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WEEKLY SYNDICATION RATINGS ROUNDUP

It Was Happy Holidays For ‘Kelly And Ryan’

The syndie duo tied Dr. Phil for first place among the chat fests in the week ending Dec. 31 as most talkers posted gains.

By Staff | January 10, 2018 | 11:59 a.m. ET.

Live with Kelly and Ryan came up big in the holiday session ending Dec. 31, scoring its best rating since Ryan Seacrest joined the program. Live unwrapped a new season high 2.6 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, surging 13% from the week before and tying usual leader Dr. Phil for first place in talk.

That was not an easy task, as no show has been able to tie Phil since the summer of 2016. Phil, which was the only talk show in the top 10 to include the very low-rated Christmas Day in its average, was in reruns all week and got penalized with massive preemptions from college bowl games, slipping 13% to a new season-low 2.6.

Ellen DeGeneres also sank to a new season low, losing 5% to a third-place 2.0.

However, most other talkers had something positive to celebrate.

  • Maury rebounded 14% to new season-high 1.6.
  • Rachael Ray rallied 8% to a new season-high 1.4, tying the red-hot Steve, which maintained its season-high 1.4 for a 10th straight week.
  • Conflict talkers Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos both advanced 8% to a season-high 1.3.
  • Wendy Williams and Dr. Oz both jumped 9% to a 1.2.
  • True crime Crime Watch Daily held steady for a fourth consecutive week at its season-high 1.0.

Also notable was the season’s first-run rookie champ Daily Mail TV, which led the newcomers for the 15th week in a row with a steady 1.0, attracting more than 1.4 million daily viewers.

Elsewhere, Family Feud widened its margin over the game shows with a 3% boost to a 6.8, while Jeopardy was next at a 6.0, down 8%.

BRAND CONNECTIONS

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

  • Live with Kelly and Ryan (1.2, +20% from the week before)
  • Dr. Phil (1.1, -8%), tied with Maury (1.1, +22%)
  • Ellen DeGeneres (0.9, -10%)
  • Wendy Williams (0.8, +14%), tied with Steve Wilkos (0.8, unchanged) and Jerry Springer (0.8, +33%)

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) 2.6** -13%

1. Live with Kelly and Ryan (Disney-ABC) 2.6* +13%

3. Ellen DeGeneres (WBDTD) 2.0** -5%

4. Maury (NBCU) 1.6* +14%

5. Steve (NBCU) 1.4 NC

5. Rachael Ray (CTD) 1.4* +8%

7. Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 1.3* +8%

7. Jerry Springer (NBCU) 1.3* +8%

9. Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 1.2 +9%

9. Dr. Oz (Sony) 1.2 +9%

11. Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen (WBDTD) 1.0 NC

12. Harry (NBCU) 0.8 -11%

12. The Doctors (CTD) 0.8 NC

14. The Real (WBDTD) 0.7 -13%

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) 0.6* +20%

4. Pickler & Ben (Disney-ABC) 0.3 NC

COURT SHOWS

1. Judge Judy (CTD) 6.8 -3%

2. Hot Bench (CTD) 2.3 +5%

3. People’s Court (WBDTD) 1.6 NC

4. Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 1.2 NC

5. Divorce Court (Twentieth) 1.0 +11%

6. Judge Faith (Trifecta) 0.7* +17%

GAME SHOWS

1. Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 6.8 +3%

2. Jeopardy (CTD) 6.0 -8%

3. Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 5.9 -8%

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

INTERNET VIDEO

1. Right This Minute (Disney-ABC) 1.4 -7%

OFF-NET TRUE CRIME

1. Dateline M-F (NBCU) 1.3 -7%

MAGAZINE SHOWS

1. Inside Edition (CTD) 3.0 NC

2. Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.7 -10%

3. TMZ (WBDTD) 1.3 -7%

4. Access (NBCU) 1.2** -14%

4. Extra (WBDTD) 1.2 -8%

6. Celebrity Page (Trifecta) 0.3 NC

OFF-NET SITCOMS

1. Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 4.8 -6%

2. Modern Family (Twentieth) 2.3 NC

3. The Goldbergs (Sony) 1.8 +6%

4. Last Man Standing (Twentieth) 1.7 NC

5. Family Guy (Twentieth) 1.5 -12%

5. Mike and Molly (WBDTD) 1.5 NC

5. Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 1.5** -12%

8. Two Broke Girls (WBDTD) 1.2 NC

8. The Cleveland Show (Twentieth) 1.2 NC

10. Seinfeld (Sony) 1.1 NC

10. How I Met Your Mother (Twentieth) 1.1* +22%

10. King of the Hill (Twentieth) 1.1 NC

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS

1. Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 3.4 -23%

2. Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 3.1 -23%

3. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBCU) 1.9 NC

4. American Ninja Warrior (NBCU) 1.6 +14%

5. Blue Bloods (CTD) 1.5 -6%

6. CSI Miami (CTD) 1.4 +27%

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