Top 25 Shows 2013 Year in Review

TOP 25 SHOWS 2013 YEAR IN REVIEW.

Click here for the 2013 Year-End Chart.

Summary.

An anime reclaims Show of the Year after a seven-year anime-exclusive Show of the Year streak ended last year. An anime takes Show of the Year for the eighth time in nine years. Unlike 2012, growth remained modest and steady throughout 2013 with a spurt of activity in the fall.

Also to celebrate the 15-year anniversary of Top 25 Shows back in February, the Top 25 Shows 250 was introduced. It is a list of the best performing shows in the chart’s history compiled using the inverse point system used to compile this very Year-End chart and all Year-End charts since 2009.

Top 10 Shows of the Week (T-10 chart).

On the Top 10 Shows of the Week (T-10) chart, there were twenty-seven different No. 1 shows in 2013, an increase over the 19 last year. The year-over-year increase in No. 1’s was the first since 2007, and produced the most No. 1’s since 2010 when there were 28. Of the 27 No. 1 shows, 16 were anime leading for 36 out of 52 weeks (37 if you include the tie as a full week).

The Top 10 Shows of the Week chart also underwent a name change on Jun. 1. It became known as the “T-10” chart.

There were 21 debuts in 2013, the fewest on record, breaking the previous record of 22 set last year. Like 2012, debuts ran at a modestly fast clip during the first half months of the year (14 in the 1^st half, 7 in the 2^nd).

There were five No. 1 debuts this year, picking up from last year and tying with 1999, 2006, 2007, and 2011 for second most on record. They were as follows: Fafner (Jan. 12; earliest No. 1 debut on record), DokiDoki! Pretty Cure (Feb. 9), Adventure Time (May 11), Fractale (Jun. 1), and Yuyushiki (Oct. 26). There were four No. 1 debuts in the first half of the year, the most since 2010 when there were five.

#1 debuts in Top 25 Shows.

There were two No. 1 debuts in Top 25 Shows. Both were Grand Slam No. 1 debuts. DokiDoki! Pretty Cure debuted at No. 1 in March, the first No. 1 debut in March. The other was Fractale in July. The only month that lacks a No. 1 debut now is August. Doki and Fractale were the 21^st and 22^nd No. 1 debuts on the Top 25 Shows chart and the 10^th and 11^th Grand Slams, respectively.

The Year-End Wrap Up.

DokiDoki! Pretty Cure is 2013 Top 25 Shows Show of the Year. This hands Show of the Year to an anime for the eighth time in nine years. It also gives Japanese animation firm Toei Animation is third Show of the Year title. It is the second season from the Pretty Cure franchise to win Show of the Year. The first was in 2011 when Suite PreCure! Decisively defeated Bleach to claim a Show of the Year victory.

Doki had the most No. 1’s on the T-10 chart this year with nine. Beginning with a four week streak at No. 1 from Feb. 9 to Mar. 2, it also hit No. 1 on Mar. 16, Apr. 13, Jul. 6, Sept. 28, and Dec. 7. It was the second biggest grossing show this year with 18.42 billion grosses. As previously mentioned, it debuted at No. 1 in March, and led again in May.

Doki won a narrow 488-460 victory over first runner-up The Bold and the Beautiful. The 28-point margin of victory for Doki is even narrower than last year’s 505-464 (41 point) My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic victory over Smile PreCure! It is a great deal narrower than the 606-399 (207 point) trouncing Suite PreCure! Dealt Bleach in 2011.

The two remaining CBS daytime serials finished 2^nd and 3^rd.The Bold and the Beautiful finished 2^nd, very narrowly missing its chance of becoming the first live-action show to win Show of the Year. Beautiful won two No. 1’s this year: Mar. 30 and Apr. 6, the first consecutive week reign from a live-action show since Days of Our Lives led for two frames in November, 2003. It led two Top 25 Shows charts: in April and August. Beautiful was the 3^rd biggest grossing show of the year with 15.79 billion.

The Young and the Restless finishes 3^rd for a second straight year. Y&R won just one No. 1 on the T-10 chart this year, on Jul. 13. The Young and the Restless is the biggest grossing show of the year for a second year in a row grossing a record 20.75 billion grosses, breaking the annual grossing record it set just last year (20.11 billion). It too led two Top 25 Shows charts: in February and September.

Star Trek: The Next Generation finished 4^th. TNG led only one T-10 chart: May 18. It peaked at No. 3 on the Top 25 Shows chart in August. It was the 4^th biggest grossing show of the year with 10.53 billion grosses.

Littlest Pet Shop rounds out the top-5. Pet led two T-10 charts: on Mar. 9 and Nov. 9. It peaked at No. 3 on the Top 25 Shows chart in February. It was the fifth biggest grossing show of the year with 7.82 billion grosses.

Yes! PreCure 5 was the second highest ranked Pretty Cure show finishing 6^th. YPC5 led two T-10 charts: on May 4 and May 25. It reached No. 1 on the Top 25 Shows chart in June. It is the only other Pretty Cure season to have led the Top 25 Shows chart besides the most recent three seasons (Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! Charts with the original). YPC5 was the 8^th biggest grossing show of the year with 6.71 billion grosses.

Rozen Maiden finishes 7^th. A third season of Rozen Maiden aired during the summer. That new season allowed the show to lead for five straight weeks on the T-10 chart from Aug. 17 to Sept. 14 (one week, Sept. 7, was a tie with Sister Princess). The new season also pushed the show back to No. 1 for a third time in October. Rozen was the 11^th biggest grossing show of the year with 5.99 billion grosses. Rozen currently holds the overall No. 1 week grossing record. It grossed 490 million grosses on Aug. 31.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, 2012 Show of the Year winner, finished 8^th. Pony led the T-10 chart three times in 2013: Jan. 5, Nov. 30, and Dec. 21. A short 3^rd season and its weak showing during the off season is what kept it from a stronger showing this year. A strong showing during the off season last year is one of the events that propelled it to the top of the Year-End chart in 2012.

Adventure Time finishes 9^th. Adventure led two T-10 charts: it debuted at No. 1 on May 11 and led on Aug. 10. It broke the overall No. 1 week grossing record with the Aug. 10 No. 1, which was promptly broken again three weeks later by Rozen Maiden. Adventure peaked at No. 7 in September. Adventure is the 13^th biggest grossing show of the year with 4.86 billion.

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell finishes 10^th. It didn’t lead any T-10 charts this year. It peaked at No. 5 on the Top 25 Shows chart in February and March and grossed 7.11 billion grosses for a 7^th place finish on the Annual Gross Races chart.

Sound of the Sky notches an auspiciously strong 11^th place finish. Sky led five T-10 charts this year: Sept. 21, a three-week hat trick from Oct. 5 to Oct. 19, and Nov. 2. The hat trick was the highest grossing hat trick on record. It led the November and December Top 25 Shows chart, the first show this year to win two straight months at No. 1. Sky was the 6^th biggest grossing show of the year with 7.58 billion grosses.

Other appearances.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles finishes 12^th. It led one T-10 chart on Mar. 23. It broke the No. 1 week grossing record that week and held it until Aug. 10. SheZow, which premiered on the Hub network during the summer, finished 15^th. Smile PreCure!, last year’s first runner-up, finishes 16^th. It led two T-10 charts this year on Jan. 19, which resulted in the show breaking the overall No. 1 week grossing record (which was broken by the 12^th place finisher, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, on Mar. 23), and on Nov. 23.

Pretty Cure Splash Star finishes 17^th. Splash Star narrowly missed making the final Annual Gross Races chart. Fafner finished 18^th. Fafner debuted at No. 1 on the Jan. 12 T-10 chart.

This year also saw the return of Pani Poni Dash! And Digimon. They finished the year 19^th and 20^th, respectively. Pani Poni Dash! Led the Jun. 29 T-10 chart while Digimon took the lead on the Jun. 22 and Jul. 27 T-10 charts.

Fractale finished 21^st. Fractale led three straight T-10 charts from Jun. 1 to Jun. 15. The hat trick was enough to cement a No. 1 debut on the July Top 25 Shows chart. T.U.F.F. Puppy finished 22^nd. It led one T-10 chart: on Jul. 20. It reached No. 3 on the Top 25 Shows chart in September.

In the Heat of the Night was 23^rd. The 2011 Show of the Year, Suite PreCure!, finished 26^th. Dance in the Vampire Bund finished 27^th. Dance led the Apr. 20 T-10 chart. Fresh Pretty Cure! And Heartcatch PreCure! Finished 30^th and 31^st, respectively. Yuyushiki finished 34^th.

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