Big July 4 Week Bang For ‘Live With Kelly And Ryan’

Live with Kelly and Ryan was one of the very few shows able to make positive ratings noise in the traditionally quiet holiday session that began on the Fourth of July and ended July 10.

Live leapt 7% to a three-week high 1.5 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating and took over sole possession of first place on the talk show chart. The Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest-hosted powerhouse has been No. 1 in the category 45 times in the past 60 weeks, including 14 ties with Dr. Phil.

Phil was second best, backing off 7% to a 1.3 with an all-repeat week.

Compared to the same week last year, Drew Barrymore was up the most of any talker in the top 10, improving 25% to a 0.5 with well over 600,000 daily viewers.

Access Hollywood and Extra were the only magazines to hold 100% of their year-ago scores, with Access chalking up a 0.7 and Extra a 0.6.

Jeopardy was the overall syndication leader for a second straight week, although it slipped 2% to a 4.9. That edged Family Feud, which also fell 2%, to a 4.8.

Court show superstar Judge Judy completed the Big 3 trifecta at the top of the weekly rankings, easing 2% to a 4.3.

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

• Live with Kelly and Ryan (0.6, +20% from the week before)
• Dr. Phil (0.4, -20%)
• Kelly Clarkson (0.3, unchanged), tied with Maury (0.3, unchanged), Steve Wilkos (0.3, unchanged) and Rachael Ray (0.3, 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) 1.5 +7%

Dr. Phil (CMV) 1.3 -7%

Maury (NBCU) 0.7 NC

Rachael Ray (CMV) 0.7 NC

The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBCU) 0.7 -13%

Ellen DeGeneres (WBDTD) 0.6 NC

Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 0.6 NC

Tamron Hall (Disney-ABC) 0.6 NC

Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 0.5 NC

Drew Barrymore (CMV) 0.5 NC

The Good Dish (Sony) 0.3 NC

Nick Cannon (CMV) 0.3 NC

Jerry Springer (NBCU) 0.3 NC

The Real (WBDTD) 0.2 NC

The Doctors (CMV) 0.2 NC

COURT SHOWS

Judge Judy (CMV) 4.3 -2%

Hot Bench(CMV) 1.3 NC

People’s Court (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 0.5 NC

Divorce Court (Fox First Run) 0.5 +25%

Judge Jerry (NBCU) 0.4 NC

Relative Justice (EW Media Group) 0.4 +33%

GAME SHOWS

Jeopardy (CMV) 4.9 -2%

Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 4.8 -2%

Wheel of Fortune (CMV) 4.2** -2%

You Bet Your Life (Fox First Run) 0.8 NC

25 Words or Less (Fox First Run) 0.7 NC

Funny You Should Ask(Entertainment Studios) 0.4 +33%

MAGAZINE SHOWS

Inside Edition (CMV) 2.0 NC

Entertainment Tonight (CMV) 1.8 -5%

TMZ (Fox First Run) 0.7 NC

Access Hollywood (NBCU) 0.7 NC

Extra (WBDTD) 0.6 NC

Daily Mail TV (CMV) 0.5 NC

Dish Nation (Fox First Run) 0.2 NC

OFF-NET SITCOMS

Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 1.8 NC

Last Man Standing (Disney-ABC) 1.1 +10%

Young Sheldon (WBDTD) 0.8 NC

Modern Family (Disney-ABC) 0.7 NC

Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

The Goldbergs(Sony) 0.7 NC

Family Guy (Disney-ABC) 0.6 -25%

Seinfeld (Sony) 0.6 NC

Mike and Molly (WBDTD) 0.4 NC

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

Two Broke Girls (WBDTD) 0.4 +33%

Mom (WBDTD) 0.4 NC

Schitt’s Creek (CMV) 0.4 +33%

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS

Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 3.7 +3%

Chicago P.D. (NBCU) 1.2 +33%

Chicago Fire (NBCU) 1.2 NC

Monk (NBCU) 0.9 NC

Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 0.9 -31%

Bull (CNV) 0.7 -13%

Castle (Disney-ABC) 0.7 NC