Worlds Most Popular TV Shows
16Jun07

Three American television series were nominated as the world’s most popular television shows of the past year: CSI, Desperate Housewives and The Bold and The Beautiful.

NEWS.com.au reports that ratings firm Eurodata TV Worldwide has found that CSI has drawn 79.9 million viewers world wide, beating its sequel CSI: Miami as the world’s most popular TV drama series. The two series air on the Nine Network in Australia.

In the TV comedy category, Desperate Housewives (which airs on the Seven Network) attracted 70.2 million viewers worldwide, beating Monk and Mr Bean.

The Bold and The Beautiful, with 24.7 million viewers, was the most popular soap, against two Colombian soaps El Cuerpo des Deseo and Pasion de Gavilanes. Bold and The Beautiful airs on the Ten Network.

The figures, based on ratings in 48 countries with a potential 2.5 billion viewers, were released by Eurodata and the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.

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