Competitive Week Among Game Shows

The week ending Nov. 19 featured a tie at the top of the game shows for a second straight week between Jeopardy, which featured its annual Tournament of Champions, and usual leader Family Feud. Both shows inched up 1% from the week before to a new season high 6.8 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating.

However, syndication’s No. 1 show overall for a 13^th time in 14 weeks was Judge Judy, which was in a league of its own, towering over all programs with a 7.6 for a second straight session, matching its season high and improving 6% from last year’s first-place score.

In other daytime news, Dr. Phil had no trouble outperforming the talk shows for a 63^rd consecutive week despite easing 5% to a 3.7.

Ellen DeGeneres, Live with Kelly and Ryan and Maury followed at 2.4, 2.3 and 1.5, respectively, and all were steady at mostly season-high levels.

Also generating ratings heat was Steve Harvey’s new Steve, which matched its season high 1.4 for the fourth straight frame, tying Wendy Williams.

In rookie action, Daily Mail TV continued to be the most-watched first-run newcomer for the ninth week in a row, snaring more than 1.4 million viewers each day with a steady 1.0.

Close behind was strongest challenger Page Six TV, which was preempted in some markets by the president’s Asia trip press conference on Nov. 15 and gave back 13% to a 0.7 in households, but tied Daily Mail among women 25-54.

Among magazines, Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition both dipped 3% to a 3.0, but remained tied for the lead. TMZ, Access Hollywood and Extra all hit season-best levels of 1.5, 1.4 and 1.3, respectively.

The week’s top-rated daytime talk shows in the women 25-54 demo were:

• Dr. Phil (1.5, -6% from the week before)
• Ellen DeGeneres (1.2, unchanged)
• Live with Kelly and Ryan (1.0, -9%)
• Maury (0.9, -10%), tied with Wendy Williams (0.9, 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 mean not applicable.

TALK SHOWS

1. Dr. Phil (CTD) 3.7 -5%

2. Ellen DeGeneres (WBDTD) 2.4 NC

3. Live with Kelly and Ryan (Disney-ABC) 2.3 NC

4. Maury (NBCU) 1.5 NC

5. Steve (NBCU) 1.4 NC

5. Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 1.4 NC

7. Rachael Ray (CTD) 1.3 +8%

8. Jerry Springer (NBCU) 1.2 NC

8. Dr. Oz (Sony) 1.2 NC

10. Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 1.1 -8%

11. Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen (WBDTD) 0.9 -10%

11. Harry (NBCU) 0.9 -10%

13. The Real (WBDTD) 0.8 NC

13. The Doctors (CTD) 0.8 NC

FIRST-RUN ROOKIE SHOWS

1. Daily Mail TV (CTD) 1.0 NC

2. Page Six TV (20th Television) 0.7 -13%

3. Funny You Should Ask (Entertainment Studios) 0.5 NC

4. Pickler & Ben (Disney-ABC) 0.3 NC

COURT SHOWS

1. Judge Judy (CTD) 7.6 NC

2. Hot Bench (CTD) 2.5 -4%

3. People’s Court (WBDTD) 1.7 NC

4. Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 1.2 NC

5. Divorce Court (Twentieth) 0.9 -10%

6. Judge Faith (Trifecta) 0.6 NC

GAME SHOWS

1. Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 6.8* +1%

1. Jeopardy (CTD) 6.8* +1%

3. Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 6.4 NC

4. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Disney-ABC) 1.7 NC

INTERNET VIDEO

1. Right This Minute (Disney-ABC) 1.5 NC

OFF-NET TRUE CRIME

1. Dateline M-F (NBCU) 1.4 +8%

MAGAZINE SHOWS

1. Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.0 -3%

1. Inside Edition (CTD) 3.0 -3%

3. TMZ (WBDTD) 1.5 +7%

4. Access Hollywood (NBCU) 1.4 NC

5. Extra (WBDTD) 1.3 NC

6. Celebrity Page (Trifecta) 0.3 NC

OFF-NET SITCOMS

1. Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 5.2 -4%

2. Modern Family (Twentieth) 2.6* +4%

3. Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 2.1 NC

4. The Goldbergs (Sony) 1.8 NC

5. Family Guy (Twentieth) 1.7 NC

6. Last Man Standing (Twentieth) 1.6 NC

7. Mike and Molly (WBDTD) 1.5 NC

8. Two Broke Girls (WBDTD) 1.2 NC

9. Seinfeld (Sony) 1.1 NC

9. The Cleveland Show (Twentieth) 1.1 NC

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS

1. Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 3.5 +17%

2. Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 3.2 NC

3. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBCU) 1.9 -5%

4. Blue Bloods (CTD) 1.7 NC

5. CSI Miami (CTD) 1.3 NC

5. Castle (Disney-ABC) 1.3 NC