Syndies sweep on

TVNewsCheck takes a break from its usual weekly syndication ratings. Instead, the site looks at how the syndies stacked up in this February sweeps period (Feb. 2-29) vs. last year. Guess what. Among syndicated game shows, the rich got poorer and the (relatively) poor got richer...

Wheel of Fortune 7.5 - down three ticks compared to last year
Jeopardy 6.3 - down four ticks
Family Feud 3.2 - up a whopping fifteen ticks
Millionaire 2.7 - up a nice four ticks

TV by the Numbers didn't bother with all that sweeps stuff. They just gave their usual viewership averages for the latest week, February 27-March 4: Wheel of Fortune 11.6 million (weekend repeat 4.8 million), Jeopardy 9.5 million, Family Feud 4.5 million, Millionaire 3.8 million. Certainly decent numbers for everybody.