Fall 2011 Favorite New Shows Announced!

Congratulations to ONCE UPON A TIME and 2 BROKE GIRLS for winning the first-ever SCREEN ADDICTION "Favorite New Show" Awards!

ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME cast a spell on fans this year, landing both the distinction of having the largest premiere of the fall, as well as the even-more-impressive honor of being the Favorite New Drama of you Fellow Addicts, with 18% of total votes.  CBS' 2 BROKE GIRLS was similarly strong in the ratings this fall, and landed a solid 24% of votes as your Favorite New Comedy.  Here's the line-up of all 28 new shows:

Favorite New Drama
1. ONCE UPON A TIME - 18%
2. AMERICAN HORROR STORY - 11%
3. RINGER - 10%
4/5. PERSON OF INTEREST / REVENGE - 8%
6/7. HOMELAND / PAN AM - 7%
8/9. GRIMM / THE SECRET CIRCLE - 5%
10/11/12/13. A GIFTED MAN / HART OF DIXIE / PRIME SUSPECT / TERRA NOVA - 2%
14/15. BOSS / UNFORGETTABLE - 1%
16/17. CHARLIE'S ANGELS / THE PLAYBOY CLUB - 0%

Favorite New Comedy
1. 2 BROKE GIRLS - 24%
2. NEW GIRL - 21%
3. SUBURGATORY - 12%
4. UP ALL NIGHT - 11%
5. ENLIGHTENED - 10%
6. LAST MAN STANDING - 9%
7/8. MAN UP! / WHITNEY - 3%
9/10/11. ALLEN GREGORY / FREE AGENTS / HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN - 0%

All in all, a fairly even spread, which means the networks did a good job this year of playing to diverse audiences.  While 2 BROKE GIRLS won a bigger percentage of comedy fans than ONCE UPON A TIME did of drama fans, NEW GIRL was stiff competition and ended up hot on its heels (24% vs. 21%).  So ONCE UPON A TIME still gets the distinction of having the biggest lead over its closest competitor, and also the highest number of total votes (169 people voted for the favorite drama, vs. only 110 for comedy).  Also important to note, ABC was the only network with two shows in the Top 3 of each category, with the #1 Drama and the #3 Comedy.

So that's it for Fall (minus the oddly-timed Nov. 23rd premiere of FOX's I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER)!  We'll start this all over again in January when the networks roll out their midseason premieres.  See you then, and thanks for your enthusiastic participation!

-Mr. Screen Addict