weekly syndication ratings

The game show is flat in the week ending July 25 but its 5.5 is best once again in both the genre and overall.

There was very little movement across first-run syndication’s genres in the slow summer week ending July 18.

Live with Kelly and Ryan ballooned its lead in the talk show race by winning for the ninth week in a row with a 6% gain. Dr. Phil strengthened 7% to a three-week high 1.5. And Wendy Williams jumped 11% to a 1.0.

Lower PUT levels, preemptions and vacations depressed numbers with Drew Barrymore and Dr. Oz the only first-run daytime strips of any type posting week-to-week gains.

The leader, and one of four shows in the genre to post week-to-week ratings gains in the session ending June 27, climbed climbed 11% to a 2.0 live-plus-same-day national rating, and rose 33% among women 25-54.

Despite slipping 3%, it tops the chart with a 5.7 household rating in the session ending June 20. In a listless week, Live with Kelly and Ryan and Dr. Phil posted ratings gains, climbing 6% and 7%, respectively.

At 5.9 and 5.2 household ratings, respectively, the two set the pace in the session ending June 13, which included preemptions for French Open tennis.

Not a single first-run show posted an increase in household ratings during the holiday session. Family Feud held steady, but it was enough to make it No. 1 overall (again) as well as the top game show (again).

Shrugging off preemptions in some West Coast markets for coverage of the mass shooting near Silicon Valley on May 26, Entertainment Tonight rose 5% from the prior frame to a 2.1 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating. Access Hollywood accelerated 11% to a 1.0 and Extra exploded for a 17% increase to a 0.7, tying TMZ for the first time since Dec. 20, 2020. Overall, Family Feud led all of syndication for a second consecutive week with a 5.4.

In the generally sluggish week in syndication ending May 23, the game show fell 2% although it was first on the overall chart with a 5.5, getting past daytime ratings queen Judge Judy, which was syndication’s second highest program.

In the session ending May 16, access game show Family Feud grew 6% to a 5.6, its highest rating since the week of March 1 and took back the syndication lead from daytime juggernaut Judge Judy, which was second overall with a 5.3.

In the session ending May 9, the ageless daytime court show, now in year 25, has surged 28% in the previous two weeks to a 10-week high 5.5 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating.

In the session ending May 2, her honor led the courtrooms for the 1,284^th consecutive week, while Dr. Phil and Live with Kelly and Ryan tied for top talk honors and Family Feud led all of syndication.

Despite preemptions for Chauvin trial coverage in the session ending April 25, it rose 6% to a four-week high 1.8 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, taking over sole possession of first place in talk.

In the session ending April 18, the sophomore Hall strengthened 14% from the prior frame to a three-week high 0.8 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, and rose 33% in the key women 25-54 demo.

In the session ending April 11, the game show climbed 14% from a week earlier to a 5.6 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, its best performance in a month.

Preemptions from news coverage of opening arguments in the Derek Chauvin trial and the attack at a U.S. Capitol checkpoint as well as the regional round of March Madness and a rain-delayed NASCAR race hampered strips, especially those cleared on network affiliates. Phil was as the only first-run strip to post a gain in the week ended April 4.

In the week ending March 28, programs did well just to hold their own as virtually none of the top-tier strips in any category was able to muster any improvement whatsoever thanks to a number of factors, including March Madness.

In the session ending March 21, beset by March Madness preemptions and the introduction of Daylight Saving Time, Drew Barrymore posted a 20% weekly gain and Family Feud was the top game show for the first time since the week ending Jan. 3.

Once again, the vast majority of first-run shows are flat or down. In fact, in the week ending March 14, only two entries were up from the previous session, led by Judge Jerry.

The status quo was everywhere in the ratings for the week ending March 7 with show standing pat in most of first-run and off-net.

After 13 weeks in a tie as No. 2 or in a tie with Live with Kelly and Ryan, Dr. Phil returned to the top of the chat pack despite giving back 5% to a 1.9.

In the session after the coverage of the impeachment trial, shows in multiple posted single and double-digit increases, with Dr. Phil gaining the most with its 43% gain.

Many daytime syndies were preempted by the second Trump trial in the week ending Feb. 14, with very few shows able to muster an advance over the previous session.

Live with Kelly and Ryan rallied 6% to a 1.9 and took over sole possession of first place in talk, just ahead of Dr. Phil, which gave back 6% to a 1.7 in the session ending Jan. 24, a week during which daytime shows were riddled with pandemic-related preemptions and largely blown out by wall-to-wall coverage of President Biden’s inauguration.

In the week ending Jan. 17, “Greatest Of All Time” winner Ken Jennings began his stint as the first in a series of interim hosts with Jeopardy topping the game shows and all of syndication in the household ratings.

The game show, in the week ending Jan. 10, was up 29% from the previous session, delivering a 6.6 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating.

All in the genre post gains from the previous session in the week ending Jan. 3, with Extra growing the most of the big five and matching its season high with a 17% spurt to a 0.7.

Reruns and preemptions during the session ending Dec. 27 depressed the majority of shows.

The morning mainstay led the yak pack in the week ending Dec. 20, racing ahead 11% to a 2.1, its highest Nielsen number since early May.

The just-renewed Clarkson ramped up 10% to a 1.1 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating in the week ending Dec. 13 and leapt into a tie with veteran Ellen DeGeneres for third place among talk shows for the first time this season.

All of the top six in the genre posted ratings gains of 9% or greater in the week ending Dec. 6 with Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition at the top of the heap.

The talk show’s “12 Days of Givaways” helped drive an 18% boost in household numbers in the session ending Nov. 29, a week that saw many other syndies drop due to holiday, football and political preemptions.

Judge Judy climbed 3% to a strong 6.1 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, its best showing since the week ending May 10, and outperformed everything on the chart including programs in the more heavily viewed access time period. Jeopardy was next with a second-place 5.9.

The game show led all of syndication for the first time in five months in the session ending Nov. 15, which was the first week after the death of its beloved host Alex Trebek.

Ratings were down across genres as preemptions for election coverage took their toll in the session ending Nov. 8.

Judge Judy was the biggest gainer, surging 16% from the previous week to a new season high 5.9 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, and outperforming all syndicated shows in households. Also posting ratings increase were Hot Bench, People’s Court and Judge Mathis.

The sophomore talker unleashed the largest leap of all syndicated shows in the session ending Oct. 25, skyrocketing 29% to a new season high 0.9 in households and shooting up 33% in the key women 25-54 demo.

It grows 4% week to week to a 5.5 to lead the game shows and all of syndication in the session ending Oct. 18. Dr. Phil tops the talkers, while Kelly Clarkson posts a 13% gain, the only member of the chat pack to advance.

Despite being blacked out in numerous markets for French Open tennis, football and coverage of President Trump’s post-COVID diagnosis return to the White House from Walter Reed, Barrymore shot up 20% from the prior frame to a 0.6 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating in the week ending Oct. 11.