Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Syndies stumble after sweeps

The week after February sweeps was not kind to syndicated shows in general, and syndie game shows were no exception. TVNewsCheck showers us with the bad March 5-11 news...

Wheel of Fortune 7.1 - down a couple ticks
Jeopardy 6.0 - down a tick
Family Feud 2.9 - down a couple ticks, this is getting monotonous
Millionaire 2.5 - not to be left out, down the famous couple ticks

At least all the shows made TV by the Numbers' top 25 syndie list. The viewership averages: Wheel of Fortune 11.3 million (weekend repeat 4.1 million), Jeopardy 9.4 million, Family Feud 4.2 million, Millionaire 3.4 million. Even in an off week, these numbers hardly look terrible by current TV standards.

UPDATE: The indispensible Douglas Pucci posts another week of GSN viewer numbers for March 5-11. Another forgettable week with 279K/215K viewership averages prime time/total day. Sunday 5th Grader continues to be by far the network standout. Harvey Feud can't arrive fast enough on Wednesday night to replace the reeking Baggage reruns. To be fair, the Baggage first-runs perform much better.

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