Ratings: big three syndies soar

The richer got richer in syndicated game shows for the first full week of 2013. And it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of word puzzles, quiz clues and survey sayings. TVNewsCheck brings the good news to Pat, Vanna, Alex and Steve for January 7-13...

Wheel of Fortune 7.6 - up a whopping seven ticks to a season high

Jeopardy 6.8 - not to be outdone by the soulmate, up an even more whopping eight ticks to a season high

Family Feud 5.4 - up three ticks to a series high

Millionaire 2.4 - flat, not everybody can get better

Baggage 1.2 - flat, how ya doin', Jerry?

TV by the Numbers has the viewership averages for the top four, as Meredith just sneaks into their top 25 syndie list: Wheel of Fortune 11.8 million, Jeopardy 10.5 million, Family Feud 7.8 million, Millionaire 3.3 million.

The cable ranker on TVNewser says GSN had its usual decent week for January 14-20, averaging 350K/274K viewers prime time/total day. Douglas Pucci tells us the run-of-the-mill news that Steve Harvey's Family Feud dominated the network completely.