‘Jeopardy’ Squeaks Out Another Overall Syndie Win

Family Feud made it close, but Jeopardy, which saw super-contestant Mattea Roach defeated May 6 after winning 23 consecutive games, held on to the overall syndication lead in the session ending May 1.

Jeopardy fell 5% to a 5.3 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, while Feud, which was one of the very few programs to increase, moved up 2% to a three-week high 5.2. Next in line, Wheel of Fortune faded 12% to a 4.4.

Elsewhere in access time periods, the only magazines in the top five able to hold their ground in the face of heavy competition from coverage of the NFL draft were TMZ and Extra.

In daytime, programs on CBS affiliates ran into preemptions for UEFA Champions League soccer coverage. The talk show race was again tight as Dr. Phil and Live with Kelly and Ryan both relinquished 6 to a 1.5 and remained tied at the top.

In the advertiser-coveted women 25-54 demo, the soon-to-be-widely-upgraded Kelly Clarkson crushed it with a 33% climb to a 0.4. It was also the only talk show in the top four to hold its ground both week to week and year to year.

Judge Judy clobbered the court shows despite dipping 7% to a 4.3, and was syndication’s second highest show overall among women 25-54 behind only demo leader Family Feud.

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

• Live with Kelly and Ryan (0.6, unchanged from the week before)
• Dr. Phil (0.5, -17%)
• Kelly Clarkson (0.4, +33%)

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

Dr. Phil (CMV) 1.5 -6%

Live with Kelly and Ryan (Disney-ABC) 1.5 -6%

Ellen DeGeneres (WBDTD) 0.9 -10%

The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBCU) 0.9 NC

Maury (NBCU) 0.7 NC

Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 0.7 NC

Rachael Ray (CMV) 0.7 NC

Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 0.6 NC

Tamron Hall (Disney-ABC) 0.6 -14%

Drew Barrymore (CMV) 0.5 NC

The Good Dish (Sony) 0.4 NC

Nick Cannon (CMV) 0.4 +33%

Jerry Springer (NBCU) 0.3 NC

The Real (WBDTD) 0.3 NC

The Doctors (CMV) 0.2 NC

COURT SHOWS

Judge Judy (CMV) 4.3 -7%

Hot Bench(CMV) 1.4 -7%

People’s Court (WBDTD) 0.7 -13%

Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 0.5 -17%

Judge Jerry (NBCU) 0.4 NC

Divorce Court (Fox First Run) 0.5 +25%

Relative Justice (EW Media Group) 0.3 NC

GAME SHOWS

Jeopardy (CMV) 5.3 -5%

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

Wheel of Fortune (CMV) 4.4 -12%

You Bet Your Life (Fox First Run) 0.8 NC

25 Words or Less (Fox First Run) 0.8 NC

Funny You Should Ask(Entertainment Studios) 0.4 NC

MAGAZINE SHOWS

Inside Edition (CMV) 2.1 -9%

Entertainment Tonight (CMV) 1.9 -10%

TMZ (Fox First Run) 0.7 NC

Access Hollywood (NBCU) 0.7 -13%

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) 1.9 -5%

Last Man Standing (Disney-ABC) 1.2 NC

Young Sheldon (WBDTD) 0.9 NC

Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 0.8 NC

Modern Family (Disney-ABC) 0.7 NC

The Goldbergs(Sony) 0.7 NC

Family Guy (Disney-ABC) 0.7 NC

Seinfeld (Sony) 0.6 NC

Black-ish (Disney-ABC) 0.5 NC

Mom (WBDTD) 0.5 NC

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS

Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 3.5 NC

Chicago Fire (NBCU) 1.1 NC

Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 1.1 -8%

Chicago P.D. (NBCU) 1.1 -15%

Monk (NBCU) 0.9 -10%

Bull (CNV) 0.9 +29%