Ratings: big three syndies tumble

The Fourth of July holiday was not happy hour for the big three syndie game shows. All of them saw lower ratings for the week of July 1-7. In fact, the top two stumbled to season lows. But the poor got a little richer as Meredith and Jerry added a bit. TVNewsCheck has all the numbers...

Wheel of Fortune 5.5 - down three ticks to that season low

Jeopardy 5.2 - also down three ticks to its own season low

Family Feud 4.2 - down a couple ticks

Millionaire 2.3 - up a tick in a small parting gift for Meredith

Baggage 1.1 - up a tick for perennial bottom-dweller Jerry

Despite the fall in ratings, the top three landed in the top seven slots on TV by the Numbers' syndie chart. The viewership averages: Wheel of Fortune 8.4 million (weekend repeat 4.7 million), Jeopardy 7.9 million, Family Feud 6.2 million, and Millionaire 3.2 million. Really, the numbers are far from terrible compared to most TV fare in the warm summer.

Douglas Pucci says that GSN did decent business in the week of July 8-14, with 393K/281K viewership averages prime time/total day. And the latest runs of Apolo Ohno's Minute To Win It on July 16 turned in good ratings: 481K total viewers and 165K viewers in the beloved 18-49 demo.