Outside of Alex Trebek’s final week, syndicated mainstay “Jeopardy!” rose to a season high with week one of Ken Jennings as guest host. The game show averaged 10.3 million viewers and it finished first overall in syndication for the week (with a 6.2 rating in households), according to Nielsen Media Research. Comparably, that beat No. 2 “Wheel […]
Thanksgiving Week (Nov. 23-29) 2020 saw the usual leaders in syndication lead the pack once again. “Judge Judy” was tops in total viewers and households; “Family Feud” led in adults 18-49 and 25-54. “Family Guy” led all among adults 18-34 (630,000 viewers within the demo). It also led in the largest week-to-week increases in the […]
“Judge Judy” returned to the top spot in households among all syndicated programs for the week ending Nov. 22, 2020. The court series was also syndication’s lead raw gainer in households (+284,000) and viewers (+413,000) compared from the previous week. Reruns of NBC police procedural “Chicago P.D.” led in week-to-week adults 18-49 raw gains (+125,000); […]
Not surprisingly, game show “Jeopardy!” vaulted to the No. 1 spot among all syndicated programs for the week ending Nov. 15, 2020 based on total viewers and households as well as males 18-34. It was the first week of original episodes following the Nov. 8 passing of its longtime host Alex Trebek. He was 80 […]
There were plenty of week-to-week declines for syndicated fare during the week of the 2020 U.S. election, compared to the previous week but a select few saw some growth. Weekend offerings of “American Ninja Warrior” and “Just for Laughs Gags” rode the most, with week-to-week increases of 87,000 adults 18-49 and 79,000 adults 18-49, respectively. […]
“Judge Judy” was the No. 1 syndicated show for the week ending Nov. 1, 2020 among households (5.86 rating) and, curiously, males 18-34 (0.61 rating). Among weekday syndicated programs, it experienced the largest raw growth in all key demos, total viewers and households from the previous week — +299,000 adults 18-49, +115,000 adults 18-34, +411,000 […]
Following a week filled with preemptions due to the Senate hearings of then-Supreme Court justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett, several daytime talkers rebounded during the week of Oct. 19-25. The biggest beneficiaries were two programs under the Disney-ABC banner: in all key demos, “Live With Kelly And Ryan” was the No. 1 daytime talker as […]
“Family Feud” emerged as the No. 1 program in syndication for the week ending Oct. 18, 2020 among almost all key figures including total viewers, households, adults 18-49 and 25-54 and all female demos. Week-to-week, the Steve Harvey-hosted game show rose 2.6 percent in total audience, thanks to increases of 3.4 percent and 7 percent […]
Once upon a time, escapist scripted syndicated action/adventure hours was a key programming choice on the weekend. “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” perhaps, was the originator of the one-hour scripted weekend format. It aired from 1987 to 1994. But then there was “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” and its spin-off series, “Xena: Warrior Princess.” There were […]
