Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Ratings: Wheel spins to season low

May 13-19 was a forgettable week for Wheel of Fortune, which hit a season low. The show's soulmate Jeopardy crept closer with better household ratings and viewer numbers. Otherwise, things were pretty quiet for syndie game shows. TVNewsCheck provides the usual summary...

Wheel of Fortune 6.1 - down a couple ticks to the aforementioned season low
Jeopardy 5.9 - up a tick to get closer and closer to the soulmate
Family Feud 4.4 - down a tick
Millionaire 2.4 - flat as Meredith winds up a long run
Let's Ask America 1.6 - flat in its metered markets
Baggage 1.1 - poor Jerry creeps up a tenth of a point

Four shows made the syndie list at TV by the Numbers. The viewership averages indicate how close it's gotten between the top two: Wheel of Fortune 9.3 million (weekend repeat 4.4 million), Jeopardy 8.9 million, Family Feud 6.5 million, Millionaire 3.2 million. Maybe all those million-dollar leaks from Wheel are no accident.

GSN wraps up a very nice month of May, according to the cable ranker from TVNewser. The network averaged 412K/290K viewers prime time/total day for April 29-May 26. GSN ranked 38th and 36th in the windows.

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