Syndies brighten up

Syndicated game shows did pretty well in the week ending October 23. TVNewsCheck scatters the generally good news...

Wheel of Fortune 7.0 - up three ticks
Jeopardy 5.9 - up three ticks to keep pace with the soulmate
Family Feud 2.8 - up a couple ticks
Millionaire 2.5 - flat, there's one in every group

Robert Seidman at TV by the Numbers brings the viewership averages right on time: Wheel of Fortune 10.9 million, Jeopardy 8.9 million, Family Feud 4.3 million, Millionaire 3.4 million. Very pleasant numbers as we head into peak viewing season.

Douglas provides the GSN viewer numbers for the week, except for Friday. Guess his source was off that day, or something. The prime time/total day averages (in thousands of viewers)...

Mon 205/202
Tue 300/216
Wed 345/235
Thu 301/249
Sat 310/218
Sun 258/216

Again a not so hot Monday and Sunday, sort of okay for the rest of the week. The top twenty, since we're covering a whole week...

Thu 4:30PM Family Feud (Karn) 476
Thu 4:00PM Family Feud (Karn) 443
Sat 9:30PM Family Feud (O’Hurley) 398
Wed 7:30PM Baggage 395
Wed 9:00PM Deal or No Deal 392
Tue 11:00PM Newlywed Game 372
Thu 5:00PM Deal or No Deal 368
Wed 8:00PM Deal or No Deal 356
Thu 10:30PM Family Feud (O’Hurley) 355
Tue 10:30PM Family Feud (O’Hurley) 353
Thu 3:30PM Chain Reaction 352
Sat 6:30PM Lingo (Engvall) 347
Thu 10:00PM Family Feud (Karn) 347
Tue 4:30PM Family Feud (Karn) 343
Thu 11:30PM Baggage 339
Wed 4:30PM Family Feud (Karn) 339
Wed 7:00PM Newlywed Game 334
Tue 6:00PM Lingo (Engvall) 329
Mon 4:30PM Family Feud (Karn) 324
Tue 11:30PM Baggage 323

Mostly the usuals. Karn got six spots, Jerry, Howie and O'Hurley got three apiece, Engvall and Sherri each got a couple, and Chain Reaction snuck in.