Evolution of... Unscripted

This is the fourth and final post in which I break down the War of 18-49's Final Battlegrounds post by genre. On this one, we look at all the unscripted shows. American Idol has rather boringly been on top for many years, but check out how The Bachelor climbs the ranks in the last couple years. I'm gonna have another post up in a little bit in which I will re-post the Final Battlegrounds and color-code it by genre.

UNSCRIPTED

1999-2000
Survivor (summer) 6.1/12.07/22.8

2000-01
Survivor (fall) 11.2/12.57/15.9

2001-02
Survivor (spring) 7.5/8.6/10.4
Survivor (fall) 6.6/8.59/11.3
American Idol Performance (summer) 4.5/6.2/9.3
American Idol Results (summer) 4.1/5.8/10.7
The Bachelor (spring) 3.7/5.0/7.3
The Amazing Race (spring) 3.8/4.6/6.1
The Amazing Race (fall) 3.6/4.2/6.0

2002-03
American Idol Performance 8.5/9.9/12.4
American Idol Results 7.9/9.9/14.9
Survivor (fall) 7.4/8.7/9.9
The Bachelor (fall) 4.9/7.87/11.9
The Bachelorette (winter) 6.0/7.85/9.3
Survivor (spring) 6.1/7.5/9.1
The Bachelor (spring) 4.7/5.99/7.2
The Amazing Race (fall) 3.2/3.95/4.7
The Amazing Race (summer) 2.8/3.2/3.7
America's Next Top Model (summer) 1.2/1.8/2.3

2003-04
American Idol Performance 9.0/10.8/13.1
The Apprentice 9.1/10.31/13.6
American Idol Results 8.5/10.2/12.7
Survivor (spring) 7.2/8.57/10.6
Survivor (fall) 7.0/8.1/9.7
The Bachelor (fall) 4.8/6.44/8.8
The Bachelorette (winter) 4.1/5.24/6.2
The Bachelor (spring) 4.2/5.22/6.0
The Amazing Race (summer) 4.3/4.7/5.6
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 1.6/4.08/5.8
America's Next Top Model 2.2/3.0/3.8

2004-05
American Idol Performance 9.8/11.2/14.0
American Idol Results 9.0/11.0/12.5
The Apprentice (fall) 6.6/7.66/8.3
Survivor (spring) 6.4/7.5/9.1
Survivor (fall) 6.8/7.4/7.8
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 3.4/6.56/9.0
The Apprentice (winter) 4.8/6.48/7.4
The Amazing Race (spring)
Dancing with the Stars (summer) 4.3/5.1/6.7
The Amazing Race (winter) 4.0/4.6/5.2
The Biggest Loser 3.7/4.4/5.9
Wife Swap 3.1/4.18/5.3
The Bachelorette (winter) 3.3/3.9/5.0
Supernanny 2.9/3.86/4.7
The Bachelor (fall) 3.3/3.69/3.9
The Bachelor (spring) 2.9/3.51/3.9
America's Next Top Model (spring) 2.2/2.5/3.0
America's Next Top Model (fall) 1.8/2.4/2.9

2005-06
American Idol Performance 11.4/12.9/15.3
American Idol Results 9.2/12.0/14.2
Survivor (fall) 5.7/6.54/7.7
Survivor (spring) 4.9/5.82/7.0
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 2.8/5.42/7.1
Dancing with the Stars (winter performance) 4.6/5.1/5.5
The Apprentice (fall) 4.5/4.97/5.7
The Amazing Race (fall) 3.5/4.3/4.7
The Biggest Loser 3.0/4.12/6.7
The Bachelor (winter) 2.7/3.98/5.1
The Apprentice (winter/spring) 3.3/3.88/4.4
Dancing with the Stars (winter results) (F) 3.0/3.6/4.0
The Amazing Race (spring) 2.5/3.4/4.1
Wife Swap 2.6/3.34/4.4
Supernanny (half on F) 1.7/3.1/4.4
America's Next Top Model (fall) 2.1/2.5/3.0
America's Next Top Model (spring) 2.0/2.3/2.8

2006-07
American Idol Performance 9.3/11.78/15.8
American Idol Results 9.9/11.99/15.5
Dancing with the Stars (fall performance) 5.2/5.7/7.5
Survivor (fall) 4.3/5.46/6.5
Dancing with the Stars (spring performance) 4.8/5.2/6.4
Dancing with the Stars (fall results) 3.7/4.9/7.1
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 2.5/4.77/6.4
Survivor (spring) 4.1/4.65/5.7
Dancing with the Stars (spring results) 3.9/4.5/6.7
The Bachelor (spring) 3.4/3.89/4.8
The Amazing Race (fall) 3.3/3.8/4.1
Supernanny 2.1/3.41/4.2
The Biggest Loser 2.6/3.34/4.8
Wife Swap 2.4/3.30/3.9
The Bachelor (fall) 2.7/3.27/3.9
The Amazing Race (spring) 2.8/3.18/3.9
The Apprentice 2.3/2.86/4.1
America's Next Top Model (fall) 1.9/2.51/3.0
America's Next Top Model (spring) 1.8/2.46/3.0

2007-08
American Idol Performance 8.4/10.6/13.8
American Idol Results 6.8/10.0/12.6
Dancing with the Stars (fall performance) 4.7/5.3/6.0
Survivor (fall) 4.5/4.72/5.2
Dancing with the Stars (spring performance) 4.1/4.7/5.6
Dancing with the Stars (fall results) 3.9/4.6/6.4
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 2.3/4.41/5.6
Survivor (spring) 3.8/4.16/4.8
Dancing with the Stars (spring results): 3.6/4.0/4.4
The Celebrity Apprentice 3.1/3.62/4.5
The Amazing Race (winter) 2.8/3.53/4.3
The Bachelor (fall) 3.2/3.48/4.2
The Biggest Loser (spring) 2.9/3.44/4.4
The Biggest Loser (fall) 2.7/3.27/4.6
The Bachelor (spring) 2.3/2.68/3.2
Supernanny 1.4/2.66/4.0
The Bachelorette (summer) 1.8/2.55/3.7
America's Next Top Model (fall) 1.6/2.38/2.8
Wife Swap 1.6/2.21/3.3
America's Next Top Model (spring) 1.7/1.93/2.3

2008-09
American Idol Performance 8.0/9.1/11.7
American Idol Results 7.7/9.2/11.8
Dancing with the Stars (spring performance) 4.2/4.9/6.1
Dancing with the Stars (fall performance) 3.9/4.3/5.3
The Bachelor (winter) 3.1/4.23/6.7
Survivor (fall) 3.8/4.17/4.5
Survivor (spring) 3.5/3.91/4.5
Dancing with the Stars (fall results) 3.3/3.9/5.1
The Biggest Loser (spring) 3.2/3.78/4.7
Dancing with the Stars (spring results) 2.8/3.5/5.2
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 1.9/3.32/4.1
The Biggest Loser (fall) 2.6/3.23/4.6
The Celebrity Apprentice 2.8/3.15/3.9
The Amazing Race (fall) 2.7/3.15/3.5
The Amazing Race (spring) 2.6/3.11/3.7
The Bachelorette (summer) 2.1/2.62/3.5
America's Next Top Model (fall) 1.7/1.97/2.3
America's Next Top Model (spring) 1.4/1.76/1.9
Supernanny (F) 1.1/1.69/2.3
Wife Swap (F) 1.1/1.50/1.8

2009-10
American Idol Performance 6.2/8.34/11.8
American Idol Results 5.9/7.73/10.1
Dancing with the Stars (spring performance) 6.4/4.84/4.0
The Bachelor (winter) 3.3/4.08/5.3
Survivor (spring) 3.4/3.91/4.5
Survivor (fall) 3.4/3.86/4.4
The Biggest Loser (fall) 3.1/3.74/5.0
Dancing with the Stars (fall performance) 3.4/3.67/4.1
The Amazing Race (fall) 2.8/3.38/3.7
The Biggest Loser (spring) 2.8/3.36/4.6
Dancing with the Stars (fall results) 2.6/3.33/4.3
The Amazing Race (spring) 2.6/3.13/3.9
The Bachelorette (summer) 2.5/2.98/3.8
Dancing with the Stars (spring results) 2.4/2.83/3.9
The Celebrity Apprentice 2.3/2.80/3.4
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 2.1/2.71/3.7
America's Next Top Model (fall) 1.3/1.51/1.8
America's Next Top Model (spring) 1.2/1.51/1.7
Supernanny (F) 0.9/1.24/1.6
Wife Swap (F) 0.9/1.12/1.4