Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Syndies slip

Syndicated game shows edged down in the ratings for the week of May 14-20. TVNewsCheck delivers the unpleasant news...

Wheel of Fortune 6.4 - down a tick
Jeopardy 5.6 - down a tick in sympathy with the soulmate
Family Feud 3.0 - down a tick in sympathy with nobody
Millionaire 2.5 - down a tick, a bad week all round

TV by the Numbers gets their top 25 syndie list out in a hurry nowadays, thanks to a couple of new employees. All the game shows made the list. The viewership averages: Wheel of Fortune 9.7 million (weekend repeat 4.4 million), Jeopardy 8.5 million, Family Feud 4.3 million, Millionaire 3.5 million. The numbers still look pretty good compared to some broadcast prime time shows.

TVNewser has posted a cable ranker for the month of May (actually, April 30-May 27 in Nielsen months). GSN averaged 282K/231K viewers prime time/total day for the month and ranked 43rd and 41st in the time periods, respectively. So-so, not terrible, not great by GSN standards.

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