Ho, Ho, Ho-Hum Syndie Ratings

Ratings were down almost across the board as many of syndication’s biggest shows took some time off for Christmas in the session ending Dec. 27, often airing reruns amid the numerous holiday preemptions.

Live with Kelly and Ryan, which marked the week with its highly rated annual “Home for the Holidays” episode, was the only one among the top 10 first-run shows to avoid any declines from the previous frame, holding steady at its season-high 2.1 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, and leading the talk shows for the fifth week in a row (including one tie).

Dr. Phil and Kelly Clarkson finished in the money, coming in second and third, respectively, despite both being heavily preempted with the popular doctor declining 21% to a 1.5 and Clarkson giving back 17% from its season high to a 1.0.

Judge Judy celebrated being syndication’s No. 1 show overall in the household ratings for the 15^th time in 19 weeks with a merry 5.4.

Following Judy was game show champion Family Feud, which dipped a minor 2% to a 5.2. Next in line at 4.6s were repeats of Jeopardy, which tumbled 16%, and Wheel of Fortune, which sank 12%.

The top talk shows for the week among women 25-54 were:

• Live with Kelly and Ryan (0.8, unchanged from the week before)
• Kelly Clarkson (0.5, unchanged), tied with Dr. Phil (0.5, -29%)
• Ellen DeGeneres (0.4, unchanged), tied with Tamron Hall (0.4, unchanged), Maury (0.4, -20%)

In the household rating rankings that follow, % change is from the previous week; * indicates a new season-high rating; ** indicates a new season low; NC indicates no change from the previous week; NA means not applicable.

TALK SHOWS

Live with Kelly and Ryan (Disney-ABC) 2.1 NC

Dr. Phil (CTD) 1.5** -21%

The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBCU) 1.0 -17%

Ellen DeGeneres (WBDTD) 0.9** -10%

Maury (NBCU) 0.9 -10%

Tamron Hall (Disney-ABC) 0.9 -10%

Rachael Ray (CTD) 0.9 NC

Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 0.7 -13%

Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 0.7 -13%

Dr. Oz (Sony) 0.6 -14%

The Real (WBDTD) 0.3 -25%

The Doctors (CTD) 0.2 NC

Jerry Springer (NBCU) 0.2 NC

FIRST-RUN ROOKIE

Drew Barrymore (CTD) 0.4** -20%

COURT SHOWS

Judge Judy (CTD) 5.4 -5%

Hot Bench(CTD) 1.6 -6%

People’s Court (WBDTD) 0.9** -10%

Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 0.7** -13%

Judge Jerry (NBCU) 0.7 NC

Divorce Court (20th Television) 0.5** -17%

Protection Court (Trifecta) 0.3 NC

GAME SHOWS

Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 5.2 -2%

Jeopardy (CTD) 4.6 -16%

Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 4.6 -12%

25 Words or Less (CTD) 0.9 +13%

Funny You Should Ask(Entertainment Studios) 0.4 -20%

MAGAZINE SHOWS

Inside Edition (CTD) 2.1 -13%

Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 1.9** -17%

TMZ (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

Access Hollywood (NBCU) 0.9 -19%

Extra (WBDTD) 0.6 -14%

Daily Mail TV (CTD) 0.5 -17%

Dish Nation (Trifecta) 0.3 NC

OFF-NET SITCOMS

Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 2.4 -4%

Last Man Standing (Disney-ABC) 1.7 NC

Modern Family (Disney-ABC) 1.2 NC

Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 1.0 NC

The Goldbergs(Sony) 0.9 -10%

Family Guy (Disney-ABC) 0.9 -10%

Seinfeld (Sony) 0.9 +13%

Mike and Molly (WBDTD) 0.7 -13%

Black-ish (Disney-ABC) 0.7 +17%

Two Broke Girls (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

Mom (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS

Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 4.4 +19%

Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 1.9 +19%

Chicago P.D. (NBCU) 1.7 +21%

NCIS (CTD) 1.1 +22%

American Ninja Warrior (NBCU) 1.0* +43%

Monk (NBCU) 1.0* +25%

NCIS: New Orleans (CTD) 1.0 +25%

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBCU) 1.0 +11%