Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Ratings: syndies get Olym-kicked

You probably figure the Olympics trashed syndie ratings in the week of July 30-August 5, and you figure right. Syndicated game shows didn't escape the carnage, with season lows galore. TVNewsCheck checks in with the grim news...

Wheel of Fortune 5.4 - down six ticks to a season low
Jeopardy 4.5 - down six ticks to a season low
Family Feud 2.8 - down four ticks but somehow avoided a season low
Millionaire 1.9 - down five ticks to, guess what, a season low

Meredith slipped out of the top 25 syndie list at TV by the Numbers. The viewership averages for the other three shows: Wheel of Fortune 8.5 million (weekend repeat 4.7 million), Jeopardy 6.9 million, Family Feud 4.0 million. Even in a bad week Pat and Vanna put up pretty good numbers and finished second among all syndies in total viewers.

TVNewser posted their usual cable ranker for the week of August 6-12. The second week of the Olympics hurt GSN a little but not too much. Sports are generally not a huge threat to the network's old-skewing, female-skewing audience. GSN averaged 319K/231K viewers prime time/total day for the week, with ranks of 39th and 43rd in the windows. Decent numbers by the network's historical standards.

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