Douglas just posted the ratings for May 21-27. Haven't had any time to analyze them. But I can say that Steve Harvey's Family Feud and 5th Grader accounted for an almost ridiculous eighteen of the top twenty shows.
Looked at the numbers quick. The viewership averages were 300K/242K prime time/total day for the week. Not bad by GSN standards. Friday prime time continued to stink and Tuesday was even a little worse. Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday prime time were rock solid as usual, and Monday was acceptable.
Other poster: No viewers mean no GSN either. And eventually, that's what's going to happen when Family Feud's ratings fall due to over-abuse of it on the schedule. When that happens, GSN will be left with a hole the size of a crater in its schedule, since most of the current schedule is filled with airings of Family Feud.
If I were running this network, I would use Harvey Feud (and Family Feud in general) just as much as the shows are getting used now. Otherwise, I might be relieved of my duties.
Deal or No Deal took over the network, until it lost viewers as it got old. Then Baggage took over the network, until it lost viewers as it got old. Then Harvey Feud took over the network, until it lost viewers as it got old...
See a pattern here? GSN, like every other cable network, rides their hot show for all it's worth...until it gets old. Then they desperately start looking for another hot show. It's the way of the world in the cable business.
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