
Elsewhere, it was another lean and successful year for the genre with 24 entries, 17 of which returned the following season. FOX Sundays delivered strong, ABC Wednesdays rebooted the franchise around sophomore hit Modern Family and NBC stuck with (mostly) sophisticated entries.
Leading the ABC charge, Modern Family led the charge, stealing the crown as the leading sitcom from The Big Bang Theory. Other entries remained tepid at best as Modern Family and Cougar Town delivered mediocre ratings. The last timeslot split between failure Better With You and mild success Happy Endings. Over at CBS, Mondays reigned as Two and a Half Men, How I Met Your Mother and Mike and Molly delivered sharp ratings. Rules of Engagement bounced between Mondays and Thursdays like a yoyo as The Big Bang Theory moved to an uncharted Thursday. Profanely titled $h!t My Dad Says only sparked attention due to title as viewers realized that was the only interesting concept in this show.
NBC Thursdays stood behind The Office, Parks and Recreation and 30 Rock in an attempt to recolonize Thursdays. Community's critical praise saved its town from annexation, while Outsourced and an embarrassing Paul Reiser Show were deported due to poor performances in timeslots. Animation Domination produced hits on FOX, while live feeds struggled to perform as only critical darling Raising Hope returned. This season was a lean helping of sitcoms yet demonstrated a change in tide to resurrect the genre.
Source -- http://ew.com/article/2011/05/25/2010-11-season-tv-ratings/