Syndicated game shows have seen better weeks than the one ending April 17. The week wasn't a disaster, though, just kind of blah. Broadcasting & Cable offers the so-so news...Wheel of Fortune 6.8 - down a tick
Jeopardy 5.9 - flat, a little better than the soulmate
Millionaire 2.4 - down a tick
Family Feud 2.3 - down a couple ticks, though Steve Harvey's face is all over the ads at B&C
5th Grader 1.0 - down a tick as it says the long good-bye
Lyrics 0.9 - flat as it approaches the end of days
TV by the Numbers actually got their top 25 list up pretty quick this week. The viewership averages: Wheel of Fortune 10.7 million (weekend repeat 5.3 million), Jeopardy 9.1 million, Millionaire 3.5 million. Despite all those ads at Broadcasting & Cable, Family Feud didn't make the list.
Douglas has been publishing a lot of GSN numbers, which I've already analyzed in sickening detail. But TVNewser did post the network's averages for April: 303K/248K viewers prime time/total day. Not very good compared to the first quarter. Drew and Wendy haven't performed that great, and the scrambled schedule has hurt other shows.
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