Ratings: syndies generally droop

The week before Christmas didn't bring too many nice presents to syndicated game shows. They mostly edged down but the damage was not severe. And one show managed a tiny move up. TVNewsCheck brings the blah news...

Wheel of Fortune 7.3 - down a tick
Jeopardy 6.4 - down a couple ticks in sympathy with the soulmate
Family Feud 4.7 - up a tick, Steve has even more to smile about
Millionaire 2.3 - flat
Baggage 1.1 - down a tick for poor last-place Jerry

The viewership averages for the top three shows from TV by the Numbers: Wheel of Fortune 11.4 million (weekend repeat 5.3 million), Jeopardy 9.8 million, Family Feud 7.1 million. Gee, it would be nice to see Meredith in their top 25 syndie list one of these weeks.

Douglas Pucci tells us that GSN enjoyed its best numbers in a while for Christmas week, December 24-30: 356K/281K viewers prime time/total day. Santa was kind to the network. Steve Harvey's Family Feud dominated the ratings completely, of course.