Ratings: more Olympics, more pain

The second week of the Olympics brought more misery for syndie game shows. More declines, more season lows, more fun for everyone.

I've never been a huge Olympics fan, so this gives me one more thing to grump about. Anyway, TVNewsCheck delivers the thrilling numbers for the August 6-12 week...

Wheel of Fortune 5.2 - down a couple ticks to a season low
Jeopardy 4.3 - also down a couple ticks, also to a season low
Family Feud 2.7 - down a tick to just above a season low
Millionaire 1.8 - down a tick to, naturally, a season low

At least all the medals have been handed out in London, so syndies should get something of a bounce next week. The viewership averages for the three shows which made the top 25 at TV by the Numbers: Wheel of Fortune 8.1 million (weekend repeat 4.2 million), Jeopardy 6.4 million, Family Feud 3.9 million. Pretty forgettable.

Once the Olympics finished, GSN enjoyed a blowout week, according to TVNewser's cable ranker. The network averaged 430K/283K viewers prime time/total day for the week of August 13-19, ranking 39th and 37th in the windows. The only week I've seen that had a better prime time average for GSN was January 4-10, 2010 with 438K.