Syndies: the big two get a little bigger

The week of January 9-15 was kind to the big two syndicated game shows, and not bad to the other two. TVNewsCheck delivers the pleasant news...

Wheel of Fortune 7.8 - up a couple ticks to a season-high and leads all syndies
Jeopardy 6.3 - up a tick
Family Feud 3.2 - flat but Steve can live with it
Millionaire 2.6 - flat but Meredith can live with it, too

TV by the Numbers posts their usual top 25 list with the viewership averages: Wheel of Fortune 12.4 million, Jeopardy 9.9 million, Family Feud 4.7 million, Millionaire 3.7 million. Meredith made the list for once! And everybody can make money off these numbers.

In other ratings news NBC's Who's Still Standing and ABC's Wipeout got oddly similar numbers for their latest episodes. Who's Still Standing pulled a 1.7 18-49 rating and 6.4 million total viewers last Monday. Wipeout snagged a 1.8 18-49 rating and 5.9 million viewers last Thursday.

Who's Still Standing looks finished after next week. Wipeout's not in immediate danger but may be nearing its sell-by date.

UPDATE: Dancing With the Stars had an underwhelming debut on GSN last Saturday night. The five-hour block from 6:00PM to 11:00PM averaged 308K viewers. The reruns did much worse. For the entire January 16-22 week GSN averaged 283K/232K viewers prime time/total day. Forgettable, to say the least. The five-hour marathons each night: Sun 334K, Mon 200K, Tue 279K, Wed 255K, Thu 339K, Fri 210K.