Syndies do okay

Syndicated game shows didn't do that bad in the week ending October 16. Baseball preemptions hurt a lot of syndies but our little genre came through all right. TVNewsCheck presents the decent news...

Wheel of Fortune 6.7 - up a tick
Jeopardy 5.6 - flat, couldn't quite match the soulmate
Family Feud 2.6 - flat
Millionaire 2.5 - up a couple ticks and closing in on Steve Harvey and friends

At TV by the Numbers Bill Gorman puts up the viewership averages right quick, along with a publicity photo of (who else?) Pat and Vanna: Wheel of Fortune 10.3 million, Jeopardy 8.6 million, Family Feud 3.8 million, Millionaire 3.3 million. All the shows can make a nice living off these numbers.

Douglas also posted the GSN numbers for October 10-16. The averages for the week, prime time/total day (in thousands of viewers)...

Mon 247/226
Tue 310/221
Wed 321/233
Thu 324/230
Fri 329/239
Sat 316/220
Sun 234/190

Couple of forgettable days Monday and Sunday. Otherwise, the numbers weren't great but weren't disastrous, either. Top ten for the week...

Mon 4:00PM Family Feud (Karn) 445
Thu 4:30PM Family Feud (Karn) 426
Thu 10:30PM Family Feud (O’Hurley) 403
Fri 9:00PM Deal or No Deal 402
Mon 4:30PM Family Feud (Karn) 400
Thu 4:00PM Family Feud (Karn) 387
Wed 9:00PM Deal or No Deal 376
Wed 4:30PM Family Feud (Karn) 374
Wed 10:30PM Family Feud (O’Hurley) 367
Wed 11:30PM Baggage 367

The usuals. Karn, O'Hurley and Howie. Oh, Jerry snuck in.

UPDATE: Just added some ratings for The Price is Right and Let's Make a Deal in the sidebar. TPiR does great in households but skews old. LMAD doesn't do very well in anything but it's cheaper than a soap opera.