In the week ending Feb. 27, the entertainment magazine show shot up 100% from the prior week, moving up three slots and adding more than 600,000 viewers each day.
WEEKLY SYNDICATION RATINGS ROUNDUP
With No Olympics, ‘Access Hollywood’ Climbs Triple Digits
Many of the major syndicated shows staged sharp recoveries from the Beijing Winter Olympics in the session ending Feb. 27, but none was more spectacular than Access Hollywood, which rocketed 100% week to week in both households and key demos while adding well over 600,000 more total viewers each day.
With that, Access vaulted from sixth place into a tie for third on the magazine rack with a 0.8 live rating. Inside Edition, which added 15%, and Entertainment Tonight, which forged ahead 5%, were the top two in the category.
Among talk shows, Dr. Phil came roaring back with a 13% spike to a 1.7, tying a steady Live with Kelly and Ryan for first place in the genre.
Ellen DeGeneres and Kelly Clarkson were on fire, with both racing into a tie at No. 3. Ellen doubled its target demo as it surged 29% in households and Kelly leapt 13%.
Elsewhere in daytime, Judge Judy and its offspring Hot Bench dominated the court shows with the Judy juggernaut jumping 7% to a 4.8 and Bench banging out a 7% improvement to a 1.5.
Among game shows, Jeopardy had all the right answers and led the group with a 5.9.
BRAND CONNECTIONS
The top talk shows for the week among women 25-54 were:
- Live with Kelly and Ryan (0.7, +17% from the week before)
- Dr. Phil (0.6, +20%)
- Ellen DeGeneres (0.4, +100%), tied with Maury (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
Dr. Phil (CMV) 1.7 +13%
Live with Kelly and Ryan (Disney-ABC) 1.7 NC
Ellen DeGeneres (WBDTD) 0.9 +29%
The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBCU) 0.9 +13%
Maury (NBCU) 0.8 NC
Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 0.8 +14%
Rachael Ray (CMV) 0.8 +14%
Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 0.6 -14%
Tamron Hall (Disney-ABC) 0.6 -14%
Drew Barrymore (CMV) 0.5 NC
The Good Dish (Sony) 0.4 +33%
Nick Cannon (CMV) 0.4 NC
Jerry Springer (NBCU) 0.3 -25%
The Real (WBDTD) 0.3 NC
The Doctors (CMV) 0.2 NC
COURT SHOWS
Judge Judy (CMV) 4.8 +7%
Hot Bench(CMV) 1.5 +7%
People’s Court (WBDTD) 0.9 +13%
Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 0.6 NC
Judge Jerry (NBCU) 0.4 NC
Divorce Court (Fox First Run) 0.5 NC
Relative Justice (EW Media Group) 0.4 NC
GAME SHOWS
Jeopardy (CMV) 5.9 +9%
Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 5.7 +2%
Wheel of Fortune (CMV) 5.6 +14%
You Bet Your Life (Fox First Run) 0.8 NC
25 Words or Less (Fox First Run) 0.7 NC
Funny You Should Ask(Entertainment Studios) 0.4 NC
MAGAZINE SHOWS
Inside Edition (CMV) 2.3 +15%
Entertainment Tonight (CMV) 2.1 +5%
TMZ (Fox First Run) 0.8 NC
Access Hollywood (NBCU) 0.8 +100%
Extra (WBDTD) 0.6 NC
Daily Mail TV (CMV) 0.5 NC
Dish Nation (Fox First Run) 0.2 -33%
OFF-NET SITCOMS
Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 2.1 NC
Last Man Standing (Disney-ABC) 1.3 -13%
Young Sheldon (WBDTD) 1.0 +11%
Modern Family (Disney-ABC) 0.9 +13%
Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 0.8 NC
The Goldbergs(Sony) 0.8 NC
Family Guy (Disney-ABC) 0.8 +14%
Seinfeld (Sony) 0.7 NC
Mike and Molly (WBDTD) 0.5 NC
Black-ish (Disney-ABC) 0.5 NC
Mom (WBDTD) 0.5 NC
OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS
Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 2.6** -26%
Chicago P.D. (NBCU) 1.2 NA
Chicago Fire (NBCU) 1.1 NC
Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 1.1 NA
Monk (NBCU) 1.0 +11%
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