Syndies wobble a little

After the big recovery in the post-Thanksgiving week, syndicated game shows barely budged for December 5-11. But your ever reliable game show blogger is still on the case. TVNewsCheck presents the less than thrilling news...

Wheel of Fortune 7.5 - down a tick
Jeopardy 6.3 - up a tick
Family Feud 3.1 - flat, why bother moving?
Millionaire 2.6 - up a tick

A truly fascinating week, no? The viewership averages from TV by the Numbers didn't move much, either: Wheel of Fortune 11.8 million, Jeopardy 9.8 million, Family Feud 4.6 million. All in all, the syndies did okay. None of them are in danger of cancellation at these levels. It just wasn't a big week for movement in the numbers.

Meanwhile, a bunch of network game shows ran yesterday. Fear Factor led the pack with a 2.5 18-49 rating and 6.3 million total viewers. Down from its debut last week but okay for NBC.

The numbers weren't so kind for the premiere of Who's Still Standing: 1.5 in 18-49 and 5.6 million viewers. Still, by NBC standards the down-the-hatch quizzer's ratings were hardly awful. We'll see how the show does for the rest of the week. ABC's You Deserve It continues to languish, deservedly or not: 0.9 in 18-49 and 3.5 million viewers.

UPDATE: Douglas has posted the December 12-18 week for GSN, and it was a clunker. Prime time/total day viewership averages were (in thousands of viewers) 280/209. Yuck. The five-hour marathons each night: Mon 200, Tue 272, Wed 244, Thu 233, Fri 256, Sat 276, Sun 364. Poor to middlin' except for Foxworthy's good numbers on Sunday. I can see why GSN messed around with the schedule again.