Shows in all of the first-run genres report weekly ratings gains in the first week of April with magazines particularly active.
WEEKLY SYNDICATION RATINGS ROUNDUP
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Ratings for syndicated shows bloomed as April got underway in the session ending April 7. For example, among the top six bellwether magazines both Entertainment Tonight and Extra clocked double-digit increases.
ET jumped 12% to a 2.9 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, while Extra vaulted 10% to a 1.1.
Inside Edition also moved up, adding 7% to a 2.9 to tie ET after Edition host Deborah Norville announced her cancer surgery on April 1.
Access was also sharp, grabbing the group’s third-highest slot with a steady 1.3 and tying TMZ.
While Daily Mail TV, which averaged more than 1.3 million daily viewers and was one of the very few strips in syndication to maintain 100% of its year-ago ratings, was just renewed for year three.
Judge Judy, which was in reruns on four of the five days, still rose to a three-week high 6.8% and continued to trounce all shows in the household ratings for a record 39 weeks in a row.
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Elsewhere in daytime, Dr. Phil, also partially in repeats, nevertheless remained chat champ for a 135th week with a steady 2.7.
Live with Kelly and Ryan raced ahead 10% to a 2.3 and took talk’s silver medal for a sixth consecutive frame.
Ellen DeGeneres was also lively as it went from reruns to original episodes and recovered 12% to a third-place 1.9.
On the down side, Wendy Williams, with encore episodes, had talk’s largest decline, dropping 27% to a 1.1 and falling behind both Maury and Steve.
Seeing sharply higher numbers were game show leaders Jeopardy, which climbed 9% to a 6.1, and Wheel of Fortune, which accelerated 11% to a 6.1.
Family fell 2% to a 6.0 and was a close third in the quiz genre.
On the true crime beat, Dateline delivered a 20% demo increase in the coveted women 25-54 age group and led the category for the 30th week in a row.
The week’s top-rated daytime talk shows in the women 25-54 demo were:
- Dr. Phil (1.1, unchanged from the week before)
- Live with Kelly and Ryan (1.0, +11%)
- Ellen DeGeneres (0.8, +14%), tied with Maury (0.8, +14%)
- Wendy Williams (0.6, -25%), tied with Steve Wilkos (0.6, +20%)
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 mean not applicable.
TALK SHOWS
Dr. Phil (CTD) 2.7 NC
Live with Kelly and Ryan (Disney-ABC) 2.3 +10%
Ellen DeGeneres (WBDTD) 1.9 +12%
Maury (NBCU) 1.4 NC
Steve (NBCU) 1.2 -8%
Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 1.1 -27%
6. Rachael Ray (CTD) 1.1 +10%
Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 1.1 NC
Dr. Oz (Sony) 1.0 NC
The Real (WBDTD) 0.6 -14%
The Doctors (CTD) 0.6 +20%
Pickler & Ben (Disney-ABC) 0.4 NC
Jerry Springer (NBCU) 0.4 NC
FIRST-RUN ROOKIE SHOWS
Face the Truth (CTD) 0.8 NC
Caught in Providence (20th Television) 0.5 -17%
COURT SHOWS
Judge Judy (CTD) 6.8 +1%
Hot Bench(CTD) 2.3 NC
People’s Court (WBDTD) 1.4 NC
Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 1.0 NC
Divorce Court (20th Television) 0.7 NC
GAME SHOWS
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 6.1 +11%
Jeopardy (CTD) 6.1 +9%
Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 6.0 -2%
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Disney-ABC) 1.6 NC
Funny You Should Ask(Entertainment Studios) 0.5 NC
INTERNET VIDEO
Right This Minute (Disney-ABC) 1.3 +8%
OFF-NET TRUE CRIME
Dateline M-F (NBCU) 1.3 NC
Live PD: Police Patrol (Sony) 1.0 +11%
True Crime Files (20th Television) 0.3 NC
SCRIPTED OFF-NET POLICE PROCEDURAL
Chicago P.D. (NBCU) 1.0 NC
MAGAZINE SHOWS
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.9 +12%
Inside Edition (CTD) 2.9 +7%
TMZ (WBDTD) 1.3 NC
Access (NBCU) 1.3 NC
Extra (WBDTD) 1.1 +10%
Daily Mail TV (CTD) 1.0 NC
Page Six TV(20th Television) 0.6 NC
Celebrity Page (Trifecta) 0.3 +50%
OFF-NET SITCOMS
Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 4.4 -4%
Last Man Standing (20th Television) 2.2 -4%
3. Modern Family (20th Television) 1.8 -5%
The Goldbergs(Sony) 1.5 NC
Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 1.4 NC
Family Guy (20th Television) 1.3 -7%
Mike and Molly (WBDTD) 1.1 NC
Black-ish (Disney-ABC) 1.0 -9%
Two Broke Girls (WBDTD) 1.0 NC
Seinfeld (Sony) 1.0 NC
OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS
Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 3.1 -11%
NCIS: New Orleans (CTD) 1.6 +14%
Castle (Disney-ABC) 1.3 +8%
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBCU) 1.2 -14%
Chicago P.D. (NBCU) 1.2 -14%
Madam Secretary (CTD) 1.2 +20%
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