Ratings: another low for Wheel

TVNewsCheck brings more bad news for Wheel of Fortune, and some not so hot news for the other syndie game shows. Pat and Vanna slipped to another season low in the week of July 2-8, and Alex and Steve have seen better weeks, too. But Meredith had a little something to be happy about...

Wheel of Fortune 5.6 - down a couple ticks to that season low
Jeopardy 4.9 - down three ticks in a dismal week for the big two
Family Feud 3.0 - not to be left out, down a couple ticks
Millionaire 2.3 - up a tick, just to be different

TV by the Numbers has all four shows in their top 25 list. The viewership averages: Wheel of Fortune 8.9 million (weekend repeat 4.4 million), Jeopardy 7.6 million, Family Feud 4.4 million, Millionaire 3.3 million. As other ratings news for game shows dribbles out this week, I'll add it here.

NBC completed the burnoff of the Fear Factor eps on Monday, July 16 with more so-so numbers: 4.2 million total viewers and a 1.5 18-49 rating. Meanwhile, GSN averaged 345K/275K viewers prime time/total day for the week of July 9-15. Decent numbers in line with recent weeks. Thank you, Messrs. Harvey and Foxworthy.