weekly syndication ratings

Her Judgeship attracted more than 11 million daily viewers and scored a mighty 7.8 live-plus-same-day average national Nielsen rating for the sweep, marking the show’s third most successful February since 2008.

Numerous retitled show bounce back in the week ending Feb. 25, with some posting double-digit gains compared to the first week of the Pyeongchang games.

By changing their names in the session ending Feb. 18, the preemptions and/or low ratings won’t count against their season averages and the February sweep.

The good judge hits a 8.0. Many talk shows also post week-to-week gains in the session ending Feb. 11.

The talk leader is one of the few first-run shows to post a gain (12%) from the previous frame in the session ending Feb. 4.

With a big drop in PUT levels, ratings for all first-run shows are either flat or lower in the week ending Jan. 28, just prior to the start of the February sweep.

Among the 10 shows setting records in the week ending Jan. 21 was No. 1 newcomer Daily Mail TV, which posted a 9% gain. The Doctors and Maury each rose 13%.

Every one of the top five shows in the genre hit or exceeded their highest ratings of the season in the week ending Jan. 14 aided by their coverage of the awards.

All the first-run genres feature big gainers in the first week of January, topped by Ellen (up 30% from the previous frame), Dr. Phil (up 23%) and Entertainment Tonight (up 22%).

The syndie duo tied Dr. Phil for first place among the chat fests in the week ending Dec. 31 as most talkers posted gains.

Bah humbug. No talkers, first-run rookies, magazines or courtrooms were up; and only one game showed improvement in the week ending Dec. 24.

The former Access Hollywood shed its last name and jumped up 7% to its highest number in 41 weeks in the session ending Dec. 17.

Despite preemptions for California fire coverage, the genre records some solid gains in the week ending Dec. 10.

Not only are many in the genre up in the session ending Dec. 3, several post double-digit rises on coverage of the Matt Lauer firing.

The only first-run offerings to show increases from last November are Dr. Phil, Judge Judy, Jeopardy and Inside Edition.

Family Feud and Jeopardy tie for the top slot in the genre with a 6.8, while Wheel of Fortune is close behind at 6.4.

The first-run shows at the top of the categories mostly were up in the week ending Nov. 12, with several posting double-digit increases.

Despite being preempted in numerous large markets by two games of the World Series, Page Six jumped 14% from the week before to move closer to freshman leader Daily Mail TV.

First-run shows with week-to-week gains as the November ratings period gets underway included rookies Daily Mail TV and Funny You Should Ask. Others moving up included talkers Dr. Phil, Ellen and Rachael Ray as well as several in the court, game and magazine genres.

It’s the only courtroom to report a week-to-week rise in the session ending Oct. 22 (to a 6.7) and marked the show’s 1,100th straight week atop the genre.

Almost all of the first-run genres featured multiple shows reporting gains in the week ending Oct. 15.

Live with Kelly and Ryan tops Megyn Kelly Today for the second week in a row. In access, Family Feud rose 3% and increased its lead among game shows with Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune moved up 2% and 4%, respectively to finish tied for second place in the genre.

The syndicated Kelly and Ryan topped the highly promoted opening week of NBC’s Megyn Kelly Today by a daily average of more than 300,000 viewers —2.85 million to 2.51 million.

Wendy Williams kicked off its 10^th season with a 1.4 in the week ending Sept. 24, up 40% over the prior week. Live with Kelly and Ryan tops Megyn Kelly Today in the metered markets by 21%. Other strong week-to-week growth was turned in by The Real (+14%) and Dr. Oz (+10%) and Funny You Should Ask (+25%).

Judge Judy was tops in both courtrooms and all of syndication, with her Hot Bench coming in second in the genre, while Right This Minute got underway with a 15% weekly rise.

Despite being in reruns on all five days, Phil clocked its biggest rating since June in the week ending Sept. 3, a 3.0 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen, up 3% from the week before.

In addition to winning the final week of the season, the court juggernaut was also the highest rated show in both first run and offnet for the entire 2016-17 season, taking that honor for the fourth year in a row.

Not only is the show the genre leader for 50 weeks straight, it grew weekly and also reported the largest annual rise of any show in the talk genre.

A lot of those gains are due to the presence of the Rio Summer Olympics a year ago. Week-to-week the numbers are less impressive.

Only two talkers, two games and one magazine show report ratings gains from the previous session.

Summer continues to take its toll on first-run, with only Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, Hot Bench, Judge Mathis, Divorce Court and Access Hollywood moving up in the week ending July 30.

Only seven first-run syndicated shows reported weekly ratings gains in the frame ending July 23: Judge Judy, Family Feud, Wheel of Fortune, Celebrity Name Game, Entertainment Tonight, TMZ and Dish Nation.

Six of the genre’s eight shows report weekly ratings gains in the session ending July 16 with three finishing higher by double digits.

Talk leader Dr. Phil saw its ratings skyrocket 23% from the same week one year ago to a first-place 2.7 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating. The only other show in the category with a double-digit gain was sophomore true-crime series Crime Watch Daily, which though also in reruns, shot up 13% to a 0.9. On the down side, Ellen DeGeneres declined 6% for the week and 12% for the year to a new season-low 1.5 with encore episodes.

It’s usually Family Feud, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy in that order, but not for the week of July 2. Jeopardy nudged past Wheel for second-place honors, while Feud chalked up another win in the syndication category.

The talk leader was one of only a few first-run shows to show a ratings gain in the week ending June 25, and it also was up 20% from this time last year.

Preemptions for or competition from Washington stories affects the ratings for a number of magazine, court and game shows in the session ending June 18.

In first-run syndication for the week ending June 11, four talkers, two courtrooms, two games and one magazine turned in ratings gains from the previous session.

In the Memorial Day week, the only first-run show to post a gain from the previous session was Family Feud, which gained 2% to a 6.3.

This marks the eighth year in a row that Judy has been syndication’s highest-rated strip overall in the May sweep. Dr. Phil easily led the talk shows as it has in all 17 major sweeps since November 2011. Family Feud logged a 6.3 and outplayed the game shows, while Entertainment Tonight extended its winning streak among magazines to 106 sweeps, dating back to 1990.