‘Family Feud,’ ‘Judge Judy’ Are Syndie’s 1-2 Punch

Judge Judy, which is preparing to recuse itself from first-run syndication after 25 years on the bench, is going out with a flourish. In the face of daytime preemptions for nearly four hours of French Open tennis on June 10 and more than six hours of match coverage on June 11, Judy jumped 6% to a 5.2 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating in the session ending June 13.

The winning score sent the judicial juggernaut to a record 1,290 straight weeks at the very top of the syndicated court shows while demolishing everything else in the daypart. Season-to-date in the most current live-plus-7 household ratings, the iconic courtroom strip is the No. 1 program in all of syndication and has led all of first run every year since 2009.

For the frame ending June 13, Judy finished second on the chart behind only the access game Family Feud. Feud added 9% to a live-plus-same-day 5.9, outplaying all rival quiz and giveaway strips.

Jeopardy was next in the category, growing 4% to a 5.1 with a second stint for guest host Mayim Bialik.

Among talk shows, Live with Kelly and Ryan dipped 6% to a 1.6, but remained at the forefront for the fifth week in a row and has now been first or tied for first in the genre 34 times in the past 40 weeks.

Elsewhere, Entertainment Tonight advanced 5% to a 2.0 to top the entertainment magazines. In off-net, Big Bang Theory remained at its series-low 2.2 but continued to eclipse the sitcoms.

Among the off-net weeklies, leader Dateline dropped 24% to a 2.8.

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

• Live with Kelly and Ryan (0.7, unchanged from the week before)
• Dr. Phil (0.5, unchanged), tied with Wendy Williams (0.5, +25%)
• Kelly Clarkson (0.4, unchanged), tied with Maury (0.4, -20%) and Ellen DeGeneres (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 -6%

Dr. Phil (CMV) 1.4 -7%

Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 1.0 +11%

Ellen DeGeneres (WBDTD) 0.9 +13%

Maury (NBCU) 0.9 -10%

The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBCU) 0.8 NC

Rachael Ray (CMV) 0.7 NC

Tamron Hall (Disney-ABC) 0.7 NC

Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 0.7 NC

Dr. Oz (Sony) 0.5 NC

The Real (WBDTD) 0.3 NC

The Doctors (CMV) 0.2 NC

Jerry Springer (NBCU) 0.2 NC

FIRST-RUN ROOKIE

Drew Barrymore (CMV) 0.4 NC

COURT SHOWS

Judge Judy (CMV) 5.2 +6%

Hot Bench(CMV) 1.4 NC

People’s Court (WBDTD) 0.8 NC

Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 0.6 NC

Judge Jerry (NBCU) 0.5** -17%

Divorce Court (Fox First Run) 0.5 NC

Protection Court (Trifecta) 0.2 NC

GAME SHOWS

Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 5.9 +9%

Jeopardy (CMV) 5.1 +4%

Wheel of Fortune (CMV) 4.8 +2%

25 Words or Less (Fox First Run ) 0.8 +14%

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

MAGAZINE SHOWS

Inside Edition (CMV) 2.1 +5%

Entertainment Tonight (CMV) 2.0 +5%

Access Hollywood (NBCU) 0.8 NC

TMZ (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

Extra (WBDTD) 0.6 NC

Daily Mail TV (CMV) 0.6 +20%

Dish Nation (Fox First Run) 0.3 +50%

OFF-NET SITCOMS

Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 2.2 NC

Last Man Standing (Disney-ABC) 1.7 +13%

Modern Family (Disney-ABC) 0.9 NC

Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 0.9** -10%

The Goldbergs(Sony) 0.8** -11%

Family Guy (Disney-ABC) 0.8 NC

Seinfeld (Sony) 0.8 NC

Mike and Molly (WBDTD) 0.7 NC

Two Broke Girls (WBDTD) 0.7 -13%

Mom (WBDTD) 0.6 -14%

Black-ish (Disney-ABC) 0.6 -14%

Schitt’s Creek (CMV) 0.6 NC

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS

Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 2.8 -24%

Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 2.1 NC

Chicago P.D. (NBCU) 1.0 -9%

Monk (NBCU) 1.0 +11%

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBCU)

NCIS (CMV) 0.9 +13%

NCIS: New Orleans (CMV) 0.9 NC