The 2011-2012 TV season ended with a whimper, as all five broadcast networks posted year-to-year drops in viewership during May sweeps. But the season as a whole wasn't too bad: 2 Broke Girls Season 1 dvd release date Sure, some big swings (Pan Am, Terra Nova) missed, but a solid 15 freshman shows (out of 45) were renewed. Here's a roundup of this year's winners and losers.
Winners Funny girls CBS' 2 Broke Girls was the year's highest-rated new comedy, averaging a strong 5.6 million viewers with adults 18-49. The show has already been upgraded to a plum 9pm time slot for fall. Persons Unknown Season 1 DVD Box Set "That shows enormous confidence," says Warner Bros. TV president Peter Roth. Fox found a hit in Zooey Deschanel's New Girl (though it experienced viewer erosion by the end of the season). ABC is also high on Don't Trust the B—- in Apt. 23. But the real winner may be Whitney Cummings, who cocreated 2 Broke Girls and stars in NBC's Whitney, which managed to land a second season.
