Syndies don't so much

Wish I had exciting, thrilling and real swell news about syndicated game shows in the latest ratings week. But I don't. There was little change, as TVNewsCheck boringly discusses for the week ending February 5...

Wheel of Fortune 7.6 - flat
Jeopardy 6.2 - flat
Family Feud 3.2 - up a whole tick
Millionaire 2.5 - down a whole tick

Yawn and double yawn. TV by the Numbers continues its prompt service on the viewership averages. The site just hired a couple part-timers to handle the more routine posts, so maybe the promptness will continue. The numbers: Wheel of Fortune 12.0 million (weekend repeat 5.6 million), Jeopardy 9.7 million, Family Feud 4.7 million. Meredith again just missed the top 25 list.

A couple broadcast notes: Wipeout is, you guessed it, wiping out. Last Thursday the show hit a new season low: a 1.5 18-49 rating and 5.3 million viewers. The show might return for the summer, when competition is milder and ABC needs something cheap to fill the time. But the ratings have definitely seen better days. Fear Factor got crushed by the Whitney Houston Grammys and managed a 1.5 18-49 rating with 3.7 million viewers.

UPDATE: Douglas puts up the February 6-12 viewer numbers for GSN, and the network has its best week in a while. The averages were 341K/254K prime time/total day. Dancing With the Stars is still dragging down the prime time average, but the show did manage to get a couple runs above the 300K mark.