17 TV Winners and Losers of 2017, From ‘This is Us’ to the Silence Breakers (Photos)
Boy, 2017 was something — wasn’t it? While plenty has been happening in the “real world” over the past 12 months, the show continues to go on for TV. Well, not every show.
When it comes to television, the winners and losers are pretty easy to define, though 2017 was such a screwy year sometimes they intertwined. Here is the breakdown for who conquered the airwaves and who crumbled in ratings.
Check out a random sample below; click through our gallery for all 17.
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Winner: “This Is Us”
The story of the Pearson’s heartbreaking loss continues to be NBC’s gain. The success of the sophomore season of “This Is Us” has forced a spike in tissue sales (possibly?) and viewership. The series is one of just six that are up in Nielsen ratings in 2017, compared to their prior season. Cool Emmy, Sterling K. Brown.
Loser: ESPN
Wins have been tough to come by at the Worldwide Leader in Sports these days. From ESPN’s Bristol, Connecticut vantage point, cord-cutters are killing the once-mighty business: ESPN has laid off hundreds of employees in just the past six months to mitigate some of the damage. (Mis)Management there also fumbled a partnership with Barstool Sports, which was still somehow better than they handled Jemele Hill’s Twitter activity.
Winner(s): The Silence Breakers
OK yeah, so we stole that term from Time. Good enough for their cover, good enough for our gallery. The point is, some of this year’s biggest winners are those who came forward to speak out against this year’s biggest losers. Props to Reese Witherspoon, America Ferrera, Hilarie Burton (pictured), Anna Faris and Terry Crews — to name just a few — for sharing their own personal stories about being victims of Hollywood’s sexual misconduct problem.
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