Ratings: syndies stumble again

Syndicated shows of all sorts suffered in the week of April 15-21 from big news stories. All those preemptions took a toll. Game shows (with one small exception) felt the pain along with their fellow syndies. TVNewsCheck brings the depressing numbers...

Wheel of Fortune 6.4 - down three ticks
Jeopardy 5.7 - down three ticks to match the soulmate
Family Feud 4.3 - down a couple ticks as Steve finds some adversity
Millionaire 2.1 - down three ticks as Meredith nears the end
Baggage 1.1 - who says there's no good news, Jerry's up a tenth of a point!

Meredith slid right out of the syndie list at TV by the Numbers. The viewership averages: Wheel of Fortune 10.0 million (weekend repeat 4.8 million), Jeopardy 8.6 million, Family Feud 6.4 million. The numbers are visibly weaker but still hardly horrible compared to much of broadcast TV, at least in total viewers.

Oh Sit is getting some less than thrilling numbers. The latest first-run (April 29) pulled 730K total viewers with a 0.3 18-49 rating.

TVNewser says that GSN enjoyed a very good month of April by the network's historical standards: 388K/268K viewers prime time/total day. The network ranked 40th and 39th in the windows.