Syndies: bad news for Meredith

Meredith Vieira has gotten better news from Nielsen than she received in the latest week. Millionaire slipped to a season low in the syndie game show ratings for the week of June 4-10. Otherwise, there wasn't much movement, as TVNewsCheck reports...

Wheel of Fortune 6.1 - flat
Jeopardy 5.3 - up a tick just to show the soulmate
Family Feud 3.0 - down a tick but monopolizes all the top slots on GSN
Millionaire 2.2 - down a couple ticks to that season low

To add insult to injury, Meredith also slipped off the top 25 syndie list at TV by the Numbers. The viewership averages for the other three shows: Wheel of Fortune 9.5 million (weekend repeat 4.5 million), Jeopardy 8.1 million, Family Feud 4.3 million. So-so numbers as we head for the summer ratings doldrums.

Meanwhile, in cable news Figure It Out scored big for Nick in its debut week of June 11-15. The show averaged 2.7 million total viewers and dominated the kid demos. Congrats on the successful relaunch of a long-lost show.

TVNewser posted their usual cable ranker, and GSN was happy with the numbers. The network averaged 347K/265K viewers prime time/total day for the week of June 11-17, and ranked 39th in each window. GSN is riding Steve Harvey's Family Feud to significantly better averages lately.