‘Live With Kelly And Ryan’ Scores, Despite Soccer

Live with Kelly and Ryan was the only talker in the top six able to shrug off three days of World Cup soccer competition and score higher ratings in the session ending Dec. 11.

Live, which has been a talk show terror this season, finishing first for the past 29 weeks in a row (including eight ties), took the top spot, advancing 20% in the key demo and matching its season high in households with a 7% weekly surge to a 1.6 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, with about 2.4 million daily viewers on average.

Dr. Phil coughed up 7% of its ratings to a second-place 1.3, followed by Kelly Clarkson, which was clipped with a 10% loss to a 0.9. Tamron Hall was hit with a 13% soccer-related slam, but still tied the steady Drew Barrymore and Rachael Ray at a 0.7. Of note, Drew still delivered syndication’s strongest increase over last year, forging ahead 40%.

Judge Judy continued to lay down the law among legal shows, summing up the week with a 3% improvement to a 4.0.

Turning to access, the top two games — Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune — were flat.

Extra was extra hot, however, providing the biggest percentage among magazines with a 20% spike to equal its season high 0.6.

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

• Live with Kelly and Ryan (0.6, +20% 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 -7%

The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBCU) 0.9 -10%

Tamron Hall (Disney-ABC) 0.7 -13%

Rachael Ray (CMV) 0.7 NC

Drew Barrymore (CMV) 0.7 NC

Maury (NBCU) 0.5 +25%

Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 0.5 NC

Jerry Springer Combo (NBCU) 0.3 NC

FRESHMAN SHOWS

Pictionary (CMV) 0.4 NC

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

Jennifer Hudson (WBDTD) NA

Sherri (CMV) NA

iCrime with Elizabeth Vargas (Trifecta) NA

Karamo (NBCU) NA

COURT SHOWS

Judge Judy (CMV) 4.0 +3%

Hot Bench(CMV) 1.1 NC

People’s Court (WBDTD) 0.7 +17%

Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 0.5 NC

Relative Justice (EW Media Group) 0.3 NC

Divorce Court (Fox First Run) NA

GAME SHOWS

Jeopardy (CMV) 5.7 NC

Wheel of Fortune (CMV) 5.2 NC

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

Funny You Should Ask(Entertainment Studios) 0.3 -25%

You Bet Your Life (Fox First Run) NA

25 Words or Less (Fox First Run) NA

MAGAZINE SHOWS

Inside Edition (CMV) 2.4 +4%

Entertainment Tonight (CMV) 2.2 NC

Access Hollywood (NBCU) 0.8 +14%

Extra (WBDTD) 0.6 +20%

TMZ (Fox First Run) NA

Dish Nation (Fox First Run) NA

OFF-NET SITCOMS

Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 1.9 +6%

Last Man Standing (Disney-ABC) 1.0 NC

Young Sheldon (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

Modern Family (Disney-ABC) 0.7 NC

Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

The Goldbergs(Sony) 0.6 NC

Seinfeld (Sony) 0.6 +20%

Family Guy (Disney-ABC) 0.5 NC

The Neighborhood (CMV) 0.5 NC

Black-ish (Disney-ABC) 0.4 NC

Mike and Molly (WBDTD)

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS

Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 3.6 +3%

Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 1.8 -10%

Chicago Fire (NBCU) 1.1 -15%

Chicago P.D. (NBCU) 0.9 -10%

The Rookie (Disney-ABC) 0.8 NC