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If syndication were sentient, people would tell it to make up its mind. As it is, syndication in the week ending April 2 — is a bit of a muddle. According to the Nielsen National Syndication Service, Jeopardy continued to lead with a 5.3 household rating, up 2% from the prior week. It was followed by […]

The week ending March 26 was inconclusive for syndication with almost as many shows going up as going down according to the Nielsen Syndication Service national ratings. Talk shows, led by Live with Kelly and Ryan, were mixed. The veteran talker was down 6% to 1.5. Dr. Phil recovered 9% from its season low 1.1 […]

It was either Daylight Saving Time, which began March 12, or March Madness, or both, that took a bite out of the top syndicated access games in the week ending March 19, according to Nielsen Syndication Service national ratings.   Hardest hit was Wheel of Fortune, which tumbled 12% to a third-place 4.5 from a […]

Live with Kelly and Ryan continued to top the talkers with an unchanged 1.6 Nielsen Syndication Service national rating for the week ending March 5. Soon to depart first-run Dr. Phil held on to second, but climbed 17% to a 1.4. Kelly Clarkson was also on the upswing, growing 11% to a 1.0 and claiming third […]

There was a slight reshuffle at the top of the syndication chart for the week ending March 1. Jeopardy hung onto first place despite dipping 5% to a 5.5 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen household rating, while Family Feud and Wheel of Fortune flipped-flopped. Feud took second place with a 2% increase to 5.3, and Wheel did […]

Most of the syndication stars were hit with minor losses in the session ending Feb. 12, even though the frame featured several major television attractions including the Super Bowl, the State of the Union address and the Grammy Awards. The only talkers in the top five able to resist the household rating downtrend were Disney’s […]

N a relatively quiet session ending Feb. 5, rising rookie talker Jennifer Hudson had the loudest voice in the Nielsen ratings room. Syndie hit Hudson scored the only weekly household rating increase among the dozen talk shows, delivering a double-digit dagger of 17% to nail fellow freshman Sherri at the top of the rookie chart […]

The recently renewed Family Feud flourished in the session ending Jan. 29, sprinting 4% from the prior frame to a new season high 5.3 live-plus-same-day national rating. The only other strip in syndication’s Top 4 heading north was the daytime Nielsen juggernaut Judge Judy, which surged 7% to a 10-week high 4.6. Judy’s latest jump […]

Game shows gathered the most glory in the session ending Jan. 22, with the troika of Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune and Family Feud all breaching the lofty 5.0 ratings mark. Jeopardy stayed at the top of the chart for the 16th week in a row, remaining steady with the previous scrimmage at a strong 5.9 […]

The syndicated ratings chart was rocked by a sharp jump in talk shows in the session ending Jan. 15. All of the top six veteran chat fests finished at, or near, season highs, with four mustering major increases. Live with Kelly and Ryan ranked at the head of the class for the 34th consecutive semester, […]