Syndies Left With Some New Years’ Hangovers

The session ending on New Year’s Day was a quiet one for all but a few of the top-shelf syndicated veterans, many of which were completely in reruns.

For example, in an extremely rare occurrence, the five most popular magazine strips were all hit with losses. Inside Edition erased 9% from the prior frame; Entertainment Tonight fell 14%; Access Hollywood sank 13%; TMZ tumbled 14%; and Extra pulled back 17%.

Elsewhere in access, the three longest-running game shows were losers, with Jeopardy fading 5%, Family Feud dipping 2% and Wheel of Fortune slowing 8%.

Daytime, which had to deal with college football preemptions in addition to holiday schedule shifts, wasn’t spared the downdraft. Although not a single chat show in the top six was able to move up week to week, three managed to score double-digit year-to-year improvement: Kelly Clarkson grew 13% from the same week last year to a 0.9 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating; Drew Barrymore shot up 60% to a 0.8; and Tamron Hall nailed a hefty 17% increase.

Live with Kelly and Ryan had no trouble remaining the top talker for the 32^nd consecutive week, although it gave back 11% to a 1.6.

The competition was close was close among the rookie gabfests, which continued to exceed rating expectations despite being in repeats. Both Jennifer Hudson and Sherri, which were given enthusiastic early renewals today, preserved a 0.6, while Karamo was not far behind at its season high 0.4.

Compared to the prior week the first-run strip among the top 10 notching the most favorable Nielsen verdict was Hot Bench, which barreled ahead to a six-week high 1.3.

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

• Live with Kelly and Ryan (0.6, -14% from the week before)
• Dr. Phil (0.4, unchanged), tied with Sherri (0.4, unchanged)

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) 1.6 -11%

Dr. Phil (CMV) 1.2 -8%

The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBCU) 0.9 -10%

Drew Barrymore (CMV) 0.8 NC

Tamron Hall (Disney-ABC) 0.7 NC

Rachael Ray (CMV) 0.7 NC

Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 0.6 +20%

Maury (NBCU) 0.5 NC

Jerry Springer Combo (NBCU) 0.4 +33%

FRESHMAN SHOWS

Jennifer Hudson (WBDTD) 0.6 NC

Sherri (CMV) 0.6 NC

iCrime with Elizabeth Vargas (Trifecta) 0.5 NC

Pictionary (CMV) 0.5 -17%

Karamo (NBCU) 0.4 NC

We the People with Judge Lauren Lake (CF Entertainment) 0.3 NC

COURT SHOWS

Judge Judy (CMV) 4.2 NC

Hot Bench(CMV) 1.3 +8%

People’s Court (WBDTD) 0.8 NC

Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 0.6 NC

Divorce Court (Fox First Run) 0.5 NC

Relative Justice (EW Media Group) 0.4 NC

GAME SHOWS

Jeopardy (CMV) 5.2 -5%

Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 5.0 -2%

Wheel of Fortune (CMV) 4.8 -8%

You Bet Your Life (Fox First Run) 0.7 NC

25 Words or Less (Fox First Run) 0.7 -13%

Funny You Should Ask(Entertainment Studios) 0.3 NC

MAGAZINE SHOWS

Inside Edition (CMV) 2.1 -9%

Entertainment Tonight (CMV) 1.9 -14%

Access Hollywood (NBCU) 0.7 -13%

TMZ (Fox First Run) 0.6 -14%

Extra (WBDTD) 0.5 -17%

Dish Nation (Fox First Run) 0.2 NC

OFF-NET SITCOMS

Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 1.7 -15%

Last Man Standing (Disney-ABC) 1.0 -17%

Modern Family (Disney-ABC) 0.8 NC

Young Sheldon (WBDTD) 0.7 -13%

Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

The Goldbergs(Sony) 0.7 NC

Family Guy (Disney-ABC) 0.6 NC

Seinfeld (Sony) 0.6 NC

The Neighborhood (CMV) 0.6 NC

Mike and Molly (WBDTD)

American Housewife (Disney-ABC)

Black-ish (Disney-ABC) 0.5 +25%

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS

Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 3.6 NC

Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 2.0 +18%

Chicago Fire (NBCU) 1.1 -8%

Chicago P.D. (NBCU) 1.1 NC

The Rookie (Disney-ABC) 0.7 +17%

Magnum P.I. (CMV) 0.6 -14%

­­­Seal Team (CMV) 0.6 -25%