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Daytime hit Live with Kelly and Ryan and Tamron Hall were the only two of the 15 talk shows able to gain ground in a mostly frozen late winter session that ended March 13 that saw few winners. While many strips were being kicked out of their time periods by soccer coverage March 8-9, Live […]
Many of the major syndicated shows staged sharp recoveries from the Beijing Winter Olympics in the session ending Feb. 27, but none was more spectacular than Access Hollywood, which rocketed 100% week to week in both households and key demos while adding well over 600,000 more total viewers each day. With that, Access vaulted from […]
Courtroom reality TV shows have been a staple of daytime television for over 25 years.
Syndicated shows skyrocketed in the session ending Jan. 9, the first full week of the new year. Double-digit increases were the norm among the category leaders in first run, with closely watched daytimers Judge Judy and Drew Barrymore both hitting new season highs. Judy jumped 10% to a 5.4 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, its biggest […]
Jeopardy had the most buzz in the unusually lively holiday session ending Jan. 2, rebounding 10% to a 5.6 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, and edging slightly ahead of Family Feud, which finished 6% higher at a 5.4. The top-rated syndicated show got a boost from viewer interest in super contestant Amy Schneider who won her […]