In a mostly flat or down week, standouts include five talk shows, Access Hollywood, Judge Judy, Everybody Loves Raymond and House compared to the previous week.
WEEKLY SYNDICATED RATINGS ROUNDUP
NCAA Bounces Syndie Ratings Again
With the start of the big holiday weekend and the higher stakes rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament preempting programs on CBS affiliates, there were few gainers among syndicated shows in the week ending March 31. In fact, only five out of the 17 talk shows were up week to week.
On the positive side, Dr. Phil regained the talk lead and biggest increase of any strip in syndication even though it was still in repeats for part of the frame. Phil also surged 23% in the demo and topped the field among women 25-54.
The other talkers with significant week-to-week improvement were Ellen, The Doctors, Wendy Williams and Steve Harvey.
The only court show on the upswing was leader Judge Judy, while Access Hollywood was the only access magazine strip to grow from the week, although Extra’s companion show, Extra Weekend, rose 17% despite more than a dozen basketball preemptions.
The big news in the metered markets yesterday, April 8, was the Mary Tyler Moore Show reunion on Katie, which averaged 2.2 rating/7 share, equaling the show’s highest share of audience since its premiere. The program surged 38% from the Monday before and increased 16% from Katie’s season-to date average. The reunion featured original cast members Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Georgia Engel and, of course, Moore.
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.
BRAND CONNECTIONS
TALK SHOWS
1. Dr. Phil (CTD) 2.8 +17
2. Live with Kelly and Michael (Disney-ABC) 2.5 NC
3. Dr. Oz (Sony) 2.3 NC
4. Ellen (WBDTD) 2.1 +11%
4. Maury (NBCU) 2.1 -5%
6. Katie (Disney-ABC) 1.6 NC
7. Steve Harvey (NBCU) 1.5 +7%
8. Rachael Ray (CTD) 1.4 NC
8. Jerry Springer (NBCU) 1.4 NC
8. The Doctors (CTD) 1.4 +8%
11. Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 1.3 NC
11. Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 1.3 +8%
13. Anderson Live (WBDTD) 1.0 NC
14. Jeff Probst (CTD) 0.7 NC
15. Ricki Lake (Twentieth) 0.6 NC
16. Trisha (NBCU) 0.5 NC
17. Jeremy Kyle (Debmar-Mercury) 0.4 -20%
FRESHMEN TALKERS
1. Katie (Disney-ABC) 1.6 NC
2. Steve Harvey (NBCU) 1.5 +7%
3. Jeff Probst (CTD) 0.7 NC
4. Ricki Lake (Twentieth) 0.6 NC
5. Trisha (NBCU) 0.5 NC
MAGAZINE SHOWS
1. Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.6 -5%
2. Inside Edition (CTD) 2.8 NC
3. TMZ (WBDTD) 1.9 NC
4. Access Hollywood (NBCU) 1.8 +6%
5. Extra (WBDTD) 1.5 NC
6. OMG Insider (CTD) 1.4 NC
7. Dish Nation (Twentieth) 1.0 NC
COURT SHOWS
1. Judge Judy (CTD) 6.8 +3%
2. Judge Joe Brown (CTD) 2.2 -8%
3. People’s Court (WBDTD) 1.8 NC
4. Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 1.4 NC
5. Judge Alex (Twentieth) 1.3 NC
6. Divorce Court (Twentieth) 1.2 -8%
GAME SHOWS
1. Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 7.2 -1%
2. Jeopardy (CTD) 5.9 -2%
3. Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury) 4.8 -2%
4. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Disney-ABC) 2.4 NC
5. Baggage (GSN) 1.1 NC
OFF-NET SITCOMS
1. Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 7.4 NC
2. Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 4.7 -2%
3. Family Guy (Twentieth) 3.3** -3%
4. How I Met Your Mother (Twentieth) 2.4 -8%
5. King of the Hill (Twentieth) 2.3 -4%
6. Seinfeld (Sony) 2.1 -5%
7. Friends (WBDTD) 2.0 -9%
7. Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD) 2.0 +11%
OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS
1. Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 3.7 -8%
3. Law & Order (NBCU) 2.5 -17%
2. House (NBCU) 2.8 +8%
4. Castle (Disney-ABC) 2.2 -4%
5. Criminal Minds (CTD) 2.0** -9%
6. Monk (NBCU) 1.9 -10%
6. CSI: Miami (CTD) 1.9 -5%
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