Top TV In 2012 Dominated By Sports

The top 10 regularly scheduled TV series in 2012, as well as individual TV shows, were mostly about sports, some reality, and very little scripted programming. Three of the top ten regularly scheduled TV shows were sports -- with NBC's "Sunday Night Football" the biggest in terms of overall average viewers. Next up, in second and third place "American Idol" -- its performance show, on Wednesday. NBC's pre-kick show for its "Sunday Night Football" was in fourth place. ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" comes next -- in fifth and sixth place. CBS shows up with one of two scripted TV shows to make the list. "NCIS" sits in seventh place. NBC's "The Voice" comes next in eighth place. Another sport shows comes at ninth place -- and the only cable series: ESPN's "Monday Night Football" series. CBS has the other top scripted show on the list -- "Vegas", the new rookie drama hour series.