TOP 25 SHOWS 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW.

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• Show of the Year will go to a non-anime for a record-breaking fifth straight year. Only three anime showed up in the Year-End Top 10.
• Twenty-eight different shows led the T-10 chart this year, matching 2019’s total.
• Thirty-two shows debuted, an 11% dip vs. last year and the fewest since 2016.
• Eight (25%) were No. 1 debuts: Enchantimals (Feb. 29), Seton Academy: Join the Pack! (Mar. 21), Hakumei and Mikochi (May 9), Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (Jun. 13), The Helpful Fox Senko-san (Jun. 27), Monster Girl Doctor (Aug. 15), Heidi (Sept. 5), and Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Nov. 21). That matches 2016’s number.
• There were two No. 1 debuts in the Top 25 Shows chart: Enchantimals in April and Heidi in October. Heidi’s No. 1 debut was the first in the month of October since 2003.
• The big news story in Top 25 Shows in 2020 was the beginning of the grossing bust. Despite the fact the annual average grossing amount reached another record in 2019, the grossing bust had actually begun back in July of that year when the weekly moving average reached record highs during the previous month.
• The bust picked up steam in 2020, appearing to have reached its peak in October. The average annual gross was 354.93 million grosses, the lowest amount since 2011 and a significant drop-off from 2019’s record of 420.83 million.

#1 - Enchantimals

• Enchantimals is the 2020 Top 25 Shows Show of the Year.
• As previously mentioned, Enchantimals debuted at No. 1 in April and remained at No. 1 in May and June. It became the first show to spend its first three months at No. 1 since Steven Universe in 2017 and became the fifth show to accomplish the feat.
• Enchantimals led four T-10 charts. It started with the year’s first No. 1 debut on Feb. 29, and went on to complete a hat trick with its wins on Mar. 7 and 14. It also led on Apr. 25, which resulted in the show breaking the overall No. 1 week grossing record. It held that record until Jul. 11
• It led the Annual Gross Races chart for 31 consecutive weeks from May 23 to the end of the year. That is the most weeks a show has led the AGR chart since DC Super Hero Girls led for 39 weeks in 2018.
• The show grossed 14.66 billion grosses in 2020, the least amount grossed on an annual basis in a decade.
• It was another narrow finish between the Show of the Year and the runner-up. Enchantimals beat its runner-up 374-345 (52% to 48%).

#2 - The Bold and the Beautiful

• Show of the Year for 2019, The Bold and the Beautiful, dips to second place.
• It led one T-10 chart on October 10.
• Its 272 points for the Top 25 Shows chart was the most of any show.
• It grossed 9.22 billion grosses, enough for a 3^rd place finish on the Annual Gross Races chart.

#3 - Monster High

• The Mid-Year 20 leader, Monster High, winds up finishing 3^rd.
• Monster High was an obvious early favorite for Show of the Year. It headed five T-10 charts in a row: Jan. 11, Jan. 18, Jan. 25, Feb. 1, and Feb. 8.
• It led two Top 25 Shows charts in February and March. It was the first show to lead two consecutive Top 25 Shows charts since Cells At Work! In September and October, 2018.
• It led 18 straight Annual Gross Races charts from Jan. 18 to May 16.
• It grossed 7.5 billion grosses in 2020, finishing 5^th on the AGR chart.

#4 - Elena of Avalor

• Elena of Avalor finished 4^th.
• It led one T-10 chart on May 23 and reached No. 2 on the June and July Top 25 Shows charts.
• Elena grossed 7.91 billion grosses, finishing 4^th.

#5 - In the Heat of the Night

• In the Heat of the Night came in at No. 5.
• It led T-10 chart: the last one on Dec. 26 tying with Seton Academy: Join the Pack! It also won seven No. 2’s in 2020.
• It reached No. 2 in May and October.
• It grossed 13.62 billion grosses in 2020, enough to finish 2^nd on the Annual Gross Races chart.

Elsewhere on the chart…

Hakumei and Mikochi is the highest appearing anime on the list at No. 6. It led July’s Top 25 Shows chart (making it the first anime to lead a chart this year). It led four T-10 charts: May 9, May 16, May 30, and Jun. 20.

The Helpful Fox Senko-san finishes 7^th. It also had a banner year, leading three straight T-10 charts: Jun. 27, Jul. 4, and Jul. 11, a Top 25 Shows chart in August, and breaking the overall No. 1 week record on Jul. 11 becoming the first show in chart history to gross over 600 million grosses on a T-10 chart. The haul from that week, 600.4 million grosses, remains the record.

BNA: Brand New Animal finished 10^th. After a record-breaking No. 2 debut on Jul. 11, it led four T-10 charts: Jul. 18, Jul. 25, Aug. 29, and Sept. 26. It headed up September’s Top 25 Shows chart and grossed just over 6 billion grosses overall.

The Pretty Cure franchise made a return to Top 25 Shows this year as well. KiraKira PreCure A La Mode and Hugtto PreCure! Finished 11^th and 12^th, respectively. Both led two T-10 charts: Aug. 1 and 22 for Hugtto and Nov. 7 and 14 for KiraKira. The former also led December’s Top 25 Shows chart.

Monster Girl Doctor finished 16^th, FOX drama Deputy takes 18^th, and Heidi finishes 26^th.

Seton Academy: Join the Pack! Finished 27^th and Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear finished 29^th thanks to its four consecutive week reign from Nov. 21 to Dec. 12. Seton Academy led three T-10 charts: Mar. 21, Apr. 11, and Dec. 26.

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