Ratings: syndies don't do much

There was very little movement for syndicated game shows in the week of April 29-May 5. In fact, most of the shows didn't budge at all. But I do the weekly summary no matter what. This is a full-service game show blog. TVNewsCheck brings the news, if you can call it that...

Wheel of Fortune 6.5 - flat
Jeopardy 6.0 - up a tick to creep closer to the soulmate
Family Feud 4.6 - flat
Millionaire 2.3 - down a tick
Baggage 1.1 - flat, as Jerry closes out a blah week

The top four made the list at TV by the Numbers. Their viewership averages: Wheel of Fortune 9.9 million (weekend repeat 4.9 million), Jeopardy 9.0 million, Family Feud 6.9 million, Millionaire 3.2 million. Even in a bland week, three of the top six syndies in total viewers were game shows.

GSN continues its pleasant ratings roll. TVNewser reports that the network averaged 421K/297K viewers prime time/total day for the week of May 6-12, ranking 37th and 36th in the windows. These are some of the best averages the network has ever produced.