Ratings: syndies step back

Syndicated game shows paused and regrouped (a military euphemism) after a week of season highs.  TVNewsCheck tracks the less than inspiring news for the week of December 3-9. It wasn't all bad as a couple shows managed to hang onto what they had. But nobody took a step forward. The blah numbers...

Wheel of Fortune 7.2 - down three ticks

Jeopardy 6.5 - flat, which is better than the soulmate

Family Feud 4.6 - down three ticks

Millionaire 2.4 - flat, which ain't bad in this week

Baggage 1.1 - down a tick, poor Jerry, already trailing and getting further behind

TV by the Numbers runs through its usual top 25 list, which has the viewership averages for the biggest three game shows: Wheel of Fortune 11.2 million (weekend repeat 4.0 million), Jeopardy 9.8 million, Family Feud 6.8 million. The numbers are hardly terrible but still down from last week for WoF and Feud.

GSN averaged 305K/229K viewers prime time/total day for the week of December 10-16. The numbers could be better but they're not disastrous by the network's historic standards.

NBC's Take It All closed its run on December 17 with forgettable ratings: 1.5 18-49 with 4.5 million total viewers. The show lost altitude as the run went on, and I don't have many hopes for its survival.