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WEEKLY SYNDICATION RATINGS ROUNDUP

Strong Week For Syndication Leaders

The frame ending April 3 records weekly gains by the usual No. 1 showd in almost all the first-run genres.

 

By Staff | April 12, 2016 | 12:30 p.m. ET.

Dr. Phil was the big talker in the session ending April 3, jumping 15% from the prior frame — the greatest weekly increase in daytime — to a 3.1 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating and leading the category for the 13th week in a row (including one tie) even though the show was in repeats on two days. Phil also soared 25% among women 25-54 to a first-place 1.5 in the key demo.

Other top performers in talk were:

  • Live with Kelly & Michael, with only taped and repackaged shows, clocking a strong second-place 2.9, which was even with its mark of two weeks earlier as its prior week is being reprocessed.
  • Steve Harvey, which rose 6% to a 1.9 and grew 12% from last year, the most annual growth of any show in the genre.
  • Maury, which improved 6% to a five-week high 1.7.

On the down side, third-place Ellen DeGeneres declined 9% to a new season-low 2.1. The only other talker hitting a new low for 2015-16 was The Real, which although just renewed for two years, tumbled 11% to a last-place 0.8.

Rookie champ Crime Watch Daily was the season’s No. 1 newcomer in first run for the 29th week in a row, holding steady at a 1.0.

Judge Judy was the top-rated strip in syndication overall for the 40th time in the past 41 weeks with a stellar 7.0, despite being in reruns on four of the five days. The golden gaveler was up 4% for the week and 8% from last year.

Judy’s creation Hot Bench was the fourth-highest-rated show in daytime, surging 8% for the week and 53% from last year to a 2.6 and finishing ahead of Ellen for the third week in a row.

BRAND CONNECTIONS

In access, Entertainment Tonight dipped 3% to a 3.2, but led the magazines for the 18th consecutive week.

Family Feud and Wheel of Fortune tied for first among game shows at a 6.7, up 5% and 18%, respectively.

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

  • Dr. Phil (1.5, +25% from the week before)
  • Live with Kelly & Michael (1.3, NA)
  • Ellen DeGeneres (1.1, -8%), tied with Maury (1.1, unchanged)
  • Steve Wilkos (0.9, unchanged), tied with Steve Harvey (0.9, unchanged)
  • Jerry Springer (0.8, unchanged), tied with Wendy Williams (0.8, -27%)

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) 3.1 +15%

2. Live with Kelly & Michael (Disney-ABC) 2.9 NA

3. Ellen DeGeneres (WBDTD) 2.1** -9%

4. Steve Harvey (NBCU) 1.9 +6%

5. Maury (NBCU) 1.7 +6%

6. Dr. Oz (Sony) 1.4 NC

6. Rachael Ray (CTD) 1.4 -7%

6. Steve Wilkos (NBCU) 1.4 NC

9. Wendy Williams (Debmar-Mercury) 1.3 -19%

10. Jerry Springer (NBCU) 1.2 NC

11. The Doctors (CTD) 1.0 NC

12. Meredith Vieira (NBCU) 0.9 +13%

13. The Real (WBDTD) 0.8** -11%

DAYTIME ROOKIE SHOWS

1. Crime Watch Daily (WBDTD) 1.0 NC

2. FABLife (Disney) 0.8 +14%

3. Crazy Talk (NBCU) 0.5 NC

COURT SHOWS

1. Judge Judy (CTD) 7.0 +4%

2. Hot Bench (CTD) 2.6 +8%

3. People’s Court (WBDTD) 1.8 NC

4. Judge Mathis (WBDTD) 1.5 NC

5. Divorce Court (Twentieth) 1.2 NC

6. Judge Faith (Trifecta) 0.9 NC

MAGAZINE SHOWS

1. Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.2 -3%

2. Inside Edition (CTD) 2.9 +7%

3. TMZ (WBDTD) 1.8 NC

4. Access Hollywood (NBCU) 1.6 NC

5. Extra (WBDTD) 1.4 NC

6. The Insider (CTD) 1.2 NC

7. Dish Nation (Twentieth) 1.0 +11%

GAME SHOWS

1. Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 6.7 +18%

1. Family Feud (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 6.7 +5%

3. Jeopardy (CTD) 6.3 +15%

4. Celebrity Name Game (Debmar-Mercury/FMNA) 1.4 +8%

5. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Disney-ABC) 1.3 NC

INTERNET VIDEO

1. Right This Minute (MGM) 1.2 +9%

OFF-NET SITCOMS

1. Big Bang Theory (WBDTD) 5.8 NC

2. Modern Family (Twentieth) 3.2 NC

3. Two and a Half Men (WBDTD) 2.7 NC

4. Family Guy (Twentieth) 2.1 NC

4. Mike and Molly (WBDTD) 2.1 +5%

6. Two Broke Girls (WBDTD) 2.0 +11%

7. Seinfeld (Sony) 1.9 +12%

8. The Cleveland Show (Twentieth) 1.7 NC

9. How I Met Your Mother (Twentieth) 1.5 -21%

10. King of the Hill (Twentieth) 1.4 NC

OFF-NET WEEKLY HOUR DRAMAS

1. Law & Order: SVU (NBCU) 4.9 +4%

2. The Closer (WBDTD) 2.9 +4%

3. Blue Bloods (CTD) 2.2 +5%

4. Castle (Disney-ABC) 1.9 +19%

5. Scandal (Disney-ABC) 1.6 +7%

6. The Good Wife (CTD) 1.4 NC

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