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WEEKLY SYNDICATION RATINGS ROUNDUP

Lower Ratings In Week Before Christmas

Bah humbug. No talkers, first-run rookies, magazines or courtrooms were up; and only one game showed improvement in the week ending Dec. 24.

By Staff | January 4, 2018 | 12:02 p.m. ET.

The traditionally slow week leading into Christmas made it extremelydifficult for shows to gain ground. For example, the only Top 5 magazine to avoid any rating declines in the session ending Dec. 24 was Extra, which managed to hold steady week to week at its season high 1.3 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating.

Showing the most improvement compared to last year was the newly reminted Access, which grew 8% annually to a 1.4.

Entertainment Tonight and sister show Inside Edition continued to share the magazine lead for a third straight week.

Among court shows, the only program to outperform last year was syndication champion Judge Judy, which rose 6% annually, beating its nearest judicial competitor by almost 5 rating points despite dipping 1% week to week to a still first-place 7.0.

Judy was also the top-rated strip in all of syndication for the 18th time in the past 19 weeks.

After Judy, game show leader Family Feud was No. 2 overall, while slipping 4% to a 6.6.

BRAND CONNECTIONS

Turning to talk shows, Dr. Phil easily dominated the category for the 68th week in a row, even though it was in reruns for most of the frame, and gave back 12% to a 3.0.

Live with Kelly and Ryan moved up to second place with a steady 2.3, while Ellen DeGeneres, which was one of several shows partially preempted on Dec. 20 for President Trump’s speech on the income tax overhaul bill, dropped 19% to 2.1.

On the positive side Steve maintained its season-high 1.4 and climbed into fourth place, tying Maury, which slipped 7% to a 1.4.

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

  • Dr. Phil (1.2, -14% from the week before)
  • Live with Kelly and Ryan (1.0, unchanged), tied with Ellen DeGeneres (1.0, -9%)
  • Maury (0.9, unchanged)
  • Steve Wilkos (0.8, unchanged)
  • Wendy Williams (0.7, -22%)

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) 3.0 -12%

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

3. Ellen DeGeneres (WBDTD) 2.1 -19%

4. Steve (NBCU) 1.4 NC

4. Maury (NBCU) 1.4 -7%

6. Rachael Ray (CTD) 1.3 NC

7. Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 1.2 NC

7. Jerry Springer (NBCU) 1.2 NC

9. Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 1.1** -21%

9. Dr. Oz (Sony) 1.1 NC

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

12. Harry (NBCU) 0.9 NC

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 -9%

2. Page Six TV (20th Television) 0.8 NC

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

4. Pickler & Ben (Disney-ABC) 0.3 NC

COURT SHOWS

1. Judge Judy (CTD) 7.0 -1%

2. Hot Bench (CTD) 2.2 -4%

3. People’s Court (WBDTD) 1.6 NC

4. Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 1.2 NC

5. Divorce Court (Twentieth) 0.9 NC

6. Judge Faith (Trifecta) 0.6 NC

GAME SHOWS

1. Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 6.6 -4%

2. Jeopardy (CTD) 6.5 NC

3. Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 6.4 +2%

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

INTERNET VIDEO

1. Right This Minute (Disney-ABC) 1.5 -6%

OFF-NET TRUE CRIME

1. Dateline M-F (NBCU) 1.4 NC

MAGAZINE SHOWS

1. Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.0 -6%

1. Inside Edition (CTD) 3.0 -6%

3. TMZ (WBDTD) 1.4 -7%

3. Access (NBCU) 1.4 -7%

5. Extra (WBDTD) 1.3 NC

6. Celebrity Page (Trifecta) 0.3 NC

OFF-NET SITCOMS

1. Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 5.1 -2%

2. Modern Family (Twentieth) 2.3 NC

3. Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 1.7 +6%

3. The Goldbergs (Sony) 1.7 NC

3. Last Man Standing (Twentieth) 1.7 +6%

3. Family Guy (Twentieth) 1.7 NC

7. Mike and Molly (WBDTD) 1.5 NC

8. Two Broke Girls (WBDTD) 1.2 -8%

8. The Cleveland Show (Twentieth) 1.2 +9%

10. Seinfeld (Sony) 1.1 NC

10. King of the Hill (Twentieth) 1.1 +10%

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS

1. Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 4.4* +38%

2. Dateline Weekly (NBCU) 4.0* +21%

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

4. Blue Bloods (CTD) 1.6 -6%

5. American Ninja Warrior (NBCU) 1.4 -18%

6. CSI Miami (CTD) 1.1** -21%

6. Castle (Disney-ABC) 1.1 -8%

6. Major Crimes (WBDTD) 1.1 NC

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