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 […]
The 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which are no longer television and available to stream only, were last night at the Pacific Civic Auditorium in Pasadena. ABC’ “General Hospital” was the evening’s big winner with five trophies, followed by CBS’ “The Young and the Restless,” with three, and culinary series “Valerie’s Home Cooking,” featuring Valerie Bertinelli, […]
Since we all know what comes after Christmas and New Year’s Day – the annual National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) conference – let’s prepare ourselves with this brief quiz on current, and past, first-run syndicated series entries. I included stripped talk, court, game and magazine, and weekly scripted sitcoms and action/adventure hours. And […]
ABC’s “General Hospital,” which was almost put out to pasture when “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” departed, leads the list of Daytime Emmy Award nominations with a hefty 26. Next is daytime dramas “Days of Our Lives” on NBC and “The Young and the Restless” on CBS, with 25 each. All three again […]
It was the episode Steve Harvey most dreaded as host of “Family Feud” — the arrival of his family. On the June 25 edition of ABC’s “Celebrity Family Feud”, it was the Harvey Boys (Steve’s sons Broderick and Jason, Steve’s sons-in-law Kareem Hawthorne and Benjamin Raymond) led by Steve’s current wife Marjorie Harvey versus the […]
