Syndies: Feud slips ever so slightly

Not a whole lot of shakin' goin' on with syndicated game shows for the week ending on Christmas day. TVNewsCheck dutifully provides the numbers, anyway...

Wheel of Fortune 7.1 - flat, and just barely lost the household ratings race to Judge Judy
Jeopardy 5.9 - up a tick
Family Feud 3.0 - down a couple ticks
Millionaire 2.5 - up a tick and still in safe mid-two territory

TV by the Numbers was very sprightly with the viewership averages this week: Wheel of Fortune 11.4 million (ahead of Judge Judy in total viewers - take that, your honor), Jeopardy 9.2 million, Family Feud 4.7 million. Sure, the shows skew old, but these total viewer numbers are far from terrible even by broadcast network prime time standards. Of course, those standards ain't what they used to be.

UPDATE: Ratings for the prime time broadcast game shows this week, from TV by the Numbers and Zap2it...

Wipeout - 8.4 million viewers, 2.7 18-49 rating, 4.8 household rating
Fear Factor - 6.0 million viewers, 2.4 18-49 rating, 3.2 household rating
Who's Still Standing - 5.6 million viewers, 1.5 18-49 rating, 3.2 household rating

Sadly, my personal favorite Who's Still Standing did the worst and skewed the oldest. Afraid its stay on the air may be brief, even on woeful NBC. Wipeout got the best numbers of the three, but Thursday's show was its lowest-rated season debut ever. Fear Factor may be back for more episodes. Anything on NBC that can get a two-something in the demo is likely to hang around.