‘Judy’ Is The Week’s Biggest Mover

Only a handful of syndicated strips generated meaningful ratings steam in the last week before summer as people using television (PUT) levels sank to their lowest of the year.

The daytime strip turning the most heads and scoring the biggest increase in the session ending June 21 was the unbeatable court show Judge Judy, which extended its winning streak to 1,239 weeks, and jumped 8% to a three-week high 5.7 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating despite being completely in reruns.

The second-highest-rated daytime program was Judy’s creation Hot Bench, which shrugged off preemptions and four days of repeats to hang tough at a 2.0. This is the second week in a row that the two shows have run 1,2 at the top of the daytime chart.

Elsewhere in daytime, Dr. Phil, although airing encore episodes on all five days, reclaimed the lead in the talk show race with a 6% advance to a 1.9.

Live with Kelly and Ryan, which has been red hot of late, took second place in talk, just missing with a 1.8 after a 5% breather.

Ellen DeGeneres was third with an unchanged 1.2.

The rookie leader was Kelly Clarkson, whose star was just named the Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host at the Daytime Emmys. Clarkson’s show rose 25% in the coveted women 25-54 age group and held its ground at a 1.0 in households.

In access, magazine mainstays Inside Edition and Daily Mail TV were the sole gainers in first run. Edition edged up 4% to first place among news mags with a 2.6, while Mail delivered a 13% surge to a 10-week high 0.9, tying TMZ for fourth place for the first time this season.

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

• Live with Kelly and Ryan (0.9, +13% from the week before)
• Dr. Phil (0.7, unchanged)
• Kelly Clarkson (0.5, +25%), tied with Maury (0.5, -17%), Ellen DeGeneres (0.5, unchanged) and Steve Wilkos (0.5, 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) 1.9 +6%

Live with Kelly and Ryan (Disney-ABC) 1.8** -5%

Ellen DeGeneres (WBDTD) 1.2 NC

Maury (NBCU) 1.1 NC

Rachael Ray (CTD) 0.9 NC

Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 0.9 NC

Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 0.8 NC

Dr. Oz (Sony) 0.6 NC

The Real (WBDTD) 0.4 NC

The Doctors (CTD) 0.4 NC

Jerry Springer (NBCU) 0.3 NC

FIRST-RUN ROOKIES

The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBCU) 1.0 NC

25 Words or Less (CTD) 1.0 NC

Judge Jerry (NBCU) 0.8 NC

America Says (Sony) 0.8 NC

Tamron Hall (Disney-ABC) 0.7** -13%

Personal Injury Court (MGM) 0.4 NC

Mel Robbins (Sony) 0.3 NC

Protection Court (Trifecta) 0.2** -33%

COURT SHOWS

Judge Judy (CTD) 5.7 +8%

Hot Bench(CTD) 2.0 NC

People’s Court (WBDTD) 1.3 NC

Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 0.9 NC

Divorce Court (20th Television) 0.6 NC

Caught in Providence (Debmar-Mercury) 0.4 NC

GAME SHOWS

Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 6.1 NC

Jeopardy (CTD) 5.3 -7%

Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 5.2 -2%

Funny You Should Ask(Entertainment Studios) 0.5 NC

OFF-NET CRIME

Dateline M-F (NBCU) 1.1 +22%

Chicago P.D. (NBCU) 0.8 NC

MAGAZINE SHOWS

Inside Edition (CTD) 2.6 +4%

Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.3 NC

Access Hollywood (NBCU) 1.1 NC

TMZ (WBDTD) 0.9 NC

Daily Mail TV (CTD) 0.9 +13%

Extra (WBDTD) 0.8 NC

Celebrity Page (Trifecta) 0.1 NC

OFF-NET SITCOMS

Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 3.0 -3%

Last Man Standing (20th Television) 2.2 NC

Modern Family (20th Television) 1.4 +8%

Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 1.2 NC

Family Guy (20th Television) 1.1 +10%

The Goldbergs(Sony) 1.0 -17%

Seinfeld (Sony) 1.0 NC

Black-ish (Disney-ABC) 1.0 +25%

Mike and Molly (WBDTD) 0.9 NC

Two Broke Girls (WBDTD) 0.8 NC

Mom (WBDTD) 0.8 -11%

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS

Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 3.0 +15%

Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 1.3 -19%

NCIS: New Orleans (CTD) 1.1 NC

Chicago P.D. (NBCU) 1.0 -23%

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBCU) 1.0 NC

Castle (Disney-ABC) 1.0 NC