Ratings: big two syndies move up

The venerable pair of syndicated game shows enjoyed a good week for October 22-28. Otherwise, the news was pretty blah for the genre, but not really terrible. By the way, November sweeps are upon us. TVNewsCheck provides the numbers...

Wheel of Fortune 6.6 - up a tick
Jeopardy 6.0 - up three ticks to a season high
Family Feud 4.1 - down a tick
Millionaire 2.3 - flat
Baggage 1.0 - last and least, Jerry lost a tick

TV by the Numbers has the viewership averages for the top three: Wheel of Fortune 10.1 million (tops among all syndicated shows), Jeopardy 8.9 million, Family Feud 5.9 million. Very good numbers compared to a lot of broadcast shows.

For the week of October 29-November 4, GSN continued to coast downward, with 316K/234K prime time/total day viewership averages. The network ranked 43rd in both windows. The numbers aren't terrible but not nearly as good as when the world was new and American Bible Challenge was romping and stomping.