amazing Race (CBS, 5.6 million)
Pulse (Netflix, 5.6 million)
Beauty in Black (Netflix, 5.6 million)
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (Netflix, 5.6 million)
The Conners (ABC, 5.6 million)
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