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Just in time for the return of fall TV shows, TheWrap has exclusively ranked all 47 of Big 4 broadcast's leading men by their Positive Q Scores, an industry measure of likability.
Note: Each entry also includes a Familiarity score -- and if that is less than 20, the Q Score is considered less stable.
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CBS
Rank: 1 Actor: Michael Weatherly Show: "Bull" Positive Q Score: 37 Familiarity: 24
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CBS
Rank: 2 (tie) Actor: Mark Harmon Show: "NCIS" Positive Q Score: 35 Familiarity: 57
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NBC
Rank: 2 (tie) Actor: Taylor Kinney Show: "Chicago Fire" Positive Q Score: 35 Familiarity: 13
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CBS
Rank: 4 Actor: Jim Parsons Show: "The Big Bang Theory" Positive Q Score: 34 Familiarity: 47
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CBS
Rank: 5 (tie) Actor: Johnny Galecki Show: "The Big Bang Theory" Positive Q Score: 32 Familiarity: 44
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Fox
Rank: 5 (tie) Actor: Terrence Howard Show: "Empire" Positive Q Score: 32 Familiarity: 37
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CBS
Rank: 5 (tie) Actor: Shemar Moore Show: "SWAT" Positive Q Score: 32 Familiarity: 34
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CBS
Rank: 8 (tie) Actor: Joe Mantegna Show: "Criminal Minds" Positive Q Score: 31 Familiarity: 40
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Fox
Rank: 8 (tie) Actor: Jussie Smollett Show: 'Empire" Positive Q Score: 31 Familiarity: 16
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Fox
Rank: 8 (tie) Actor: Tom Ellis Show: "Lucifer" Positive Q Score: 31 Familiarity: 14
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ABC
Rank: 8 (tie) Actor: Guillermo Diaz Show: "Scandal" Positive Q Score: 31 Familiarity: 13
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Rank: 12 (tie) Actor: LL Cool J Show: "NCIS: Los Angeles" Positive Q Score: 29 Familiarity: 71
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Rank: 12 (tie) Actor: Tom Selleck Show: "Blue Bloods" Positive Q Score: 29 Familiarity: 70
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NBC
Rank: 12 (tie) Actor: Sterling K. Brown Show: "This Is Us" Positive Q Score: 29 Familiarity: 14
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Rank: 15 (tie) Actor: Scott Bakula Show: "NCIS: New Orleans" Positive Q Score: 28 Familiarity: 43
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NBC
Rank: 15 (tie) Actor: James Spader Show: "The Blacklist" Positive Q Score: 28* Familiarity: 37
*From Winter 2017 study
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Fast and Furious
Rank: 15 (tie) Actor: Lucas Black Show: "NCIS: New Orleans" Positive Q Score: 28 Familiarity: 23
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NBC
Rank: 15 (tie) Actor: Milo Ventimiglia Show: "This Is Us" Positive Q Score: 28 Familiarity: 18
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ABC
Rank: 19 (tie) Actor: Anthony Anderson Show: "Black-ish" Positive Q Score: 27 Familiarity: 42
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Rank: 19 (tie) Actor: Lucas Till Show: "MacGyver" Positive Q Score: 27 Familiarity: 14
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Rank: 21 (tie) Actor: Damon Wayans Show: "Lethal Weapon" Positive Q Score: 26 Familiarity: 45
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Fox
Rank: 21 (tie) Actor: Andre Braugher Show: "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" Positive Q Score: 26 Familiarity: 16
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Fox
Rank: 23 Actor: David Boreanaz Show: SEAL Team Positive Q Score: 25 Familiarity: 28
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CBS
Rank: 24 (tie) Actor: Kevin James Show: "Kevin Can Wait" Positive Q Score: 24 Familiarity: 55
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NBC
Rank: 24 (tie) Actor: Marlon Wayans Show: "Marlon" Positive Q Score: 24 Familiarity: 50
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ABC
Rank: 24 (tie) Actor: Ed O'Neill Show: "Modern Family" Positive Q Score: 24 Familiarity: 45
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Rank: 24 (tie) Actor: Ice-T Show: "Law & Order: SVU" Positive Q Score: 24 Familiarity: 68
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ABC
Rank: 28 (tie) Actor: Kiefer Sutherland Show: "Designated Survivor" Positive Q Score: 23 Familiarity: 57
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Bravo
Rank: 28 (tie) Actor: Donnie Wahlberg Show: "Blue Bloods" Positive Q Score: 23 Familiarity: 49
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Fox
Rank: 28 (tie) Actor: Clayne Crawford Show: "Lethal Weapon" Positive Q Score: 23 Familiarity: 15
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ABC
Rank: 31 (tie) Actor: Freddie Highmore Show: "The Good Doctor" Positive Q Score: 22 Familiarity: 20
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Fox
Rank: 31 (tie) Actor: Ben McKenzie Show: "Gotham" Positive Q Score: 22 Familiarity: 15
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ABC
Rank: 33 (tie) Actor: Ty Burrell Show: "Modern Family" Positive Q Score: 21 Familiarity: 33
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ABC
Rank: 33 (tie) Actor: Jeff Garlin Show: "The Goldbergs" Positive Q Score: 21 Familiarity: 14
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Getty
Rank: 33 (tie) Actor: Mark Feuerstein Show: "9JKL" Positive Q Score: 21 Familiarity: 12
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CBS
Rank: 33 (tie) Actor: Scott Caan Show: "Hawaii Five-O" Positive Q Score: 21 Familiarity: 29
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ABC
Rank: 37 Actor: Tony Goldwyn Show: "Scandal" Positive Q Score: 19 Familiarity: 18
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NBC
Rank: 38 (tie) Actor: Ted Danson Show: "The Good Place" Positive Q Score: 18* Familiarity: 63
*From Winter 2016 study
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CBS
Rank: 38 (tie) Actor: Chris O'Donnell Show: "NCIS: Los Angeles" Positive Q Score: 18 Familiarity: 41
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Fox
Rank: 40 Actor: Craig Robinson Show: "Ghosted" Positive Q Score: 17 Familiarity: 17
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NBC
Rank: 41 Actor: Sean Hayes Show: "Will and Grace" Positive Q Score: 16 Familiarity: 28
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Fox
Rank: 42 (tie) Actor: Andy Samberg Show: "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" Positive Q Score: 15 Familiarity: 27
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CBS
Rank: 42 (tie) Actor: Bobby Moynihan Show: "Me, Myself & I" Positive Q Score: 15 Familiarity: 18
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ABC
Rank: 44 Actor: Randall Park Show: "Fresh Off the Boat" Positive Q Score: 13 Familiarity: 9
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Rank: 45 (tie) Actor: Jermaine Fowler Show: "Superior Donuts" Positive Q Score: 12 Familiarity: 6
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CBS
Rank: 45 (tie) Actor: Jeremy Piven Show: "The Wisdom of the Crowd" Positive Q Score: 12 Familiarity: 31
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CBS
Rank: 47 Actor: Matt LeBlanc Show: "Man With a Plan" Positive Q Score: 11* Familiarity: 59
*From Winter 2017 study
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Donal Logue, Jason Ritter, Adam Scott, Ben Feldman, Eric McCormack, Seth MacFarlane and Will Forte did not have Q Score data available, so let your mind race about those rankings.
Ladies, you're next.
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