TOP 25 SHOWS 2019 YEAR IN REVIEW.

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• A non-anime will win Show of the Year for a fourth straight year. It ties for the longest stretch in Top 25 Shows history, since 2001-2004.
• A live-action wins Show of the Year for the first time in chart history.
• Twenty-eight shows hit No. 1 on the T-10 chart, a drop from last year’s record thirty-two.
• The number of debuts dips this year. Thirty-six shows debuted, a 19.4% drop from the 43 in 2018.
• Ten (around 27.8%) were No. 1 debuts: Actually I Am… (Jan. 19), The Promised Neverland (Feb. 2), Crane Game Girls (Apr. 13), A Certain Magical Index (May 18), Skylanders Academy (Jun. 1), If It’s For My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat A Demon Lord (Jul. 20), Wish Upon the Pleiades (Sept. 21), All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (Oct. 5), Monster High (Nov. 2), and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Nov. 9).
• A record-tying four shows debuted at No. 1. The year was bookended by No. 1 debuts: Frankenstein Family in January and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba in December. The other two was The Promised Neverland in March and Skylanders Academy in July.

#1 - The Bold and the Beautiful

• The Bold and the Beautiful is Top 25 Shows’ Show of the Year for 2019.
• Beautiful led September’s Top 25 Shows chart and led one T-10 chart on August 10.
• What handed it Show of the Year was its overall solid showing on the Top 25 Shows chart: it spent all but three months in the Top-10 of the chart.
• It was the second biggest grossing show of 2019 grossing 13.74 billion grosses. It led the Annual Gross Races chart for eight weeks: Feb. 16 and 23, Mar. 9 and 16, Mar. 30, Apr. 27, Aug. 31 and Sept. 7.
• Beautiful narrowly beat out its runner-up 418-405 (50.8% to 49.2%). It is the narrowest Show of the Year victory since 2015.

#2 - Butterbean’s Café

• The original favorite for Show of the Year, Butterbean’s Café, winds up in the runner-up slot.
• Butterbean wins one No. 1 in May and three T-10 chart No. 1’s (Apr. 6, Apr. 20, Sept. 7).
• It is the biggest grossing show of 2019 with 16.23 billion grosses. It led the Annual Gross Races chart for twenty-five weeks, nearly half the year. It first led for nine weeks from Jun. 29 to Aug. 24 and again for 16 weeks from Sept. 14 to the end of the year.

#3 - Steven Universe

• Steven Universe puts up a surprisingly strong third place finish. This is mainly thanks to winning the dual Greatest Gainer and Pacesetter awards twice on the chart in February and July. Steven received more than half its Top 25 Shows point total (160 of 309) from the award points.
• Steven led one Top 25 Shows chart in February and led three T-10 charts (Jan. 26, Dec. 14, Dec. 21).
• It finished 5^th on the Annual Gross Races chart grossing 8.98 billion grosses. It led two AGR charts: Jan. 26 and Feb. 2.

#4 - DC Super Hero Girls

• The Show of the Year for 2018, DC Super Hero Girls, finishes 4^th in 2019.
• DC Super Hero Girls did not lead any Top 25 Shows chart this year, peaking at No. 2 in January and led the January 12 T-10 chart.
• It finished 3^rd on the Annual Gross Races chart grossing 11.14 billion. It led the January 12 AGR chart.

#5 - She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power finished 5^th. One of the more promising shows of the year, it is the highest ranking Netflix original series.
• She-Ra led no Top 25 Shows charts this year, peaking at No. 4 in September. It led one T-10 chart on March 16. It nearly led a couple of others, including May 25 and December 14.
• It finished 6^th on the Annual Gross Races chart with 8.6 billion grosses.

Elsewhere on the list…

• The Dragon Prince finished 7^th. Dragon led one T-10 chart on Feb. 23 and finished 7^th on the Annual Gross Races chart with 7.88 billion. It led two Annual Gross Races charts on Mar. 2 and Mar. 23.
• If It’s For My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat A Demon Lord is the highest ranked anime finishing 8^th. It led October’s Top 25 Shows chart and led five T-10 charts (Jul. 20, Jul. 27, Aug. 3, Aug. 31, Sept. 14). It was the 12^th biggest grossing show of 2019 with 5.29 billion grosses.
• The Promised Neverland finished a weaker-than-expected 9^th. Neverland led March’s Top 25 Shows chart and led a year-leading six T-10 charts (Feb. 2, Feb. 9, Feb. 16, Mar. 9, Mar. 23, Mar. 30). It was the 9^th biggest grossing show of the year with 7.33 billion grosses. It led eleven Annual Gross Races charts this year: three from Apr. 6 to Apr. 20 and eight more from May 4 to Jun. 22.
• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic rounds out the top-10. Pony led two T-10 charts (Jun. 22 and Jun. 29). It was the 17^th biggest grossing show with 4.33 billion.
• Cinderella Nine finished 15^th, Fruits Basket 17^th, and All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite, a dominant show during October, finished 23^rd. Skylanders Academy, July’s No. 1 debut finished 24^th. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, a contender for best anime of the year, finished 27^th due to a late start. It led three T-10 charts for a hat trick (Nov. 9, Nov. 16, Nov. 23).

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