Mags Perk Up While Other Genres Stay Flat

World Cup soccer and Wimbledon tennis sapped ratings for most syndicated talkers in the week ending June 29. However, the majority of top access entertainment magazines strengthened with coverage of the Daytime Emmy Awards and the arrest of actor Shia LaBeouf.

Extra and The Insider each improved 8% from the week before and TMZ advanced 6%. Leader Entertainment Tonight held steady, while its weekly edition rose 7%.

In the meantime, only two of the top 13 talk shows were up from the prior session: Rachael Ray, which rallied 9% with an almost all-rerun week, and Maury, which gained 6% with primarily repeat episodes.

Dr. Phil, with a week of encore telecasts, and Live with Kelly & Michael tied for first place in talk with a 2.5 rating. This marks the third straight week that Live was either No. 1 or tied for the lead.

Ellen remained at its season low set the week before and landed in a third-place dead heat with Maury.

Syndications’ highest rated program, as usual, was Judge Judy, which climbed 4% week to week and 11% year to year, despite showing only previously aired episodes.

Among the game shows, Wheel of Fortune and Family Feud were the only ones to post week-to-week gains (3% and 2%, respectively).

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

• Live with Kelly & Michael (1.3, down 7% from the week before)
• Dr. Phil (1.2, unchanged)
• Maury (1.1, unchanged)
• Ellen (1.0, unchanged), tied with Wendy Williams (1.0, unchanged)
• Dr. Oz (0.9, unchanged)
• Steve Harvey (0.8, unchanged ), tied with Steve Wilkos (0.8, 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. Live with Kelly & Michael (Disney-ABC) 2.5 -4%

1. Dr. Phil (CTD) 2.5 NC

3. Ellen (WBDTD) 1.9 NC

3. Maury (NBCU) 1.9 +6%

5. Steve Harvey (NBCU) 1.7 NC

6. Dr. Oz (Sony) 1.6 NC

7. Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 1.4 -7%

8. Katie (Disney-ABC) 1.3 NC

8. Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 1.3 NC

10. Jerry Springer (NBCU) 1.2 NC

10. Rachael Ray (CTD) 1.2 +9%

12. Queen Latifah (Sony) 1.0 NC

12. The Doctors (CTD) 1.0 NC

14. Bethenny (WBDTD) 0.6 NC

14. The Test (CTD) 0.6 +20%

16. Arsenio (CTD) 0.5 NC

16. Trisha (NBCU) 0.5 NC

18. The Better Show (Meredith) 0.2 NC

FRESHMEN TALKERS

1. Queen Latifah (Sony) 1.0 NC

2. Bethenny (WBDTD) 0.6 NC

2. The Test (CTD) 0.6 +20%

3. Arsenio (CTD) 0.5 NC

COURT SHOWS

1. Judge Judy (CTD) 7.0 +4%

2. People’s Court (WBDTD) 1.9 NC

3. Divorce Court (Twentieth) 1.4 NC

3. Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 1.4 NC

5. Judge Alex (Twentieth) 1.3 NC

6. Paternity Court (Orion Television) 0.9 NC

MAGAZINE SHOWS

1. Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.1 NC

2. Inside Edition (CTD) 2.7 NC

3. TMZ (WBDTD) 1.8 +6%

4. Access Hollywood (NBCU) 1.4 NC

5. Extra (WBDTD) 1.3 +8%

5. The Insider (CTD) 1.3 +8%

7. Right This Minute (MGM) 1.0 NC

7. Dish Nation (Twentieth) 1.0 NC

9. America Now (Trifecta) 0.3 NC

9. OK! TV (Trifecta) 0.3 NC

GAME SHOWS

1. Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 6.1 +3%

2. Jeopardy (CTD) 5.8 NC

3. Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury) 4.9 +2%

4. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Disney-ABC) 2.0 NC

OFF-NET SITCOMS

1. Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 5.8 +2%

2. Modern Family (Twentieth) 3.6 +6%

3. Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 3.2 NC

4. Family Guy (Twentieth) 2.7 -10%

5. Seinfeld (Sony) 1.9 NC

5. The Cleveland Show (Twentieth) 1.9 +6%

7. How I Met Your Mother (Twentieth) 1.8 -5%

8. Friends (WBDTD) 1.7 -6%

9. King of the Hill (Twentieth) 1.6 NC

9. The Middle (WBDTD) 1.6 +14%

11. Rules of Engagement (Sony) 1.3 NC

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS

1. Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 3.2 -9%

2. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBCU) 3.1 +7%

3. House (NBCU) 2.7 +13%

4. Criminal Minds (CTD) 2.1 -5%

4. Castle (Disney-ABC) 2.1 +5%

6. CSI: Miami (CTD) 2.0 -5%