Syndies sweep ahead

This year the Nielsen Company gave a gift to syndicated shows with multiple daily runs, by counting all their viewers. The result was a nice boost for Family Feud and Millionaire in the November sweeps compared to last year. Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, with only one run each day, didn't benefit from the methodology change but improved some, anyway. Broadcasting & Cable presents the pleasant year-over-year news...

Wheel of Fortune 7.4 - up a couple ticks and number one in household rating for all syndies
Jeopardy 6.2 - up four ticks
Family Feud 3.0 - up a whopping fourteen ticks, thanks to Steve and Nielsen
Millionaire 2.5 - up three ticks

TV by the Numbers has the viewership averages for Thanksgiving week, not the entire sweeps month: Wheel of Fortune 10.1 million (weekend repeat 4.9 million) and Jeopardy 8.0 million. Steve and Meredith didn't make their top 25 list.

Couple other ratings notes: You Deserve It continues to drop, down to a 1.0 18-49 rating and 3.6 million viewers in its third week. Say good-bye to the deserving folks. And Real Deal averaged 1.5 million viewers in its second week, which is not bad at all by cable standards. But the numbers did fall from its debut week.