Ratings: forgettable week for syndies

Syndicated television did not enjoy the week of February 11-17. Most shows lost ground as fewer people bothered watching TV. Game show were no exception. TVNewsCheck brings the not so glad tidings...

Wheel of Fortune 7.3 - down four ticks
Jeopardy 6.6 - follows the soulmate, down three ticks
Family Feud 5.2 - flat, which ain't bad in this week
Millionaire 2.4 - down a couple ticks as Meredith counts down the days
Baggage 1.2 - hey, up a tick for our long-suffering Jerry

The viewership averages from TV by the Numbers reflected the sagging household ratings: Wheel of Fortune 11.6 million (weekend repeat 5.5 million), Jeopardy 10.1 million, Family Feud 7.9 million, Millionaire - nice to see Meredith make the list - 3.4 million.

I wasn't too thrilled with Robot Combat League but then, as I sadly noted, I'm not the target demo. The sort of game show got 1.3 million total viewers for its February 26 premiere. Not bad at all for SyFy.

Finally, TVNewser published its cable ranker for February. It was a decent month for GSN, with 337K/275K prime time/total day viewership averages. The network ranked 41st in both windows.