‘Judy’ And ‘Jeopardy’ Back On Top

Judge Judy was the ratings star in the session ending Nov. 22, scoring a new season high and overtaking the prior week’s champ, Jeopardy, to lead all of syndication.

Despite being primarily a daytime show, 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, in the second week following the death of its beloved host Alex Trebek, slipped 2% to a second-place 5.9 after topping the syndication standings in the previous round.

Usual game show winner Family Feud was next, forging ahead 2% to a 5.7.

Back in daytime, Dr. Phil finished first in the talk show race, holding steady at its season-high 2.0.

Live with Kelly and Ryan took a 5% breather after racing to a new high in the prior frame, but still landed right behind Dr. Phil at a 1.9.

In a tight battle for third place were Ellen DeGeneres, which declined 8% to a 1.1, and highly regarded sophomore Kelly Clarkson, which held its ground at its season high 1.0.

Further back, conflict talker Maury slid 10% to a 0.9, landing in a tie with an unchanged Rachel Ray and Wendy Williams, which gave back 10% after hitting a new season high the week before.

The week’s top-rated daytime talk shows in the women 25-54 demo were:

• Live with Kelly and Ryan (0.8, -11% from the week before)
• Dr. Phil (0.7, unchanged)
• Ellen DeGeneres (0.5, -17%), tied with Maury (0.5, unchanged)
• Kelly Clarkson (0.4, unchanged), tied with Wendy Williams (0.4, unchanged) and Steve Wilkos (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

Dr. Phil (CTD) 2.0 NC

Live with Kelly and Ryan (Disney-ABC) 1.9 -5%

Ellen DeGeneres (WBDTD) 1.1 -8%

The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBCU) 1.0 NC

Maury (NBCU) 0.9 -10%

Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 0.9 -10%

Rachael Ray (CTD) 0.9 NC

Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 0.8 NC

Tamron Hall (Disney-ABC) 0.8 -11%

Dr. Oz (Sony) 0.7 NC

The Real (WBDTD) 0.4 NC

The Doctors (CTD) 0.3 NC

Jerry Springer (NBCU) 0.2 NC

FIRST-RUN ROOKIE

Drew Barrymore (CTD) 0.5 NC

COURT SHOWS

Judge Judy (CTD) 6.1* +3%

Hot Bench(CTD) 1.7 NC

People’s Court (WBDTD) 1.1 NC

Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 0.9 +13%

Judge Jerry (NBCU) 0.7 NC

Divorce Court (20th Television) 0.7 NC

Protection Court (Trifecta) 0.3 NC

GAME SHOWS

Jeopardy (CTD) 5.9 -2%

Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 5.6* +2%

Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 5.7 +2%

25 Words or Less (CTD) 0.9 NC

Funny You Should Ask(Entertainment Studios) 0.5 +25%

MAGAZINE SHOWS

Inside Edition (CTD) 2.6* +4%

Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.4 -4%

TMZ (WBDTD) 0.8 NC

Access Hollywood (NBCU) 1.1 NC

Extra (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

Daily Mail TV (CTD) 0.7 +17%

Dish Nation (Trifecta) 0.3 NC

Celebrity Page (Trifecta) 0.2 -33%

OFF-NET SITCOMS

Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 2.7 NC

Last Man Standing (Disney-ABC) 2.0 NC

Modern Family (Disney-ABC) 1.1 -8%

Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 1.1 NC

The Goldbergs(Sony) 1.0 NC

Family Guy (Disney-ABC) 1.0 NC

Seinfeld (Sony) 0.9 NC

Mike and Molly (WBDTD) 0.8 NC

Black-ish (Disney-ABC) 0.8 +14%

Two Broke Girls (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

Mom (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

Schitt’s Creek (CTD) 0.7 +17%

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS

Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 3.9 +3%

Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 1.5 -6%

Chicago P.D. (NBCU) 1.5 +15%

NCIS (CTD) 1.0 +11%

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBCU) 0.9 NC

NCIS: New Orleans (CTD) 0.9 +13%

Castle (Disney-ABC) 0.9 +13%