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Live with Kelly and Ryan flourished in the first full week of fall, forging ahead to its highest rating since May and leading all talk shows for the 19th week in a row (including ties) in the session ending Oct. 2. The Nielsens had Live spiking 7% to an 18-week high 1.6 live-plus-same-day national rating, […]

The game show takes top honors with a 5.0 in the week ending Sept. 25, while Sherri topped the freshmen pack with a steady 0.7.

Syndication was lively in the session ending Sept. 18, which was the first week of the new season for many shows. Jeopardy was the overall leader, jumping 23% from the previous week’s repeats to a 4.9 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating. Family Feud was a close second, falling 4% to a 4.8. Wheel of Fortune spun […]

Live with Kelly and Ryan and Dr. Phil both generated ratings steam and continued to duel at the top of the talk shows, tying for the third week in a row and running away from the field in the Labor Day session ending Sept. 11. Live, which leapt 7% to a three-week high 1.5 live-plus-same-day […]

The top three court shows made the strongest closing arguments as the summer season came to an end in an otherwise depressed pre-holiday session that concluded Sept. 4. Judge Judy, which has been Nielsen’s No. 1-rated show in the category every week for the past 26 years, jumped 5% from the previous docket to a […]

Family Feud once again had the right answer, outplaying the game shows and all of syndication for a fourth week in a row and the fifth time in six weeks in the session ending Aug. 28. Feud picked up 2% to a 5.2 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, while Jeopardy was a full point behind at […]

In an unexpected legal victory daytime court show Judge Judy jumped 7% to a 10-week high 4.5 live plus same day national Nielsen rating and blew right past syndie quiz sensation Jeopardy, which slipped 7% to a new season-low 4.1 in the session ending August 21. Judy, which has led the courtroom programs every week for the […]

Entertainment Tonight was the star of the magazine shows in the otherwise sleepy summer session ending Aug. 14, spiking 11% to a nine-week high 2.0 live-plus-sa

Family Feud strengthened 2% to a 5.2 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating and finished first in the overall syndication race by a convincing margin in the summer session ending Aug. 7. Court show extraordinaire Judge Judy brought the heat and jumped into second place overall with a steady 4.4, while last week’s leader Jeopardy slipped 19% […]

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