We’ve done similar versions of this before, and it’s the time of year to do it again. Here are the guidelines for this season’s tournament.
-You have $2 million on hand.
-Look at the ad rates for every show. These rates are the same ones as in our ‘Predicting the Ad Rates’ article series.
-Pick at least 20 shows to advertise/invest in without exceeding the $2 million.
-At least 4 of the shows must be new shows.
-The person whose shows finish the season with the highest A18-49 Live + Same Day average will be crowned the winner.
Enjoy, and good luck! Here are the ad rates to go by, sorted alphabetically:
9-1-1 $163,283
20/20 $51,054
60 Minutes $117,002
A Million Little Things $89,492
A.P. Bio $71,883
Abby’s $82,474
America’s Funniest Home Videos $62,842
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D $49,222
America’s Got Talent: The Champions $185,388
Alec Baldwin Show $67,345
All-American $29,262
American Housewife $116,023
American Idol $162,491
Arrow $34,731
Black Lightning $54,849
Black-ish $119,785
Blindspot $67,384
Blue Bloods $71,394
Bob’s Burgers $98,385
Brooklyn Nine-Nine $94,274
Bull $99,381
Charmed $41,839
Chicago Fire $129,448
Chicago Med $121,019
Chicago PD $128,779
Child Support $71,582
Cosmos: Possible Worlds $100,385
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend $17,037
Criminal Minds $98,638
Dancing with the Stars $107,946
Dancing with the Stars: Junior $84,231
Dateline NBC $54,353
Dynasty $18,372
Elementary $78,198
Empire $194,472
Fam $91,371
Family Guy $129,381
FBI $119,273
For The People $72,918
Fresh Off The Boat $74,282
Game of Games $160,393
God Friended Me $88,277
Good Girls $82,431
Grand Hotel $93,472
Grey’s Anatomy $192,723
Happy Together $75,018
Hawaii Five-0 $71,927
Hell’s Kitchen $88,471
How to Get Away with Murder $121,012
I Feel Bad $88,284
In The Dark $25,812
Instinct $55,820
iZombie $18,382
Jane The Virgin $22,371
Last Man Standing $82,077
Law & Order: SVU $112,474
Legacies $30,381
Legends of Tomorrow $36,981
Lethal Weapon $89,463
Life In Pieces $109,285
MacGyver $69,037
Madam Secretary $62,927
Magnum, P.I. $101,729
Man With A Plan $93,283
Manifest $104,385
MasterChef Junior $104,385 (yes, like Manifest)
Modern Family $171,018
Mom $152,840
Murphy Brown $137,820
NCIS $130,371
NCIS: LA $85,628
NCIS: NO $86,183
New Amsterdam $152,052
Proven Innocent $89,335
Rel $93,381
Riverdale $48,492
Roswell, New Mexico $32,896
S.W.A.T. $111,833
Schooled $90,284
SEAL Team $101,831
Shark Tank $86,298
Single Parents $106,562
Speechless $74,845
Splitting Up Together $116,542
Star $122,374
Station 19 $111,927
Supergirl $39,381
Supernatural $39,814
Superstore $118,279
Survivor $141,027
The 100 $25,739
The Amazing Race $112,832
The Bachelor $138,812
The Big Bang Theory $271,931
The Blacklist $82,472
The Code $85,183
The Conners $152,734
The Cool Kids $67,445
The Enemy Within $92,004
The Fix $88,914
The Flash $71,373
The Gifted $106,372
The Gilded Age $74,275
The Goldbergs $162,111
The Good Doctor $182,759
The Good Place $109,472
The InBetween $86,485
The Kids Are Alright $118,251
The Neighborhood $82,749
The Orville $92,374
The Passage $115,830
The Red Line $97,283
The Resident $98,381
The Rookie $100,472
The Simpsons $115,037
The Titan Games $97,438
The Village $120,482
The Voice (Monday) $235,442
The Voice (Tuesday) $222,338
The Wall $87,442
This Is Us $319,482
Whiskey Cavalier $85,284
Will & Grace $127,388
World Of Dance $90,371
Young Sheldon $249,471