‘Live’ Tops The Talkers In Rough Week For Daytime Entries

The week ending Oct. 16 was a nonstarter for daytime syndication thanks to the double whammy of Major League Baseball playoffs on four of the days and extensive Jan. 6 House Committee hearings. The two big events blew out shows with preemptions in some cases or proved to be crushing competition in others.

For example, there was only one syndicated strip in positive territory, namely Live with Kelly and Ryan, which continued to bask in a banner year. Live torched the talkers with a 7% surge to a 1.6 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating and matched its season high. In addition to its usual A-list celebrity guests, the show, which has been No.1 (or tied for No. 1) in talk since late May, featured “Commonsense Finance Week” a well-received series dedicated to money-saving tips and tricks.

Dr. Phil, Kelly Clarkson, Drew Barrymore and Tamron Hall were next in line among the veterans, with Barrymore boasting the biggest increase over last year in all of first-run syndication. The show gained an additional 461,000 daily viewers while swelling 60% from the same week in 2021 in its new half-hour format.

In rookie talk show action, Sherri and Jennifer Hudson did well to remain consistent at a 0.7 and 0.6, respectively, despite the preemptions.

Meanwhile, Karamo not only kept up its 0.3 in households, but actually doubled its demo among women 25-54.

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 (0.4, 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) 1.6 +7%

Dr. Phil (CMV) 1.3 NC

The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBCU) 0.9 NC

Drew Barrymore (CMV) 0.8 NC

Tamron Hall (Disney-ABC) 0.7 NC

Rachael Ray (CMV) 0.6 NC

Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 0.5 -17%

Maury (NBCU) 0.4 NC

Jerry Springer Combo (NBCU) 0.3 NC

FRESHMAN SHOWS

Sherri (CMV) 0.7 NC

Jennifer Hudson (WBDTD) 0.6 NC

iCrime with Elizabeth Vargas (Trifecta) 0.5 NC

Pictionary (CMV) 0.4 -20%

We the People with Judge Lauren Lake (CF Entertainment) 0.3 NC

Karamo (NBCU) 0.3 NC

COURT SHOWS

Judge Judy (CMV) 3.8 -7%

Hot Bench(CMV) 1.2 NC

People’s Court (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 0.6 NC

Divorce Court (Fox First Run) 0.5 NC

Relative Justice (EW Media Group) 0.3 -25%

GAME SHOWS

Jeopardy (CMV) 5.2 NC

Wheel of Fortune (CMV) 4.7 -2%

Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 4.7 -2%

You Bet Your Life (Fox First Run) 0.7 NC

25 Words or Less (Fox First Run) 0.7 NC

Funny You Should Ask(Entertainment Studios) 0.3 NC

MAGAZINE SHOWS

Inside Edition (CMV) 2.1 NC

Entertainment Tonight (CMV) 2.0 NC

Access Hollywood (NBCU) 0.7 NC

TMZ (Fox First Run) 0.6 -14%

Extra (WBDTD) 0.5 NC

Dish Nation (Fox First Run) 0.2 NC

OFF-NET SITCOMS

Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 1.9 NC

Last Man Standing (Disney-ABC) 1.0 NC

Young Sheldon (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

Family Guy (Disney-ABC) 0.7 NC

Modern Family (Disney-ABC) 0.7 -13%

Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

The Goldbergs(Sony) 0.6 -14%

Seinfeld (Sony) 0.6 0.6 NC

The Neighborhood (CMV) 0.5 NC

Black-ish (Disney-ABC) 0.4 NC

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS

Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 3.2 -3%

Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 1.7 +13%

Chicago Fire (NBCU) 0.9 -18%

Magnum P.I. (CMV) 0.8 +14%

Chicago P.D. (NBCU) 0.8 -11%

­­­Seal Team (CMV) 0.7 NC

The Rookie (Disney-ABC) 0.7 -13%