Ratings: syndies mostly blah out

The weather is getting warmer (and more dangerous in my state and neighboring Oklahoma). So TV ratings are inevitably softening. Syndie game shows suffered the general blahs in the week of May 6-12, though there were a couple of small exceptions. TVNewsCheck brings the mostly forgettable news...

Wheel of Fortune 6.3 - down a couple ticks
Jeopardy 5.8 - follows the soulmate, down a couple ticks
Family Feud 4.5 - down a tick, this is getting depressing
Millionaire 2.4 - hey, up a tick as Meredith nears her finale
Let's Ask America 1.6 - up a tick in its markets
Baggage 1.0 - down a tick and in the basement as always

At least Meredith has been earning a regular slot in the TV by the Numbers top 25 syndie list lately. The viewership averages: Wheel of Fortune 9.7 million, Jeopardy 8.8 million, Family Feud 6.5 million, Millionaire 3.3 million. The sheen is coming off the numbers, but they still look good compared to much of broadcast prime time.

Speaking of prime time, Oh Sit has been getting sittier and sittier numbers. The double run on Monday, May 20 averaged 720K viewers with a nearly invisible 18-49 rating. It may be time to sit down for good.

TVNewser says that GSN backed off a little from its great ratings run of the past few weeks. But by its historical standards, the network hardly did awful numbers for the week of May 13-19: 366K/285K prime time/total day viewership averages. GSN ranked 41st and 36th in the windows.