For the week ending Sept. 22, many chat shows posted week-to-week or year-to-year gains. Other strong performers included Judge Judy and freshman Queen Latifah.
WEEKLY SYNDICATION RATINGS ROUNDUP
‘Phil,’ ‘Steve,’ ‘Wendy’ Among Talk Stars
Talk shows were the star performers in the week ending Sept. 22, especially Steve Harvey, which opened its second season with a 33% ratings improvement over its premiere week in 2012, a 39% —600,000-person — increase in total viewers and its strongest performance in four months.
Wendy Williams also got off a strong start, beginning its fifth season up 30% from its fourth season opener.
Talk leader Dr. Phil rose to its highest rating since the May sweep, while Live with Kelly and Michael, the No. 2 talker, increased 4% over last year.
Other yakkers moving up week to week included Dr. Oz, which hit an eight-week high; Maury, which clocked its best numbers since mid-July; Rachael Ray; Jerry Springer; and Trisha, the last of which saw its numbers for its year-two jump 25% from season one.
Elsewhere in daytime, top gaveler Judge Judy led all of first-run syndication for the 21st week in a row and grew 6% from last year. In addition, Judy was easily the highest-rated syndication series overall.
Among the daytime newcomers, Queen Latifah was the season’s No.1 new talker, scoring a 1.4 for its premiere week, which was the second-biggest talk show debut since Dr. Oz’s opening week in 2009.
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Bethenny showed up in the national ratings for the first time with a 0.9, after having its debut ratings reprocessed in the previous session, while The Test was flat with a 0.6.
In latenight, Arsenio Hall was preempted or bumped into post-midnight timeslots by sporting events in 22 markets and dipped to a 0.9 in its second frame, but still tied David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon and Conan O’Brien, while topping several latenight veterans including Craig Ferguson, Carson Daly and Chelsea Lately among adults 18-49.
In access, Extra scored the only week-to-week increase of the top five shows in the magazine category.
The week’s top nationally rated daytime talk shows in the women 25-54 demo were:
- Ellen (1.7, unchanged from the week before)
- Dr. Phil (1.6, unchanged), tied with Live with Kelly and Michael (1.6, +7%)
- Maury (1.4, +17%)
- Dr. Oz (1.2, unchanged)
- Wendy (1.0, +43%)
- Queen Latifah (0.9, premiere), tied with Katie (0.9, unchanged), Steve Harvey (0.9 +13%) and Steve Wilkos (0.9, +29%)
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. Dr. Phil (CTD) 3.0 +3
2. Live with Kelly and Michael (Disney-ABC) 2.7 NC
4. Maury (NBCU) 2.1 +11%
4. Dr. Oz (Sony) 2.1 +5%
3. Ellen (WBDTD) 2.5 -4%
6. Katie (Disney-ABC) 1.8 -5%
7. Steve Harvey (NBCU) 1.6 +14%
8. Rachael Ray (CTD) 1.4 +8%
9. Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 1.3 +8%
9. Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 1.3 +44%
11. Jerry Springer (NBCU) 1.2 +9%
12. The Doctors (CTD) 1.1 -8%
13. Trisha (NBCU) 0.5 +25%
14. The Better Show (Meredith) 0.2 NC
FRESHMEN TALKERS
1. Queen Latifah Sony) 1.4 N/A
2. Bethenny (WBDTD) 0.9 N/A
2. Arsenio (CTD) 0.9 -18%
4. The Test (CTD) 0.6 NC
COURT SHOWS
1. Judge Judy (CTD) 7.1 NC
2. People’s Court (WBDTD) 1.7 NC
2. Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 1.5 +7%
4. Judge Alex (Twentieth) 1.5 +15%
5. Divorce Court (Twentieth) 1.4 +8%
MAGAZINE SHOWS
1. Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.3 NC
2. Inside Edition (CTD) 2.8 NC
3. TMZ (WBDTD) 2.0 NC
4. Access Hollywood (NBCU) 1.7 NC
5. Extra (WBDTD) 1.5 +7%
6. OMG! Insider (CTD) 1.3 NC
7. Dish Nation (Twentieth) 1.0 +11%
8. Right This Minute (MGM) 0.9 N/A
9. America Now (Trifecta) 0.3 N/A
10. OK! TV (Trifecta) 0.2 NC
GAME SHOWS
1. Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 6.4 +5%
2. Jeopardy (CTD) 5.8 +9%
3. Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury) 4.6 +2%
4. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Disney-ABC) 2.2 +5%
5. Baggage (GSN) 1.0 NC
OFF-NET SITCOMS
1. Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 6.1 NC
2. Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 3.9 NC
3. Family Guy (Twentieth) 3.0 -3%
4. How I Met Your Mother (Twentieth) 2.3 +10%
5. Seinfeld (Sony) 1.9 NC
6. King of the Hill (Twentieth) 1.8 -10%
6. Friends (WBDTD) 1.8 NC
ROOKIE OFF-NET SITCOMS
1. The Cleveland Show (Twentieth) 2.1 N/A
2. The Middle (WBDTD) 1.2 N/A
3. Community (Sony) 0.4 N/A
OFF-NET WEEKLY HOURS
1. Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 2.88 -15%
2. House (NBCU) 2.7 +23%
3. Law & Order (NBCU) 2.6 -7%
4. Criminal Minds (CTD) 2.1 -5%
4. CSI Miami (CTD) 2.1 +5%
6. Castle (Disney-ABC) 2.0 +5%
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