Syndies: big two stumble

The big guys of syndicated game shows have seen better weeks. Not that they're hurting too much compared to syndication overall. It wasn't the greatest week for syndies in general. But TVNewsCheck brings the bad news for the big two in the week of May 28-June 3...

Wheel of Fortune 6.1 - down three ticks
Jeopardy 5.2 - down three ticks in lockstep with the soulmate
Family Feud 3.1 - flat
Millionaire 2.4 - flat

At least all the shows made the top 25 syndie list at TV by the Numbers. The viewership averages: Wheel of Fortune 9.4 million (weekend repeat 4.4 million), Jeopardy 8.0 million, Family Feud 4.4 million, Millionaire 3.4 million. The numbers have gotten softer as the weather has warmed up.

TVNewser has posted their usual cable ranker for the week of June 4-10. GSN didn't mind the numbers at all, with averages of 335K/252K prime time/total day. The ranks among cable networks were 41st and 39th, respectively.