After a not so merry Christmas week, syndicated game shows mostly bounced back in the week ending January 2. Broadcasting & Cable spreads the largely good cheer...Wheel of Fortune 6.9 - up a couple ticks
Jeopardy 5.7 - unbelievable, same as WoF, up a couple ticks
Millionaire 2.3 - up a tick
Family Feud 1.9 - up a tick
5th Grader 1.1 - up a tick, getting repetitious
Lyrics 0.9 - down a tick, missed the party
Lyrics has some company in the sub-one club. In the first two days of its syndie trial, January 10-11, GSN's Baggage was not a smash at 0.9. That's down a tick from the lead-in and down three ticks from the year-ago time period. Jerry may not have a second syndicated show for long. At the other end of the scale for syndie game shows, TV by the Numbers reports that the Twin Towers recouped some of their viewership: Wheel of Fortune 11.6 million (weekend repeat 5.1 million) and Jeopardy 9.2 million.
And a broadcast show got some much-needed good news: Million Dollar Money Drop crept up to a 1.8 18-49 rating and 5.1 million total viewers for the January 12 episode. Less than gigantic numbers but a definite improvement over the miserable previous week.
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