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In the generally sluggish week in syndication ending May 23, the game show fell 2% although it was first on the overall chart with a 5.5, getting past daytime ratings queen Judge Judy, which was syndication’s second highest program.

In the session ending May 16, access game show Family Feud grew 6% to a 5.6, its highest rating since the week of March 1 and took back the syndication lead from daytime juggernaut Judge Judy, which was second overall with a 5.3. By TVN Staff | May 25, 2021 | 12:26 p.m. ET. The big talk shows were the standouts in the session ending May 16, with Live with Kelly and Ryan racing ahead 6% to a 1.8 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating to tie Dr. Phil at the top. The good doctor was the ...

Byron Allen Goes to Court Again for Black-Owned Media Bloomberg 9 hrs ago Christopher Palmeri and Kamaron Leach (Bloomberg) -- Byron Allen, the onetime stand-up comic turned all-around media mogul, is a man on a mission. Popular Searches Allen sued McDonald’s Corp. for $10 billion on Thursday, alleging the fast-food giant is discriminating against Black-owned media companies like his. The suit is part of a bigger push by the 60-year-old entrepreneur to correct what he says h...

In the session ending April 18, the sophomore Hall strengthened 14% from the prior frame to a three-week high 0.8 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, and rose 33% in the key women 25-54 demo. By TVN Staff | April 27, 2021 | 12:20 p.m. ET. Tamron Hall, celebrating its 300 th episode on April 14, was a standout in the week ending April 18. While none of the other talkers in the top five was able to score a household rating advance in the session, and the vast majority of syndies went s...

More Spring Doldrums For Syndie Ratings In the week ending March 28, programs did well just to hold their own as virtually none of the top-tier strips in any category was able to muster any improvement whatsoever thanks to a number of factors, including March Madness. By TVN Staff | April 6, 2021 | 1:11 p.m. ET. The second round of basketball’s March Madness, coupled with preemptions for President Biden’s March 25 press conference and the second week of daylight saving time, kept the lid ...

The status quo was everywhere in the ratings for the week ending March 7 with show standing pat in most of first-run and off-net.

The chat shows are mostly all up in the week ending Jan. 31 while Judge Judy and Hot Bench crushed the court shows with both scoring six-week highs as Judy jumped 12% to a daytime-dominant 5.7.

Beloved Jeopardy host Alex Trebek ended his more than 36-year run on a high note in the session ending Jan. 10, taking the game show to a 29% increase from the week before and a new season high 6.6 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating. Trebek taped his final programs just 10 days before he died on […]

All in the genre post gains from the previous session in the week ending Jan. 3, with Extra growing the most of the big five and matching its season high with a 17% spurt to a 0.7.