Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Ratings: syndies meander

Not much movement for syndicated game shows in the latest published week, June 3-9. Generally the numbers are softening as people discover the great summertime outdoors. It's funny how that happens this time of year. TVNewsCheck brings the so-so news...

Wheel of Fortune 6.1 - up a tick in a very small exception to the general trend
Jeopardy 5.5 - flat
Family Feud 4.2 - down a tick as the show discovers that timeslots later in the day aren't immune to the summertime blues
Millionaire 2.1 - down a tick as we await Mr. Kyles in September
Baggage 0.9 - a season low, can't Jerry find a little love?

Meredith slipped out of the top 25 syndies, so TV by the Numbers only has the viewership averages for three game shows: Wheel of Fortune 9.2 million (weekend repeat 3.9 million), Jeopardy 8.2 million, Family Feud 6.1 million. The figures will probably keep coasting downward as summer and the reruns grind on.

GSN continued its good but not great ratings in the week of June 10-16, according to TVNewser. The network averaged 342K/275K viewers prime time/total day. Enough to pay the bills but not as bubbly as some other recent weeks.

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