The TV Season’s Winners and Losers

Kat Dennings, Simon Cowell | Photo Credits: Sonja Flemming/CBS; Ray Mickshaw / FOX

The 2011-2012 TV season ended with a whimper, as all five broadcast networks posted year-to-year drops in viewership during May sweeps. But the season as a whole wasn’t too bad: Sure, some big swings (Pan Am, Terra Nova) missed, but a solid 15 freshman shows (out of 45) were renewed. Here’s a roundup of this year’s winners and losers.

Winners
Funny girls

CBS’ 2 Broke Girls was the year’s highest-rated new comedy, averaging a strong 5.6 million viewers with adults 18-49. The show has already been upgraded to a plum 9pm time slot for fall. “That shows enormous…


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