In the week ending Aug. 18, the second of the TWC-CBS blackout, PUT levels were down and Steves Wilkos, The Doctors and Wendy Williams were the only chat fests to post wee-to-week gains.
WEEKLY SYNDICATION RATINGS ROUNDUP
Little Movement Among Talk Shows
Only three talk shows — Steves Wilkos, The Doctors and Wendy Williams — were able to show week-to-week improvement in the session ending Aug. 18. PUT levels dropped sharply, in part due to the second full week of the Time Warner Cable blackout of CBS stations.
Meanwhile, for the second straight week, Live with Kelly and Michael topped the closely watched talkers and grew 19% from last year at this time. Wendy Williams also posted strong year-to-year improvement, growing 25%. Usual talk leader Dr. Phil was in reruns all week, as were most of the other chat fests, and finished a close second.
Dr. Oz, who made news helping to save a woman who had been struck and severely injured by a taxi in New York City last Tuesday, tied Maury for third place.
In access, most strips were little changed, however, Extra Weekend jumped 14% to its best rating in four weeks despite numerous preemptions for preseason football.
Leading the overall syndication rankings was an all-repeat week of Judge Judy which snared top first-run honors for the 16th consecutive frame.
The week’s top nationally rated talk shows in the women 25-54 demo were:
BRAND CONNECTIONS
- Live with Kelly and Michael (1.5, up 7% from the week before)
- Dr. Phil (1.3, -7%)
- Maury (1.2, -8%)
- Ellen (1.1, unchanged)
- Dr. Oz (1.0, -9%)
- Steve Wilkos (0.8, unchanged)
- Katie (0.7, -13%), tied with Rachael Ray (0.7, unchanged) and Wendy Williams (0.7, unchanged)
In the household rating rankings that follow, * indicates a new season high rating; ** indicates a new season low; % change is from the previous week; NC indicates no change from the previous week.
TALK SHOWS
1. Live with Kelly and Michael (Disney-ABC) 2.5 -4%
2. Dr. Phil (CTD) 2.4 NC
3. Dr. Oz (Sony) 1.9 -5%
3. Maury (NBCU) 1.9 -5%
5. Ellen (WBDTD) 1.7 -6%
6. Katie (Disney-ABC) 1.5 -6%
7. Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 1.3 +8%
8. Jerry Springer (NBCU) 1.2 -8%
8. Rachael Ray (CTD) 1.2 NC
8. Steve Harvey (NBCU) 1.2 NC
11. The Doctors (CTD) 1.1 +10%
12. Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 1.0 +11%
13. Trisha (NBCU) 0.4 NC
14. The Better Show (Meredith) 0.2 NC
FRESHMEN TALKERS
1. Katie (Disney-ABC) 1.5 -6%
2. Steve Harvey (NBCU) 1.2 NC
3. Trisha (NBCU) 0.4 NC
COURT SHOWS
1. Judge Judy (CTD) 6.2 NC
2. People’s Court (WBDTD) 1.5 NC
3. Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 1.3 +8%
4. Judge Alex (Twentieth) 1.2 +20%
5. Divorce Court (Twentieth) 1.1 +10%
6. America’s Court with Judge Ross (Entertainment Studios) 0.6 -14%
7. Justice for All with Judge Cristina Perez (Entertainment Studios) 0.5 +25%
8. We the People with Gloria Allred (Entertainment Studios) 0.2 -33%
MAGAZINE SHOWS
1. Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.3 -3%
2. Inside Edition (CTD) 2.8 +4%
3. TMZ (WBDTD) 1.8 NC
4. Access Hollywood (NBCU) 1.6 NC
5. Extra (WBDTD) 1.3 NC
5. OMG Insider (CTD) 1.3 NC
7. Dish Nation (Twentieth) 0.9 -10%
GAME SHOWS
1. Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 5.8 -3%
2. Jeopardy (CTD) 5.0** -2%
3. Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury) 4.5 NC
4. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Disney-ABC) 2.3 NC
5. Baggage (GSN) 1.2 NC
OFF-NET SITCOMS
1. Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 6.0 NC
2. Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 4.1 -2%
3. Family Guy (Twentieth) 3.4 +6%
4. How I Met Your Mother (Twentieth) 2.6 +8%
5. King of the Hill (Twentieth) 2.3 NC
6. Friends (WBDTD) 2.2 +5%
6. Seinfeld (Sony) 2.1 NC
8. Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD) 1.8 NC
OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS
1. Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 3.6 -5%
2. Law & Order (NBCU) 3.1 +7%
3. House (NBCU) 3.0 +43%
4. Criminal Minds (CTD) 2.3 +5%
5. Castle (Disney-ABC) 2.2 NC
6. CSI Miami (CTD) 2.1 NC
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