‘Kelly And Ryan’ Climbs To Tops In Talk

Coverage of concluding arguments and the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial dealt daytime syndication a blow as it preempted the primary runs of many popular shows cleared on network affiliates in the session ending April 25.

Several of the top daytime strips suffered steep losses, but Live with Kelly and Ryan resisted the declines and rose 6% to a four-week high 1.8 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, taking over sole possession of first place in talk. Live, the season-to-date top talker, has now been No. 1 or tied for No. 1 28 times in the past 33 weeks.

Dr. Phil, which had been tied with Live for the past three weeks, was preempted a total of 19 times on April 19 and 20 in the top 20 markets alone and gave back 18% to a 1.4.

Elsewhere, Family Feud gained 4% to a 5.5 and flew into first place among the game shows and all of syndication.

Jeopardy, with guest host Anderson Cooper, sank 7% to a 5.1 and landed in a tie with Wheel of Fortune, which fell 4%. Jeopardy had been the syndie leader for the past two weeks with iconic quarterback Aaron Rodgers at the podium.

Also in access time periods, Entertainment Tonight held steady at a 2.2 to lead the magazines for a third straight week. Inside Edition dropped 5% to a 2.1. The recently renewed Access Hollywood, TMZ and Daily Mail TV all held their ground, with Mail moving into a tie with Extra as the fifth-highest show in the category.

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

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

Live with Kelly and Ryan (Disney-ABC) 1.8 +6%

Dr. Phil (CMV) 1.4 -18%

Ellen DeGeneres (WBDTD) 0.9 NC

Maury (NBCU) 0.9 NC

Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 0.8 +14%

The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBCU) 0.8 NC

Rachael Ray (CMV) 0.7 NC

Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 0.7 NC

Tamron Hall (Disney-ABC) 0.7 -13%

Dr. Oz (Sony) 0.6 NC

The Real (WBDTD) 0.4 NC

The Doctors (CMV) 0.2 NC

Jerry Springer (NBCU) 0.2 NC

FIRST-RUN ROOKIE

Drew Barrymore (CMV) 0.5 NC

COURT SHOWS

Judge Judy (CMV) 4.3** -12%

Hot Bench(CMV) 1.5 NC

People’s Court (WBDTD) 0.8 -11%

Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 0.6 NC

Judge Jerry (NBCU) 0.6 NC

Divorce Court (20th Television) 0.5 -17%

Protection Court (Trifecta) 0.2 NC

GAME SHOWS

Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 5.5 +4%

Jeopardy (CMV) 5.1 -7%

Wheel of Fortune (CMV) 5.1 -4%

25 Words or Less (CMV) 0.8 NC

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

MAGAZINE SHOWS

Entertainment Tonight (CMV) 2.2 NC

Inside Edition (CMV) 2.1 -5%

Access Hollywood (NBCU) 0.9 NC

TMZ (WBDTD) 0.8 NC

Extra (WBDTD) 0.6 -14%

Daily Mail TV (CMV) 0.6 NC

Dish Nation (Trifecta) 0.3 NC

OFF-NET SITCOMS

Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 2.4 NC

Last Man Standing (Disney-ABC) 1.8 +6%

Modern Family (Disney-ABC) 1.0 NC

Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 1.0 NC

The Goldbergs(Sony) 0.9 NC

Family Guy (Disney-ABC) 0.9 NC

Seinfeld (Sony) 0.9 NC

Two Broke Girls (WBDTD) 0.8 +14%

Mike and Molly (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

Mom (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS

Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 3.9 +3%

Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 1.8 +13%

Chicago P.D. (NBCU) 1.7 +21%

NCIS: New Orleans (CMV) 0.9 NC

NCIS (CMV) 0.9 NC

Monk (NBCU) 0.9 +29%