15 Youngest-Skewing TV Shows This Season: 'Gossip Girl,' 'Parks & Recreation,' 'Vampire Diaries'

2:00 PM PDT 6/1/2011 by Lacey Rose

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"Gossip Girl"

"Family Guy" and "The Simpsons" also rank among the broadcast shows with the youngest median age in prime-time.

Another TV season is complete, with Madison Avenue buyers lamenting the exodus of younger viewers.

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According to the Nielsen Company, NBC saw it's 18 to 49 veiwership plummet 14 percent this year, with CBS and ABC following with declines of 9 percent and 8 percent, respectively.

It is Fox and the CW, both of which dropped only 5 percent in the coveted demo, that dominate the crop of younger-skewing shows, care of Fox's animated comedies and the CW's female-leaning drama and reality fare. Together the networks air 13 of the the 15 series with the youngest median age in primetime. Shows such as Family Guy (median age: 30.9)and The Simpsons (median age: 32.4) lifted Fox to its seventh consecutive season as No. 1 among the top four broadcast networks in the advertiser-beloved 18 to 49 demo.

With the help of Nielsen data-cruncherBrad Adgate, senior vice president of research at Horizon Media, The Hollywood Reporter took a look at the 15 youngest broadcast network series (excluding sports, newsmagazines and repeats) for the 2010-11 season.

1. CW's Gossip Girl - Median Age: 29.3

2. Fox's Cleveland Show - Median Age: 30.8

3. Fox's Family Guy - Median Age: 30.9

4. Fox's Bob's Burgers - Median Age: 31.5 (TIE)

4. Fox's American Dad - Median Age: 31.5 (TIE)

6. CW's Hellcats* - Median Age: 31.7

7. CW's 90210 - Median Age: 31.8

8. CW's One Tree Hill - Median Age: 32

9. Fox's The Simpsons - Median Age: 32.4

10. CW's Shedding for the Wedding - Median Age: 33.3

11. CW's Vampire Diaries - Median Age: 33.6 (TIE)

11. CW's Life Unexpected* - Median Age: 33.6 (TIE)