Thus far, 18 new Big 4 broadcast television series have premiered this fall -- well, 17 and "Will & Grace," if you're going to get all technical about it. TheWrap ranked all of them by the overall TV audience each debut brought in.
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Rank: 18
Show: "Ten Days in the Valley"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 3.443 million
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Rank: 16
Show: "Ghosted"
Net: Fox
Total Viewers: 3.581 million
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Rank: 16
Show: "Marvel's Inhumans"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 3.752 million
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Rank: 15
Show: "The Mayor"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 4.084 million
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Rank: 14
Show: "Kevin (Probably) Saves the World"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 4.165 million
Rank: 13
Show: "The Gifted"
Net: Fox
Total Viewers: 4.899 million
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Rank: 12
Show: "The Brave"
Net: NBC
Total Viewers: 5.958 million
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Rank: 11
Show: "Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders"
Net: NBC
Total Viewers: 6.061 million
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Rank: 10
Show: "Me, Myself and I"
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 7.455 million
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Rank: 9
Show: "S.W.A.T."
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 7.473 million
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Rank: 8
Show: "9JKL"
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 8.208 million
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Rank: 7
Show: "The Orville"
Net: Fox
Total Viewers: 8.558 million*
*Post-NFL preview, time slot premiere had 4.053 million viewers.
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Rank: 6
Show: "Wisdom of the Crowd"
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 8.828 million
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Rank: 5
Show: "Star Trek: Discovery"
Net: CBS*
Total Viewers: 9.486 million
*CBS All Access Show, only Episode 1 aired on broadcast TV.
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Rank: 4
Show: "SEAL Team"
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 9.873 million
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Rank: 3
Show: "Will & Grace"*
Net: NBC
Total Viewers: 10.193 million
*OK, so technically it's a returning show.
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Rank: 2
Show: "The Good Doctor"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 11.216 million
Rank: 1
Show: "Young Sheldon"
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 17.209 million*
*Preview
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That's 18 down, more to go. Let's see how these Nielsen ratings rankings continue to shake up as the 2017-18 TV season rolls on.
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